14 DAY TRIAL // All good things come to an end, and it seems this also applies to ABC's long-running Emmy-winning series “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” Come January, ABC will air the finale episode of the show.
Confirmation of this comes via E! Online, with interior designer Michael Moloney saying he never expected this day to come – but it finally did.
As with all cancellations, this one too is down to a severe dip in ratings. In other words, the network no longer saw it as a profitable investment, so it pulled the plug on it.
However, there is a silver lining to this cloud as well.
“ABC says that Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – which back in 2005 was pulling in an average 16 million viewers a week but dipped to less than 9 million last season – will continue in the form of periodic TV specials,” E! writes.
At the same time, Moloney underlines that the cancellation doesn't necessarily mean the end or, as they say, when one door closes, another opens.
“For nine seasons, I was blessed to have been given the opportunity to change lives across the globe with the help of loving communities, generous sponsors, and a cast that has become my second family,” he says in the aforementioned statement.
“I was lucky to have this show as a perpetual reminder of my own blessings, but my work won't stop with the end of the series. It is with a somber heart I close this chapter, but with such excitement I begin the next one,” he adds.
The final, 200th episode of the popular show will air on ABC on January 13, 2012, and will make for a spectacular finale to the tear-jerking series.
“Its 200th episode [was] shot in the tornado-ravaged town of Joplin, Mo. Ty Pennington and crew headed over there in October to help not one, not two, but seven families who lost their homes,” E! reports.