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"Bones co-creator Hart Hanson has admitted that the show&amp;#039;s current season could be its last. Hanson told TV Guide that while he is &amp;quot;very confident&amp;quot; that the crime drama will return for a ninth run, he is also preparing for the possibility that Fox might not renew the series.  &amp;quot;We know the end of this season and we also know the end of the series,&amp;quot; the exec producer explained. &amp;quot;We have to be ready to end the series. If we don&amp;#039;t get a season nine, then... we have to combine [the two endings].&amp;quot; Bones returned to Fox on Monday night (November 5) following a month&amp;#039;s hiatus. The show&amp;#039;s eighth season continues every Monday at 8/7c on Fox and is expected to debut in the UK on Sky Living in early 2013. Vik Sahay recently signed up for a guest role on the series - the Chuck star will play a murder suspect in a forthcoming episode. &amp;gt; Bones casts Army Wives star Brian McNamara &amp;gt; Michael Clarke Duncan Bones return planned prior to death Watch a clip from Bones below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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