Canadian TV hit Trailer Park Boys to end

The TVcameras will go dark in Sunnyvale next year, as cult favourite Canadian mockumentary Trailer Park Boys is set to end.

"Over the past few months, there has been a lot of discussion among our fans and those in the media about the future of Trailer Park Boys," creator Mike Clattenburg wrote Wednesday in a blog posting on the Showcase.ca website.

"The last thing we want to do is keep our loyal fans in the dark about the show we have all loved doing for the past eight years, so we'd like now to shed some light."

After the one-hour TV special Say Goodnight To The Bad Guys airs on Dec. 7, a new Trailer Park Boys movie tentatively called Countdown To Liquor Day will be released in Canada next October.

"But, after that, there will be no more. Yes, it's the end of Trailer Park Boys," Clattenburg wrote.

"Our fans have been so supportive and inspiring that we wanted you to be the first to know."

The low-budget comedy, set in a fictional Nova Scotia trailer park, began in 2001 and soon gained a cult following. The series revolves around a foul-mouthed but lovable trioof losers named Ricky, Julian and Bubbles, who bumble one harebrained get-rich-quick scheme after another while purportedly being filmed by a documentary crew.

The show's main characters have become contemporary Canadian pop culture figures. The lead trio portrayed by Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay and Mike Smith hosted and appeared on a number of award shows, while Smith's Bubbles character made cameos in several music videos.

The show also had a brief run on BBC America and has been shown on comedy channels around the globe. In 2006,Clattenburg released the Genie-nominated film Trailer Park Boys: The Movie.