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Little People, Big World fans are uncertain about the show’s future. After 25 seasons, the Roloffs have shared so much. It seems every story about the family has been told. However, that’s far from the case. Matt Roloff recently spoke about the show more candidly than ever. The father of four admits he can be more open than now that he’s not under an NDA with production for the first time in nearly two decades.
Matt Doesn’t Think TLC Knows Where They Stand With The Family
In a long reflection on the show shared to his verified Facebook page, Matt Roloff looked back at the history of the family’s time on TV, which began in 2003. The family first dealt with CBS before moving on to Discovery, which later became TLC.
Matt explained that there were a few times during the show’s run where they thought they were done and the network didn’t seem to give any indication to what was up.
Way back in early August of 2010 (14 years ago) the Roloff family had a family meeting and afterwards we contacted the TLC attorney and announced we were Done- We had come off a 40+ episode year (2009) and the filming process was a grind back then and disruptive to the kids schooling and discipline etc– We thought we had completed our mission of educating the world on what it’s like to be a Little Person in an average size world– Enough TV filming already!! ….we wanted to go back to running the farm and our normal lives– So We made it clear to TLC we were finished– We had completed the last of a 5 year contract option and it was time to move on– A few days later on August 26th 2010– TLC PR department put out a press release that said… “Little People Big World Cancelled and season 6 would be the last.”… (research Little People Big World on Wiki) The family got a bit of a chuckle out of that headline- but it was true enough to just go about our business– Funny thing is… The show never was cancelled — Wiki has that right! Many at the network still remember the announcement as jumping the gun, so to speak.
Matt Roloff, Facebook
Matt went on to explain that the network came back to them with different terms that the family was more comfortable with. As these situations arose over the years, the network always found some way to forge ahead because people were still very interested in the Roloff family.
Addressing fan chatter that the season 25 finale felt like a series finale, Matt says, “You just never know what might happen in the future.
I know I can’t predict the future– It’s my guess that the network can’t either… I do think that TLC did a nice job on the last Tuesday ‘season finale’ episode hedging their bets and putting a nice button on the show and where the family (members that still participate) stands— so if LPBW never does come back (in whatever various other forms) I think consensus is they wrapped up the Roloff LPBW crazy train saga pretty good– That’s why many of you felt it was a series finale.
Matt Roloff, Facebook
The Patriarch Noted Several Family Members Won’t Come Back Regardless
Matt Roloff didn’t shy away from the fact that TLC hasn’t picked the show up for Season 26. He noted that the show will look different moving forward, regardless. That’s because so many family members do not wish to return. Matt noted that his family, who moved on to living life off-camera, “is enjoying being away from it all after 19-20 years.”
Caryn and many other family members have publicly stated they are done with filming. Remember our show is a relationship based program— As more and more family members drift away from the show it becomes more difficult to produce the same content— As much as many of you hate (and we see the comments) about the rifts and strifes between the family members, the better the ratings do— Nobody (they think they do but they don’t) want to watch everything is always happy go lucky and perfect— Viewers want relationship drama and then resolutions. The less relationship interactions are filmed together on camera the harder it is to produce the show- Chris and Caryn coming onboard a helped replace some family members.
Matt Roloff, Facebook
There’s no doubt that the Roloff family means a lot to their fans. Things have changed in many ways over the years. Although what’s next is unclear, they’ll continue to feel that support.
