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Prison
Break is a Golden Globe and Emmy
nominated American action/serial drama
television series that premiered on the Fox
Broadcasting Company on August 29, 2005. The
series revolves around two brothers; one
who, as of the pilot, has been sentenced to
death for a crime he did not commit, and the
other, a genius, who devises an elaborate
plan to help him escape prison. Created by
Paul Scheuring, the show is produced by
Adelstein-Parouse Productions in association
with Original Television and 20th Century
Fox Television. The current executive
producers are Scheuring, Matt Olmstead,
Kevin Hooks, Marty Adelstein, Dawn Parouse,
Neal Moritz, and Brett Ratner. Its theme
music is composed by Ramin Djawadi, and was
nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in
2006.
Having
completed three seasons, the fourth season,
planned at 22 episodes, premiered with two
episodes back-to-back on September 1, 2008
in the United States and September 8, 2008
in the United Kingdom. Prison Break
features a serialized story structure,
similar to that of its companion show during
the first season, 24. The first three
seasons of the series were primarily filmed
outside of Hollywood; the first season was
shot in and around Chicago, with the primary
location being the then-recently
decommissioned Joliet Prison while the
second and third seasons were filmed mainly
in small towns around Dallas. With the
fourth season, the series is now filming in
Los Angeles.
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