PICKING A NEW LANE American Pickers’ Danielle Colby announces major career move away from show in new post as her co-stars film season 25
PICKING A NEW LANE American Pickers’ Danielle Colby announces major career move away from show in new post as her co-stars film season 25
AMERICAN Pickers star Danielle Colby has announced a big-time move away from the History Channel show.
It comes as her co-stars Mike and Robbie Wolfe continue to work on the show’s upcoming season.
Danielle, 47, took to Instagram and shared a photo of herself posing alongside her friend and performer Ingrid Lucia.
In the photo, she announced that she would be performing with Ingrid at the Jazz Fest on May 5.
“We will be there rain or shine! Will you?” the American Pickers notable shared with fans.
“Besides, don’t they say ‘if you don’t like the weather in New Orleans just wait ten minutes?'”
People were all about Danielle’s new move as they took to the comments section to react.
“Awesome! Have a great time,” one person wrote as another fan added: “Have tons of fun! And be safe!”
Meanwhile, Danielle’s co-stars including Mike and Robbie have been busy working away on new episodes for the show’s 25th season.
In April, Robbie shared a snap of himself hard at work and finding new antiques that could be aired on the program.
“We’ve been out on the road picking and filming all new American Pickers- whose ready for some new episodes this summer?” he wrote at the time.
‘NEVER SHUT DOWN’
Just days later, Robbie doubled down on his announcement while showing off some of the new antiques that he intended to sell on the Pickers’ website.
“Hey guys, just got back from a long trip and we actually just had the pick drops, man,” he shared.
“This is all stuff we picked on the show.”
He added: “All this stuff we’re going to be putting up on the website in the next few weeks. So, you know, jump on there.”
However, one fan asked: “Rob is this a new video? If so how come we’re not seeing any of the shows on the History Channel? …”
The TV star quickly snapped: “New stuff starts in July. We are always filming, never shut down. Thanks for watching.”
Both Robbie, 62, and Mike, 58, along with Danielle were on hand for the show’s 24th season; however, ratings were a rollercoaster.
While the season premiere kicked off with about 943,000 fans tuning in in January, there was a drop of more than 200,000 viewers when the March 1 episode aired – the lowest of the season.
Many fans pointed out fired star Frank Fritz’s absence as a major reason behind the ratings drop.
After Frank’s firing, some viewers boycotted the program and slammed Robbie as his replacement.
“The show needs Frank, Mike and Danielle. Stop changing it,” one person wrote at the time and added: “I’m sure Robbie is a nice guy but comes across boring on TV.”
Despite pushback from fans, it does not seem at the moment that Frank will appear in the upcoming season.