By Hallie Day // Black Entertainment // EEW Magazine Online

After a wildly successful run, it’s time for the huge and loyal fanbase of Bounce’s original drama series Saints & Sinners to say goodbye. Cue sad music.

According to confirmed network reports, Bounce has ordered a sixth and final eight-episode season of the program that begins airing at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 3, with the remaining seven episodes airing weekly thereafter.

“Saints & Sinners has been a breakthrough success,” said David Hudson, head of original programming for Bounce and an executive producer of the series.

Hudson also noted that the twist-filled drama is the “No. 1 most-watched program on television, beating such shows as The $100,000 Pyramid on ABC, What Just Happened? (Fox), Instinct (CBS) and Big Little Lies (HBO), in the delivery of African Americans 18-49 and 25-54 Sunday night between 9-10 p.m.”

Set against the backdrop of a large southern church, Saints & Sinners centers around the pursuit of power, intertwined with greed, deception, corruption, compromising sexual affairs and murder. The cast is led by Vanessa Bell Calloway and Clifton Powell, with an ensemble featuring Tray Chaney, Keith Robinson, J.D. Williams, Jasmine Burke, Donna Biscoe, Christian Keyes, Dawn Halfkenny, Karlie Redd, Ashani Roberts and Kaye Singleton

Consumers can catch up on Saints & Sinners on Brown Sugar, Bounce's subscription-video-on-demand service. While the first five seasons are immediately available in their entirety, the final-season episodes will be added every Monday after their Bounce premieres.

Saints & Sinners is produced in partnership with Swirl Film's Eric Tomosunas & Ron Robinson ("Behind the Movement: The Rosa Parks Story," "Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story," "Tales, Pride & Prejudice"). Nigel Campbell serves as the showrunner/executive producer of the series.