Australian soap opera Neighbours is ending after 37 years

The Hollywood Reporter

A fixture on Australian and British TV since 1985, Neighbours is ending because its future "became extremely unstable earlier this year after the U.K.’s Channel 5, which it had relied on for funding after its popularity waned in Australia, revealed that it would stop airing it to focus on U.K. dramas," according to The Hollywood Reporter. "A hunt for another channel appears to have been fruitless." Neighbours ran for nearly 9,000 episodes and featured many future stars, including Russell Crowe, Margot Robbie, Liam Hemsworth, Kylie Minogue and Natalie Imbruglia.