In the first season, Lincoln is sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and Michael deliberately incarcerates himself to help him escape prison. The series revolves around two brothers: Michael Scofield ( Wentworth Miller) and Lincoln Burrows ( Dominic Purcell). Prison Break is produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions, in association with Rat Television, Original Television and Twentieth Century Fox Television. The series was simulcast on Global in Canada, and broadcast in dozens of countries worldwide. Prison Break is an American serial drama television series that premiered on the Fox network on August 29, 2005, and finished its fifth season on May 30, 2017.