ARTICLE: ‘Neighbours’ Canceled At Prime Video, Continuation of Iconic Series Concludes In December

[Errol]

After a two-year run on Amazon Freevee/Prime Video in the U.S. and the UK, among other territories, “Neighbours” will conclude its run in December, it was announced on Thursday.

According to a statement released on X (formerly Twitter), the show is “resting” with all remaining new episodes from the show’s current 40th anniversary season continuing to air on Prime Video around the world and Australia’s Network Ten four times a week until the end of the year. 

The show promises it will continue providing all the “big soapie twists and turns that our viewers love” at its conclusion.

“Audiences all around the world have loved and embraced ‘Neighbours’ for four decades and we are very proud of the huge success over the last two years including often appearing as one of the Top 10 titles in the UK and the show’s first-ever Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Daytime Series in 2024,” said executive producer Jason Herbison. “As this chapter closes, we appreciate and thank Amazon MGM Studios for all that they have done for ‘Neighbours’ – bringing this iconic and much-loved series to new audiences globally.”

Herbison finished his statement, saying, “We value how much the fans love ‘Neighbours’ and we believe there are more stories of the residents of Ramsay Street to tell in the future.”

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A continuation of the long-running series, “Neighbours” revolved around the lives, loves, and challenges of the residents on Ramsay Street in Erinsborough, Australia, a fictional suburb of Melbourne.

The continuation was picked up by Amazon two years after the finale in 2022 as a platform booster for the service’s now discontinued free streaming platform, Amazon Freevee, which was phased out and all its content moved to Prime Video, albeit remaining free for those not yet subscribed to Prime.

In addition to new episodes, hundreds of episodes from previous seasons are available to stream on Prime Video, part of the two series-themed FAST Channels, “Neighbours – Looking Back” and “Best of Neighbours.”

Check out our interview below with cast members Annie Jones, Stefan Dennis and Georgie Stone in honor of the show receiving its first-everDaytime Emmy Award nomination.

At launch, the continuation starred Alan Fletcher, Annie Jones, Candice Leask, Emerald Chan, Georgie Stone, Hannah Monson, Jackie Woodburne, Lloyd Will, Lucinda Armstrong Hall, Lucinda Cowden, Majella Davis, Marley Williams, Matt Wilson, Naomi Rukavina, Rebekah Elmaloglou, Riley Bryant, Ryan Moloney, Sara West, Shiv Palekar, Stefan Dennis, Takaya Honda, Tim Kano and Xavier Molyneux as series regulars. 

Guest stars included: April Rose Pengilly, Costa D’Angelo, Georgia Walters, Guy Pearce, Ian Smith, Jessica Muschamp, Jodi Gordon, Melissa Bell, Mischa Barton, Nathan Borg, Viva Bianca, Trevor the Dog, and more recently Chrishell Stause.

Watch the current opening title sequence for the series below.

“Neighbours,” which ran for more than three decades during its initial run, having premiered March 18, 1985, was the longest-running drama series in Australian television history with millions of fans across the globe and helping launch the careers of several household names, including Margot Robbie, Kylie Minogue, Guy Pearce, and Russell Crowe, among others.

 The series first aired on the Seven Network in Australia before it was canceled a few months later due to its poor performance in the Sydney market. The show was later moved to the 10 network in 1986 and remained on the channel until 2010. In 2011, the show moved to 10 Peach, a free-to-air television channel run by Network 10. The show was abruptly canceled in 2022 when the UK’s Channel 5 announced it would no longer carry the series on its network.

“‘Neighbours’ will no longer air on Channel 5 beyond this summer,” the broadcaster said at the time, after previously carrying the show since 2008. “We recognise that there will be disappointment about this decision, however our current focus is on increasing our investment in original UK drama, which has strong appeal for our viewers.”

Amazon announced in early 2023 that it would bring back the Freemantle-produced series on a global basis through its streaming platform.

Jason Herbison has served as the show’s executive producer since 2013. Andrew Thompson returned as a producer.

Along with the UK and the U.S., Prime Video carried the series in Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Australia’s Network 10 retained first-run rights in Australia for the new chapter of the series.

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[Liberty City]

This is so heartbreaking; it seems like the changing of the guard from Freevee to Prime Video is what did it in. What's promising is that episodes are going up on YouTube and that the word usage of "resting from" seems promising for the potential of finding another production company to join the team, and I hope they are able to.

This is their third cancellation, and they have rallied before. I hope they can do it again.