It looks like Callista Flockhart, Sally Field and Rachel Griffiths will have to start looking for new employment after their TV show Brothers & Sisters was cancelled today.
The show, which has run on U.S. TV since 2006, is thought to have been axed due to disappointing ratings.
The drama is one of several shows which has been culled by the network, including V, No Ordinary Family, Better With You and Mr Sunshine.
Family drama: The Brothers & Sisters cast, featuring Rob Lowe and Calista Flockhart pictured back in 2008
Award winning: Sally Field won an Emmy back in 2007 for playing matriarch Nora Walker
Brothers & Sisters revolved around the fortunes of the Walker family after the death of father and husband William Walker.
It was critically acclaimed during its run, with Sally Field winning an Emmy award back in 2007 for playing overbearing mother-of-five Nora.
Her five children included conservative Kitty, played by Callista Flockhar.
The show also starred Rob Lowe and Balthazar Getty for its first three seasons.
There had been some speculation that the drama would get a last minute reprieve from the network, but fans were disappointed to learn that the episode which aired on Sunday May 8 was indeed the series' last.
However, it may not have been entirely unexpected, with several of the series' cast members hinting that the show would get the chop.
Earlier this month, Griffiths, who played stepdaughter Sarah Laurent, joked that she would soon be signing on to Australian welfare for unemployment.
'I'm soon to be unemployed so I checked in with Centrelink and said "Looks like I’m out of a job,"' she said.
Stars of the show: Calista and Sally have appeared in the drama since it started back in 2006
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