A&E Cancels THE RETURNED After One Season

Deadline reports that , A&E has cancelled THE RETURNED following one season on the air due to poor ratings. The series, from executive producers Carlton Cuse ("Lost," "Bates Motel") and Raelle Tucker ("True Blood"), was based on the popular and International Emmy®-award winning French suspense series adapted by Fabrice Gobert and inspired by the feature film, Les Revenants, directed by Robin Campillo.

The show focused on a small town that is turned upside down when several local people, who have been long presumed dead suddenly reappear, bringing with them both positive and detrimental consequences. As families are reunited, the lives of those who were left behind are challenged on a physical and emotional level. Interpersonal relationships are examined with intrigue and depth as strange phenomena begin to occur.

"The Returned" starred Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Smashed), Mark Pellegrino ("Lost") , Jeremy Sisto ("Suburgatory," "Six Feet Under"), India Ennenga ("Treme"), Sandrine Holt ("House of Cards"), Agnes Bruckner ("24"), Sophie Lowe ("Once Upon A Time in Wonderland"), Tandi Wright ("Nothing Trivial"), Mat Vairo ("Revolution"), Kevin Alejandro ("True Blood"), Dylan Kingwell ("The Tomorrow People"), Aaron Douglas ("Battlestar Galactica"), Dakota Guppy ("Rush"), Leah Gibson (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse), Michelle Forbes ("The Killing"), Rhys Ward ("The Strain"), Scott Hylands ("V"), Terry Chen ("Bates Motel"), Roger Cross ("24").

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