American Pickers is OVER after 27 seasons as star Danielle Colby teases 'big transitions in the works'

By ADAM S. LEVY, US SENIOR SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER

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American Pickers star Danielle Colby said that the show is coming to an end after 27 seasons.

Colby, who was celebrating her 50th birthday Wednesday, captioned an Instagram post about the History channel show, 'OK, here we go! BIG transitions in the works.'

After speaking about how she observed her birthday, and is working on her Iowa-based museum, she shared the news about the series: 'I just found out that American Pickers is done.'

Colby said of the show's ending in relation to her personally: 'I am at this epic crossroads where I've laid out what I want to do - so I already have that plan in motion.

'But now is the time where I like have to, like, fully dig in and commit to this plan that I have laid out.

Colby said that 'without the financial support of American Pickers, it's going to be a wild one.

American Pickers' Danielle Colby, 50, said that the show is coming to an end after 27 seasons

American Pickers' Danielle Colby, 50, said that the show is coming to an end after 27 seasons 

'It kind of takes me right back to where I started when American Pickers started.'

Colby said prior to becoming a regular on the show, she was 'doing burlesque' and other freelance endeavors because she wasn't 'really getting paid by Pickers yet.'

She added, 'I had started doing burlesque pre-American Pickers - so it takes me back to the space where I'm like building everything up from scratch.'

Colby promised her Instagram followers that she would keep them in the loop on her ongoings as the show draws to its conclusion.

'I'm gonna take you with [me] on this journey,' Colby said, 'because I don't know what to do if I'm not filming my work.' 

She added, 'So I'm just gonna continue to film my work, and you can come with me on this process as a former reality TV star, just trying to find her f***ing way in the world.'

Colby said she is planning on focusing her efforts on her business, the Ecdysiast Arts Museum located in her native Davenport, Iowa.

'I've got the plan; we're moving forward - but how do I make money with the museum? That's the question ... wish me luck.'

Colby has appeared on 368 episodes of the reality show for the past 15 years

Colby has appeared on 368 episodes of the reality show for the past 15 years 

The show was created by Mike Wolfe (R) and featured the late Frank Fritz

The show was created by Mike Wolfe (R) and featured the late Frank Fritz

American Pickers, created by Mike Wolfe, first arrived on the air in 2010 featuring Colby and the late Frank Fritz.

Fritz died in September of 2024 at 60 after years of health complications, as his ailment caused him to leave the show in 2021, and he suffered a stroke the following year. 

The show focuses on a group of businesspeople from the Midwest scouring the country for rare collectibles they plan to resell or keep. 

American Pickers airs on the History Channel at 9/8c.