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'Breakout Kings' exec teases T-Bag return

Published Monday, Feb 28 2011, 16:58 GMT | By Morgan Jeffery

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The producer of Breakout Kings have revealed more details about the return of T-Bag (Robert Knepper).

The character previously featured in Matt Olmstead and Nick Santora's Fox series Prison Break and will appear in multiple episodes of their new A&E drama.

"He's going to break out of Fox River, and the Breakout Kings are going to go after him," Santora told the New York Times. "He's just the baddest of bad guys, and if you want a show with stakes, take T-Bag."

He added: "Robert Knepper is a great actor. He didn't know what the storyline was going to be when we approached him, and his only request was that T-Bag not be killed."

Santora also confirmed that the T-Bag character will be "making an appearance very early" in the show's first season.

Knepper previously admitted that it had felt "surreal" to revive his character for the new episodes.

Breakout Kings will premiere on March 6 at 10pm on A&E.