Neighbours fans 'gutted' as soap suddenly axed again

Yahoo

21-02-2025

Neighbours has been cancelled again, leaving the loyal fan base "saddened and disappointed" for the second time round.
The Australian soap — which follows the fictional lives of those on Ramsay Street in Melbourne — marks a major milestone of 40 years this year, making some fans even more furious about the news about the cancellation overshadowing what they felt should have been celebratory for the programme.
It has been a launch pad for the careers of huge celebrities Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Margot Robbie, Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe since Neighbours was first on our screens in 1986.
Neighbours will be rested from December 2025 sparking an outpouring of disappointment online. "So incredibly sad for all involved in making Neighbours. Wish the rest of the world loved you as much as us Brits do. Absolutely love sitting down at the end of the day with my 9 year old to watch Neighbours, just as I did when I was growing up. You're a part of our household and we will miss you," one person wrote.
It is the end for Neighbours on the streaming service, just two years after Amazon took the soap on. Channel 5 were the first to axe the programme and the final episode in 2022 saw the return of famous faces including Robbie, Donovan, Minogue and Pearce.
Neighbours was then later rebooted by Amazon and it made its debut on Freevee worldwide in September 2023. Amazon axed Freevee and folded it into its Prime Video banner. Last year, long-time Neighbours actor Ryan Moloney quit his role as Jarrod 'Toadfish' Rebecchi.
It's not known whether the same A-list stars will make a comeback for the Neighbours' finale in December this year.
The official Facebook page read: "We are sad to announce that Neighbours will be resting from December 2025. New episodes from the 40th anniversary season will continue to air on Prime Video and Ten four times a week until the end of the year, with all the big soapie twists and turns that our viewers love."
Jason Herbison, Neighbours Executive Producer also said: "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.
"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. 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."
Social media was awash with comments from long-time fans of the show who were disappointed by the news that Neighbours had been cancelled.
Among the comments, one person wrote: "Why cancel if it's so successful? I'm really saddened and disappointed by this. Really enjoyed the last couple of years. Great characters. Lovely escapism, humour and some serious and important issues too. Hope this isn't the end-end, and Neighbours can spring into life again in the near future."
Someone else said: "Gutted again. Cannot believe it. I know people are saying it's not the same since it came back but life moves on. What's wrong with it being different. I love all the younger actors in it. Just gutted again."
Another added: "Such a shame… in hindsight it would have been best to have ended it when it had a proper bow out before the Amazon contract. Best of luck to all the actors."
One person said: "This is really sad News to hear as I have been enjoying the storylines so much and enjoy the New characters I would really like to thank everyone who helped out on neighbours on the show and off the show you guys will forever be in our hearts."