Bravo Puts ‘Million Dollar Listing New York’ on Pause Following Fredrik Eklund’s Departure

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Closing up shop — for now. After nine seasons, Million Dollar Listing New York has halted production for the foreseeable future, a little more more than six months after star Fredrik Eklund announced his departure from the franchise.The reality show, which premiered in 2012 as a spinoff of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, has been “paused,” Variety reported on Wednesday, July 6, explaining that the network chooses to put production on hold rather than outright cancel shows in case they are revived later on.

Currently, there are no plans to film any more episodes of Million Dollar Listing New York. During its nine-season run, the show earned two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program and spawned two spinoffs of its own.Season 9 followed real estate agents Eklund, 45, and Ryan Serhant as they attempted to navigate the world of luxury real estate amid the coronavirus pandemic — that is, when they were able to even show and sell homes.“It was very frustrating because I couldn’t get to New York.

We were not allowed to fly or even do real estate,” the Sweden native told Us Weekly exclusively in May 2021. “We were not even legally allowed to do real estate, we couldn’t do showings.

Our clients wanted us to sell anyway, and we have a fiduciary duty to them. So, our clients are screaming, ‘Sell my apartment.