AMC will launch the final episodes for two of its original scripted series Into the Badlands and The Son later this spring, the network said Saturday during its Television Critics Association winter press tour session.

The network’s martial-arts drama Into The Badlands will end its three-season run with its final eight episodes beginning March 24 -- following an episode of The Walking Dead -- before moving into its regular time slot on March 25, said network officials.

The Son, starring Pierce Brosnan, will end after its second season, which launches on April 27, said the network. The Son is produced by AMC Studios and Sonar Entertainment.

The network also announced that it has opened up a writers’ room for a potential new series 61st Street, from Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice, The Night Of,) and Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society (David Makes Man).

In other AMC Networks news, BBC America set premiere dates for season 26 of Top Gear (April 25) and Luther (June 2); while IFC will bring back Brockmire for a third season April 3.

 The return of AMC’s martial arts-themed series Into The Badlands drew 4.5 million viewers in its second season premiere this past Sunday.

The 4.5 million viewers in Nielsen Live+3 ratings is the best audience for a returning series so far in 2017, said AMC. Into The Badlands also averaged 2.7 million adults 25-54 and 2.4 million adults 18-49 in Nielsen Live+3 ratings, said network officials.

“It is great to have this thrill ride of a series, with the best, most truly artistic, fight sequences on television, return to AMC for a second season, said Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios in a statement. “That is does so as the number 1 returning program on cable in 2017 is truly meaningful.”

AMC looks to resurrect the martial-arts genre on television with its new drama series Into the Badlands.

The series tells the tale of a future society located in an area called the Badlands ruled by several powerful Barons. The Barons are protected by strong and ruthless fighters dubbed Clippers, who will do anything for their leaders.

The series doesn’t waste time establishing its martial-arts chops. Several minutes into the pilot, motorcycle-riding Sunny (Daniel Wu), a lethal Clipper who works for Quinn (Marton Csokas) — the most powerful Baron in the Badlands — rolls up on a field full of dead bodies chained together. After realizing that someone escaped the massacre, he searches for and finds the group of nomads responsible for the killing.

Outnumbered and overmatched, Sunny nevertheless makes quick work of killing everyone in the group in one of the most graphic, well-choreographed swordfight scenes you’ll see on a TV show.

Sunny discovers the nomads had been hiding a teenage boy, MK (Aramis Knight), and soon realizes that the teen has a dark past and secret powers that are desired by another Baron, The Widow (Emily Beecham), who is planning to test Quinn’s position as the leader in the Badlands.

After the action-packed martial arts scene, the series gets bogged down a bit by the establishment of a plotline involving the potentially explosive relationship between the ruling Barons and the development of several key characters, including Baron Quinn’s son, Ryder (Oliver Stark), who is itching to take over his fathers’ role as Baron; Quinn’s supportive wife, Lydia (Orla Brady); and Sunny’s pregnant love interest, Veil (Madeline Mantock).

The fight scenes are beautifully choreographed and are worth waiting for as the series finds its footing with regard to plot and character development.

Overall, Into the Badlands is worth a look-see, especially if you’re a fan of apocalyptic-themed plots, feuding warlords and great martial-arts action.