Huge blow for TV hardman Ant Middleton as SAS spin-off disappears from TV schedule

ANT Middleton is facing a important setback this twelvemonth arsenic SAS Australia volition not beryllium returning to screens successful 2024.

This quality came arsenic a astonishment to fans, particularly due to the fact that Channel Seven had antecedently announced plans to proceed the world series.

The anticipated 5th play was expected to beryllium commissioned this year, but it has yet to beryllium greenlit according to the Daily Mail Australia.

Insiders astatine Screentime, the accumulation institution down SAS Australia, revealed that aboriginal casting discussions had already taken place.

However, negotiations reportedly fell through, with the Mail's sources citing a breakdown successful talks betwixt Channel Seven and Screentime.

It is present excessively precocious successful the twelvemonth for the amusement to marque it to screens successful 2024 fixed it has not been filmed, and it has not been announced successful Channel Seven upfronts either.

The determination to axe the amusement is peculiarly astonishing fixed the beardown ratings for the 2023 finale, which pulled successful 1.85 cardinal viewers crossed Australia.

Despite missing retired connected a twelvemonth of the world show, Ant has been affirmative astir the show's return.

In August helium told Yahoo Lifestyle: "Of people we’re coming back, SAS Australia’s gone nowhere. You’ve heard it from the horse’s mouth.

"We conscionable request to marque definite we’ve got the close cast, that we’ve got the close location, and with SAS Australia you can’t unreserved it.

"You can’t conscionable go, ‘Right, we request to bash it each year’, due to the fact that it’s astir getting things right, it’s astir keeping it authentic and keeping it existent and keeping it raw.

"We request the close cast, we request the close location, and we request the close accumulation institution connected board."