Still from Time Bandits Season 1 Episode 9 of Tadhg Murphy, Lisa Kudrow, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Rune Temte, Kal-El Tuck and Kiera Thompson. Time Bandits Canceled by Apple TV+ After One Season Still from Time Bandits Season 1 Episode 9 of Tadhg Murphy, Lisa Kudrow, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Rune Temte, Kal-El Tuck and Kiera Thompson.

Time Bandits Canceled by Apple TV+ After One Season

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The adventures of time traveler Kevin Haddock and the Time Bandits will not continue for a second season.

According to Deadline, Apple TV+ has canceled the series. The outlet attributes the cancellation to the series’ low viewership numbers. Despite the show doing well in the UK, it never cracked Nielsen’s Top 10 streaming rankings.

Apple TV+ bought the rights to the Time Bandits movie six years ago, intending to make it into a big-budget family series.

Still from Time Bandits Season 1 Episode 8 of Tadhg Murphy, Lisa Kudrow, Rune Temte and Roger Jean Nsengiyumva pictured from left to right.
Tadhg Murphy, Lisa Kudrow, Rune Temte and Roger Jean Nsengiyumva in Time Bandits episode Home Again (Photo courtesy Apple TV+)

Variety confirmed the cancellation, crediting Apple TV+ for bringing in a lot of in-demand talent to produce the series.

Taika Waititi co-created the show with his co-collaborators, Jemaine Clement and Iain Morris, who produced Time Bandits.

Lisa Kudrow even headlined the Apple TV+ show. However, despite the impressive group of people working on Time Bandits, the series only lasted for ten episodes.

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The Time Bandits show is based on the film of the same name. The series centers around a young, history-obsessed boy named Kevin Haddock. He gets dragged along in a series of adventures with a group of time-travel thieves who call themselves the Time Bandits.

Still from Time Bandits Season 1 Episode 10 of Kal-El Tuck and Kiera Thompson pictured from left to right.
Time Bandits — Fortress of Darkness — Pictured: Kal-El Tuck and Kiera Thompson (Photo courtesy of Apple TV+).

Kevin ends up having to save his parents from mechanizations of demons, while his sister follows him through time. Kevin and the bandits end up in the crosshair of the petty squabble of the two omnipotent beings that represent pure evil in the world and God himself.

Lisa Kudrow plays Penelope, the de-facto leader of the bandits, while Kal-El Tuck plays the young Kevin Haddock.

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Time Bandits Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2, “Kevin Haddock / Mayan,” premiered on Apple TV+ in July 2024. The 10-episode season concluded with Time Bandits Season 1 Episodes 9 and 10, “Pell-Mell / Fortress of Darkness,” in August 2024.

The rest of Time Bandits‘ cast includes Tadhg Murphy, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Rune Temte, Charlyne Yi, Rachel House, Kiera Thompson, James Dryden, Felicity Ward, Francesca Mills and Imaan Hadchiti. Waititi and Clement have recurring roles on the series.

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Time Bandits Season 1 is streaming on Apple TV+.

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