UPI is reporting that the USA Network series Monk has been cancelled. The network has ordered 16 episodes which will debut next summer and will mark the eighth and final season of the series. Though the series has enjoyed strong ratings, the cost to produce the series may have contributed to the decision to end the show.
Monk stars Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk, a San Francisco police detective who leaves the force following the unsolved murder of his wife Trudy. Developing an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder, he is consumed by peculiar obsessions and wracked with hundreds of phobias. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.
This year's annual special holiday episode, titled Mr. Monk and the Miracle, will air November 28th at 9 PM ET. The second half of the current seventh season returns in January 2009 on USA Network.
The first six seasons of Monk all available on DVD from Mysteries on TV: Monk. In addition, Lee Goldberg writes a companion series of tie-in mysteries. The seventh book in the series, Mr. Monk is Miserable, will be released in hardcover next month with the sixth, Mr. Monk Goes to Germany, out in paperback.
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This is a great series. Hate to see it end. But eight years is a good run. I wonder about the cost mentioned in the article though.
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