Channel Seven wasted no time in its decision to drop the axe on “A Place To Call Home”, opting not to renew the series for a third season despite currently running episodes from season two.
The remaining episodes, already filmed, of 1950s period drama will go to air as planned despite the series experiencing a significant drop off in audience, attracting just 885,000 viewers last Sunday after an average audience of 1.47 million in 2013.
The news comes after actress Abby Earl was sighted auditioning for HBO shows in Los Angeles earlier this month. “Development on series three is not proceeding.” a spokeswoman for the network told the AAP on Tuesday.
“A Place To Call Home” is the story of a nurse who returns home after a stint living overseas, also privy to a well-kept secret of a wealthy rural New South Wales family. A large chunk of the show’s audience stem from the over-55 demographic, not traditionally a desired market in the industry, and accounted for roughly 60% of the show’s original audience according to the Sydney Morning Herald. That figure has taken a dramatic hit and now hovers below the 40% mark.
Unfortunately for the show’s remaining fans, a supposed thrilling twist to end the current season will now will likely remain unanswered.
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