The season premiered on April 4, 2017, and concluded on May 30, 2017, consisting of 9 episodes. Moritz and Dawn Olmstead, Vaun Wilmott, Michael Horowitz and Nelson McCormick serving as executive producers. Paul Scheuring serves as showrunner, with himself, Marty Adelstein, Neal H. The season is produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with Adelstein Productions, Dawn Olmstead Productions, One Light Road Productions and Original Film. The fifth season of Prison Break (also known as Prison Break: Resurrection ) is a limited event television series and a revival of the original series created by Paul Scheuring that aired on Fox from 2005 to 2009.