It appears fans of the hit CTV sitcom “Children Ruin Everything” will have just one more new season to enjoy the antics of James and Astrid, their three children and quirky family and friends. The program has been filming its fourth season in Hamilton and show creator Kurt Smeaton tells The Hamilton Spectator it will be the last one. The season is set to premiere in September and he is working on the series finale.
The season will feature 16 episodes. However, New Metric Media, the production company behind the comedy, says there is nothing official about the show ending. Smeaton, who won an Emmy for “Schitt’s Creek,” said there are many factors for why the show is ending, but he said costs play the largest role.
Smeaton, who grew up in the Ottawa area, has written for shows like “Kim’s Convenience” and “Mr. D.” “Children Ruin Everything” creator Kurt Smeaton says he was inspired to write the sitcom based on his own life of being a parent (he now has three children).
The show is shooting its fourth and final season in Hamilton, including at Jerome Park on the central Mountain last week. “Shooting is becoming more and more expensive,” he told The Spec during a visit to Jerome Park, where the show was shooting scenes involving an ice-cream truck. “Every year you do the show it becomes more and more expensive.
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There’s inflation, so to do it for the same costs becomes more and more difficult. This is an expensive show now.�.
