Despite CBS calling time on The Mentalist after the upcoming seventh season, showrunner Bruno Heller has revealed that the series could continue with an eighth season at another network, but will have closure in its final run on CBS, per EW:
There’s always the potential of the show being shopped to another network. What are your feelings about that? Would Simon be up for that? Or do you think this is it?
It’s possible. This is a business. And it’s been such a wonderful part of my life and Simon and Robin and [co-star Tim Kang’s] life. No one involved is walking away and throwing down the mike and saying, “F–k ya’ll, I’m done with this.” It’s been a remarkably happy experience. There’s no reason why it couldn’t continue. But when you’ve done seven years and have an end date, people concentrate on that. For the audience it’s important to give a sense of closure. To a degree, it’s up to Simon. and I’d do whatever Simon wants to do.
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