After a fair amount of back and forth, Fox on Thursday finally revealed the fate of Bones: next season, the show’s 12th, will be its last. Surprisingly, Bones, which was often on the bubble in its early days, will have aired for 12 seasons and 246 episodes by the time it concludes, making it one of the longest running shows in Fox history.
“In times like these, marked by instability and doubt, it’s comforting to know the world can count on at least one dependable beacon of stability. Apparently, that beacon is Bones,” said creator and executive producer Hart Hanson in a statement. “It just shows what you can do with an amalgam of genius cast, amazing crew, cunning writers, stalwart studio, sweat, a tough economy, a mercurial network, determination, luck, magic, miracles and the most loyal audience in the world.”
The show, currently on hiatus, will return on Thursday, April 14, to complete season 11, and then come back next TV season with a final 12 episodes.
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“We couldn’t be more thrilled to have another season, so we can give the show, characters and fans the end they so richly deserve,” said executive producers and showrunners Jonathan Collier and Michael Peterson. “Also knowing there is a Season 12, we can now write the most rewarding Season 11 finale possible - one we hope will leave our fans excited for what’s to come in this final season of Bones.”
Behind the scenes, stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz and executive producers Barry Josephson and Kathleen Reichs, author of the best-selling books on which the show is based, are suing Twentieth Century Fox, accusing the studio of short-changing them out of the show’s profits. Fox Television Group Co-Chair Dana Walden said at winter TCA in January that the legal proceeding had “no impact on our decision-making.”
Walden also signaled at TCA that the end was likely near for Bones, saying: “We want to send it out with style and class and the way it wants to be wrapped up.”
Read more: Entertainment Weekly
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