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"Osbournes" Ready for Last Hurrah
The Prince of F---ing Darkness and his kooky clan are fading to black.
MTV announced Thursday that, after a three-year run, The Osbournes is finally coming to an end.
The net's once-signature reality series featuring Ozzy Osbourne and his F-bomb-dropping brood will kick off its fifth and final season on Jan. 17 at 10:30 p.m.
Crazy, but that's how it goes.
"With The Osbournes, we literally created a new format for television," crowed Brian Graden, MTV Networks entertainment chief. "The Osbournes were the first celebrities to let the cameras into their home to film their day to day lives at it happened, and the show has had a huge impact on the larger television landscape. The show's success is due to the personalities of the first family of rock 'n' roll."
While the Emmy-winning show hasn't been the ratings juggernaut it was in its first two seasons--when viewers couldn't get enough of the behind-the-scenes family life of Ozzy, his feisty manager-wife, Sharon, son Jack and pink-haired popster-wannabe daughter Kelly--The Osbournes is still a top draw for the music channel, especially among the youth set.
Before the fourth season finale last May, the fate of The Osbournes was up in the air, with both Ozzy and Sharon saying they were through with the show. And given the hardships the family has faced over the past two years--Sharon's cancer battle, Ozzy's continuing efforts to stay sober, stints in rehab for both Jack and Kelly, and Ozzy's near-fatal ATV crash--who could blame them?
But every great drama has comic relief, and the Osbournes felt there was still plenty of lighthearted moments amid the crises to share with loyal fans. It also came in handy that MTV still had a season's worth of episodes already filmed and in the can.
"After three years, the MTV cameras became part of the family, documenting what is possibly the most dramatic year we have had," Sharon Osbourne said in a statement. "Though it was rough sometimes, we are truly blessed to have had this amazing experience."
Meanwhile, in the wake of the tsunami tragedy, Ozzy and Sharon donated $190,000 to Britain's Disasters Emergency Committee for victims and their families. They also appeared in an MTV-produced television spot asking people to give what they can to those who survived.
"We can save lives and get people back on their feet," Ozzy says in the ad. "We need to give money to help the survivors."
Meanwhile, in other MTV news, the cable network has reupped The Real World for another five seasons, taking the groundbreaking reality soap opera will run at least through a 20th season in 2008.
The Real World, which began in 1992 and revolves around seven twentysomething strangers who share a house together and allow the prying eyes of MTV cameras to capture the drama of their lives--the fights, the affairs, and, of course, those hot-tub parties--began airing its 15th season from Philadelphia.
The show, produced by Bunim-Murray Productions, still remains the most-watched program in its Tuesday, 10 p.m., time slot among the advertiser-coveted 12- to 34-year-old demo.
MTV also ordered two additional seasons of the spinoff The Real World/Road Rules Challenge. But no decision has been made whether to bring back Road Rules, which concluded its 13th season in September.
The 16th installment of The Real World is now filming in Austin and is expected to debut in June.
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