NBC cancels Bible sequel

US broadcast network NBC has pulled the plug on its follow-up to hit cable miniseries The Bible after one season.

Mark Burnett

AD: The Bible Continues, from Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, garnered around six million viewers a week during its 12-episode run, which wrapped on June 21.

Burnett and Downey could carry on the series on their proposed faith-based online channel, set to roll out in early 2016 in partnership with MGM.

The NBC series was a spin off from The Bible, which Downey and Burnett produced for A+E Networks’ History channel in 2013.