Yep, the seemingly endless runs of Fox's Party of Five and Beverly Hills, 90210 are coming to an end.
Due to high costs, paltry ratings and pending cast departures, the network plans to pull the plug on both series at the end of the season, ending 10 sunny years in Beverly Hills and six traumatic seasons with the Salinger family.
Officially, Fox has only confirmed the cancellation of 90210, saying the fate of Party of Five has not been sealed. (It's not looking good, though.)
In the land of Beverly Hills, the hefty $2.2 million-per-episode price tag, coupled with the impending departure of series vet Tori Spelling and Brian Austin Green were enough to pound the final nail into that coffin.
The move means the chances of Fox cranking out new summer episodes of the show, as previously reported, are slim to none, according to Variety.
As for Party of Five, high costs, really low ratings--a mere 6.8 million viewer average--and the confirmed exit of Neve Campbell at the end of the season are probably enough to split San Francisco's most dysfunctional family.
And Netizens are crushed. "This sucks," says one on the alt.tv.bh90210 newsgroup.
"Oh, man, this is bad stuff," laments another on alt.tv.party-of-five.
This marks the second recent blow to Fox's Party of Five franchise. Just last week, the network shelved Jennifer Love Hewitt's PO5 spinoff Time of Your Life for February sweeps. The show continuously racked up low ratings in its coveted pre-Ally McBeal Monday-night time slot.
For the time being, Fox's hit sophomore sitcom That '70s Show will be taking its place, though officials claim they will bring the three-named wonder's low-rated freshman drama back on Tuesdays in March.