Neighbours to end this year

[ter06]

The Sun have announced that Neighbours will be axed after 37 years.

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/17558378/neighbours-axed-kylie-minogue-return/

[ter06]

The Sun have now updated the article to say it faces the axe so take it with a pinch of salt!

[R@chel]

I’ll be taking it with a pinch of salt. Like you suggest, the Sun is hardly a reliable source. Fingers crossed it’s only a rumour.

[CaptainHulk]

It's the bleedin' Sun!

Crap paper people only buy 'cause it's cheap.

[James Martin]

For all the Sun's faults, their TV stories are usually accurate.

The show's effectively made for the UK market anyway - it's on a Mickey Mouse channel in Australia - but it's not doing the numbers for C5.

I wouldn't bank on Home and Away going back in the 6pm slot either, C5 have treated the show appallingly recently and clearly aren't enamoured with being saddled with a lifetime deal for the show.

[CaptainHulk]

Well, it was idiotic to move their shows out of those slots to begin with.

And you know a paper is terrible whrn Wikipedia deprecate it. Even The Beano had more credibility during its lifespan.

[dncllpyk]

I hope its not true

[Dag Dog]

Channel 5 to drop Neighbours from summer 2022

Neighbours to finish airing on Channel 5 in summer (backtothebay.net)

[~Lynd~]

This could also spell bad news for the future of the show in Australia.The rating here are beyond awful and the UK is what was keeping it alive.I find it a little odd a full cancellation hasn't been announced since apparently channel 5 pays a large part of the production costs.

[j.laur5]

Looks like Home and Away will outlive Neighbours and think most people always knew H&A would outlive Neighbours . 

I know it’s not 100% but looking more likely.