It was reported in January 2012 that the show, which in 2011 ran as a 46 × 90-minute series, had fallen foul of the BBC's Delivering Quality First cuts because of its unfortunate scheduling on BBC 2 during the day, despite consistently high ratings. The show ended in March, and an online campaign was launched to save the programme.
On 25 March 2012, Lovejoy and Rimmer began hosting a new show for Channel 4, Sunday Brunch. The series started one week after the final episode of Something for the Weekend.