By Melissa Grego
ABC has canceled its spy drama "Alias," according to an announcement Wednesday by Stephen McPherson, president of ABC Entertainment.
The show, which stars Jennifer Garner as CIA agent Sydney Bristow, will end its five-season run in May 2006.
ABC already had scheduled a broadcast hiatus due to Ms. Garner's maternity leave. The network's summer reality hit "Dancing With the Stars" will return for a second cycle beginning Thursday, Jan. 5, at 8 p.m. (ET), airing in the time period "Alias" has occupied this season.
"Alias" is scheduled to return to the network's lineup with original episodes in the spring and finish out its run at the end of the TV season.
The series' producers vowed in the announcement to end the series in a way that honors all of the disparate elements of the show. Creator J.J. Abrams designed the show as a "spy adventure, family drama and love story that contained deeper mythological elements," executive producer Jeff Pinkner said in the announcement.
"We wrap up the story of Sydney Bristow in a surprising and, we think, thrilling way," Mr. Pinkner said.
From tvweek.com
ABC has canceled its spy drama "Alias," according to an announcement Wednesday by Stephen McPherson, president of ABC Entertainment.
The show, which stars Jennifer Garner as CIA agent Sydney Bristow, will end its five-season run in May 2006.
ABC already had scheduled a broadcast hiatus due to Ms. Garner's maternity leave. The network's summer reality hit "Dancing With the Stars" will return for a second cycle beginning Thursday, Jan. 5, at 8 p.m. (ET), airing in the time period "Alias" has occupied this season.
"Alias" is scheduled to return to the network's lineup with original episodes in the spring and finish out its run at the end of the TV season.
The series' producers vowed in the announcement to end the series in a way that honors all of the disparate elements of the show. Creator J.J. Abrams designed the show as a "spy adventure, family drama and love story that contained deeper mythological elements," executive producer Jeff Pinkner said in the announcement.
"We wrap up the story of Sydney Bristow in a surprising and, we think, thrilling way," Mr. Pinkner said.
From tvweek.com
