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Obviously your perspective is a unique one since youвЂ™re so close to it, but do you have any sense of what really clicked with the audience? I would rather be in the former category.ДЇorbes: The show has a huge, passionate fan base who watch every week and who are active on Twitter andДЇacebook. The other choice is that you end it a little too late when youвЂ™ve run out of gas.

#BURN NOTICE SEASON 8 SERIES#

A series can end a little earlier than it might have, and you still have a little left to do. You have a choice when youвЂ™re ending a show. There were several factors, both financial and regarding the actors. We talked about where we were and came to the conclusion that it was the time to do it. We discussed it with the network and the studio and the actors. Nix: ItвЂ™s not as if I called USA one day and said I wanted to end the show it was a decision that emerged over time. I guess I always will be in a way, but itвЂ™s different.ДЇorbes: As the creator, how did you know when it was time to say goodbye? Was there anything in particular that cemented the decision? As of today IвЂ™m not the Burn Notice guy anymore.

I was talking to my youngest son, who was born during the pilot, and he has only known me as the Burn Notice guy. ItвЂ™s very odd when a show runs for seven years itвЂ™s your life. The first ending was the last writers room, which was months ago now. Nix: ItвЂ™s interesting having a series ending because it ends over a very long time. The day before the finale, Nix took some time to talk about the show's success, its passionate fan base, and how he knew it was time to wrap for good.ДЇorbes: How do you feel, the day before your showвЂ™s series finale airs? Tonight, fans will be hashtaging #FinalBurn and reluctantly saying sayonara to Westen and his crew. After its premiere this June, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Burn NoticeВ had 4.32 million viewers,В up 24 percent from its 2012 fall opening. They shot 111 episodes in Miami over the years (same as Miami Vice),В and the show has received Emmy and WGA nominations, and a Gracie Award for supporting actress Sharon Gless. Evil Dead's Bruce Campbell plays the Hawaiian shirt-wearing Sam Axe, and comedian Patton Oswalt had a guest stint in 2012 so you know Nix and his team aren't taking themselves too seriously. It's a spy show that sends the occasional light-hearted wink to its audience. government who goes home to Miami to use his Special Ops training to help people in trouble. For the last seven years, fans have tuned in to watch Michael Westen, aВ spy who was 'burned,' or let go, by the U.S. It also helped that the spy drama, created by Matt Nix, was the number one show on cable at the time.

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