Bones hits episode No. 183 this Monday. And the veteran
procedural, already renewed for a tenth season, approaches the end of
this run in a similar scenario as last year: looking at what might be
the series' final season.
Fox's oldest drama, and one of its steadiest ratings performers despite frequent time slot moves,
Bones won't be something the network lets go of easily. Entertainment chief
Kevin Reilly has called a 2014 conclusion "likely," but executive producers and showrunners
Hart Hanson and
Stephen Nathan
say that conversation is still a ways off. What they do seem sure of is
that their intended ending for the series will likely come at the end
of year 10 -- be it a season or series finale.
The duo recently chatted with
The Hollywood Reporter about their evolving relationship with broadcast television, Hanson's work on new series
Backstrom,
what sort of circumstances they'd need to attempt to launch another
spinoff and their constant internal struggles over when they should call
it a day...
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