| Season Number: | 6 |
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| Image Upright: | 1.15 |
| Network: | Network Ten |
| Num Episodes: | 10 |
| Prev Season: | Season 5 |
| Next Season: | Season 7 |
| Episode List: | List of Offspring episodes |
The sixth season of Offspring, an Australian drama television series, premiered on Network TEN on 29 June 2016.
On 3 October 2014, John Edwards confirmed that Offspring would not return for a sixth series in 2015, due to Ten's cost-cutting measures in its production division.[1] On 30 August 2015, the Herald Sun reported that a sixth season of Offspring would be made - returning after a two-year hiatus.
On 20 September 2015, Ten confirmed that Offspring would return for a sixth season in 2016.[2] Production for the series began on 25 April 2016 and ran through to June 2016.[3] Series 6 premiered on 29 June 2016.
With the return of the series, creator Deb Oswald and long-term writer Michael Lucas announced that they weren't returning to the series for the sixth season. Jonathon Gavin, another long-term writer, has stepped into the place of head writer, citing that he always thought there was more to the Proudmans' story.[4] Gavin stated, about the return of the series, "Deb [Oswald] said that she conceived Offspring as the opposite of those shows where there's a dead prostitute lying in a dumpster in the beginning of the episode. This is a show that's affirming of all the things that make life great: food, sex, love, family, babies, dogs. The things that make life meaningful are our relationships to other people, those tiny moments when you have a connection with another human being. Offspring is a celebration of that."[4]
The show's return after almost two years fast-forwards 18 months past where season five ended. Nina has been in a relationship with Leo. Billie has been managing husband Mick's tour in the UK and youngest sibling Jimmy runs his busy Mexican taqueria while his wife Zara studies for a medical degree.[5]
Of the new season, Kat Stewart stated, "There's a life-changing event that shifts the ground for everybody and it provides us with an opportunity to mine a bit deeper with the characters, in a way that you can't do with a movie, or a play, or a short-run series. We've got all this history, so we don't run out of material, we just mine deeper."[4]
See also: List of Offspring episodes.
| Episode | Title | Original airdate | Overnight Viewers | Nightly Rank | Consolidated Viewers | Adjusted Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ...Make Lemonade | 29 June 2016 | 0.959 | 6 | 1.087[6] | 3 | |
| 2 | Doctor Doctor | 6 July 2016 | 0.779 | 9 | 0.886[7] | 6 | |
| 3 | Getting to Know You | 13 July 2016 | 0.742 | 11 | 0.837[8] | 10 | |
| 4 | Fallout | 20 July 2016 | 0.845 | 6 | 0.943[9] | 6 | |
| 5 | Breaking Point | 27 July 2016 | 0.726 | 9 | 0.864[10] | 6 | |
| 6 | A Present from the Past | 3 August 2016 | 0.783 | 9 | 0.944[11] | 6 | |
| 7 | Just Keep Swimming | 24 August 2016 | 0.668 | 17 | 0.856[12] | 10 | |
| 8 | Sisters Aren't Doing It for Themselves | 31 August 2016 | 0.638 | 17 | 0.825[13] | 12 | |
| 9 | Tried and Tested | 7 September 2016 | 0.594 | 18 | 0.771[14] | 13 | |
| 10 | To the Best of My Ability | 14 September 2016 | 0.810 | 9 | 0.958[15] | 3 |