Daily Drama News Nuggets: Aussie Soap Opera Neighbours Axed…Again, Jeff Kober Bids Adieu To GH, and More

There goes the neighborhood! Neighbours, the sudser from the Land Down Under that staged a miraculous comeback after its (soap)bubble was burst in its home country, has been canceled by its rescuer, Amazon Prime.

Daily Drama News: Neighbours Coming To An End…For The Second Time

The announcement was made on the series’ official X account on Thursday:

Jason Herbison, Neighbours executive producer said in response: “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.”

A spokesperson for Amazon told TVLine: “Neighbours has brought so much joy over the last 40 years to its fanbase globally and in the UK. Forty years is an incredible milestone and we are proud that Amazon MGM Studios was able to have a small part of bringing further episodes to Freevee and Prime Video customers over the last two years, spanning over 400 episodes.”

Daily Drama News Nuggets

* Admittedly he’s died “many times in many different storylines,” but Jeff Kober confided to Soap Opera Digest that he thinks his General Hospital swan song is “perhaps one of my best…”

And while he granted Cyrus’ descent into mercy killing was “definitely a leap,” he’s got “nothing but gratitude” for the folks at his old stomping grounds — even if he did EP Frank Valentini a bit of a hard time:

“[He] has a big heart and he doesn’t enjoy killing people’s characters…we had a really lovely conversation, and I thanked him for the opportunity and he said, ‘This is a character that was supposed to last six months, and here it is, five years later.’ And that’s four-and-a-half years of gravy! …I did want to torture him at least a little bit for letting me go, so I did that, but all in good fun!”

* Thanks to Soaps.sheknows, fans can now get a sneak peek at one of the many variations of the Beyond The Gates opening credit sequence:

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