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Mcleods Daughters gets the Axe
CHANNEL 9 is axing its long-running rural drama McLeod's Daughters, despite the delivery of solid ratings for most of its seven-season run on Nine.
The series helped make household names of actors including Bridie Carter, Lisa Chappell and Aaron Jeffery.
The show costs about $500,000 an episode and its writers have found it progressively difficult to create strong storylines after the departure of a string of key cast members.
Series eight of McLeod's, in production in the Barossa Valley region of South Australia, will be its last.
Nine is intent on investing in new drama concepts.
A second series of the Lisa McCune drama Sea Patrol is in production in Queensland and Nine is to deliver gangster drama Underbelly and Canal Road next year.
Nine also announced at the weekend it had commissioned Young Doctors, a modern take on its Aussie hospital drama from the early '80s.
"I have always maintained that the series should finish on a high and while it was still loved by the audience," McLeod's creator and executive producer Posie Graeme-Evans said.
Herald Sun
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kina
I'm devastated that there wont be anymore Mcleod's Daughters. There is no other drama that captures life on the farm, our good old Australian way, bush and life-style. Although i do agree that there has been a lot of character changes which makes it hard and just when you get to love someone they leave. Why cant they make a new version of Mcleod's Daughters and make the characters sign a 5 year contract so they don't leave us. I've started to buy the seasons on dvd just sad that my collection will stop at season 8. This is something ill be passing down to my children.
Tess
Axe mclods daughters and you axe peoples lives out this show is the best and by taking it out i will cry till the cows come home. I have never ever missed an eppisode and i will follow the cheracters of this show.
LONG LIVE MCLEODS DAUGHTERS!
TuiKiwi
Thats sad - but I only watched a handful of episodes.
DaMo
Nine is commissioning a modern take on The Young Doctors? That could be pretty good actually, but after 25-26 years since it ended would it go down well with Aussie viewers?
Alaina Roar
I've found myself not caring too much if I miss any episodes of this season. Especially seeing as Criminal Minds has returned on TV1 and is in the same timeslot. I love that show and if I'm going to be out, I tape that in preference over McLeod's. The only one I kicked myself about missing, was Stevie and Alex's wedding. I was planning to be home so hadn't set my tape, but circumstances prevented me from seeing it.
Rikki
Can't say I'm sorry - and this is from someone who used to list McLeods as a firm favourite, never missed it!
Not even watching this series any more.
Things can sometimes just drag on too long when the main characters have gone - and this certainly has! Too many replacement sisters and brothers here!