SHOW OVER? American Pickers makes unannounced major schedule change after ratings drop to lowest of the season

AMERICAN Pickers has made an unannounced major schedule change after ratings dropped to the lowest of the season.

American Pickers stars Mike Wolfe, his brother Robbie and Danielle Colby with new episodes airing on Wednesdays.

American Pickers has made a major schedule change amid low ratings

The show has been off the air for two weeks

The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal this will be the second week in a row that the History Channel will not air new episodes of the show.

Social media accounts have not provided an explanation for the haitus.

New episodes began on July 5 for the second half of season 24 with the last episode airing on August 23.

Taking over for American Pickers tonight will be Ancient Empires, The U.S. Sun can confirm.

RATINGS CRISIS
The sudden schedule change comes amid low ratings.

The August 23 episode brought in just 620,000 viewers, the lowest of the season.

The August 16 episode had 706,000 people watch, while the August 9 episode had 778,000.

Ratings were better for the July 26 episode with 885,000 viewers watching.

For the July 19 episode, just 713,000 people tuned in, while 803,000 watched the July 12 show.

The U.S. Sun reported 918,000 viewers watched the premiere episode.

RATINGS DRAMA
Ratings were up and down last season.

The March 8 episode of American Pickers brought in 844,000 viewers.

That was up from the week before, as only 711,000 viewers watched the March 1 episode.

The Season 24 premiere kicked off strong with 943,000 fans watching.

FAN BOYCOTT
Fans have boycotted the show after the firing of fan-favorite star Frank Fritz, 59, in 2021.

One commented of the premiere episode: “I’ll only watch American Pickers if it’s a rerun with Frank. Carry on.”

A second said: “The only episodes of American Pickers I watch is WITH FRANK.”

A third asked on the show’s Twitter account: “Why did you screw Frank over?”

FRANK REACTS
The U.S. Sun previously reported Frank watches the new episodes and thinks it’s funny how ratings have declined without him, as his episodes brought in over a million viewers.

A source close to Frank told The U.S. Sun: “Yeah we all know ratings went down. We’re not surprised by that. Frank finds that a little bit funny.

“Frank still gets tons of fan mail. I would say he’s the favorite. Everyone likes the underdog.

“The show is better with Frank.”

Frank last appeared on American Pickers in March 2020 when he left to recover from back surgery.

Mike, 59 announced over Instagram that he was no longer with the show in 2021.

The source continued: “He wishes everything to go well for everybody. He doesn’t have no bad taste in his mouth. It is what it is.”

FRANK’S BACK?
But fortunately for American Pickers, Frank could help the struggling series by possibly returning to the show.

The U.S. Sun previously reported he has been in talks to return to the show one year after suffering a stroke in July 2022.

A source close to Frank told The U.S. Sun: “I don’t know why he wouldn’t return to the show. He could go back to the show, maybe.

“He watches the new episodes. He’ll laugh about it. Got to find something on there to razz them about. He’ll tell them about it.”

The insider said when it came down to Frank being fired from the show it “wasn’t that big of a deal.”

He still keeps in touch with Mike and the crew, as the source revealed they visit him.

But though Frank returning to the show is a possibility, the insider admitted: “I don’t know that he wants to.”

Frank suffered a stroke in July 2022, and was placed under conservatorship and guardianship the following month.

CO-STAR FEUD
He left the show to recover from back surgery, leaving him with 185 stitches and two rods in his spine.

During his break from the show, Frank lost 65 pounds and entered rehab for alcohol addiction in Iowa for 77 days.

Frank revealed his feud with co-star Mike during the 2021 interview with The U.S. Sun.

The fan-favorite said: “I haven’t talked to Mike in two years. He knew my back was messed up, but he didn’t call me up and ask how I was doing. That’s just how it is.

“The show is tilted towards him 1,000 percent. I can’t even bend that far down to show you how much.

“That’s fine. It’s like you’ve got Aerosmith and there’s Steven Tyler and he’s the frontman.

“I found my spot, I’m second and he’s number one on the show. That’s no problem with me, maybe he does have a problem.”

He also admitted: “I think Mike wants to get his brother Robbie in there to replace me. I don’t know why he’s behaving like that towards me.”

FRIENDS AGAIN
Mike and Frank reunited over Memorial Day Weekend for the first time in years, as The U.S. Sun previously revealed the status of their relationship today.

A source close to Frank told The U.S. Sun: “Everything between them is fine. They’ve known each other for 40 years. They went to high school, they’ve done all this stuff together. They’re very good friends, great friends.