Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer's holiday show Vacation, Vacation, Vacation has been canned after Channel 4 decided it "didn't resonate with viewers".
A Channel 4 spokeswoman said: "Vacation, Vacation, Vacation didn't resonate with viewers as well as we'd hoped and we have no plans to bring it back.
Despite Allsopp and Spencer proving ratings gold for Channel 4 with their property and home-improvement shows, Vacation, Vacation, Vacation's ratings were lower than expected.
Vacation, Vacation, Vacation may not be returning but Allsopp and Spencer – whom the BBC attempted to sign last year – have a number of other shows for Channel 4 on air or in the pipeline.
As summer approached, Gianluca Nardi's wife, a hard-working lawyer, proposed that they live each day as if it were vacation, vacation in New York.
If you're curious about how bankers manage to spend all the money they've steal from us then you get a clue in Vacation, Vacation, Vacation, Channel 4's solution to the tricky question of what to do with Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsop until the housing market picks up again.
Life indoors also invites close observation, as this subtly chic hideaway is an under-the-radar retreat for celebrities: Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhaal and British explorer Bear Grylls have stayed here recently; Kirsty Allsopp and Phil Spencer made it their base while filming an episode of Vacation, Vacation, Vacation, which is due to air on Channel 4 later this month.
Or, if you're not afflicted with any of that, think about vacation (VACATION!) as a way to see yourself.
He meant well, and it was consonant with the not-really-vacation vacation that pilgrimage is supposed to be, but in the moment it made the whole thing seem even more burdensome.
