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"David Boreanaz has confirmed that he considered quitting Bones. Last June, the actor - who plays Seeley Booth - referred to the drama&amp;#039;s eighth season as a &amp;quot;farewell tour&amp;quot; and admitted that he was &amp;quot;ready for new challenges&amp;quot;.  Boreanaz has now told TVLine that he had weighed up his future when his old Bones contract expired at the end of the last season. &amp;quot;My contract was up... so I had opportunities to go into some new areas,&amp;quot; he admitted. &amp;quot;But the producers and I came together and found a happy medium. We sat and talked hard about the character development, and I&amp;#039;m excited.&amp;quot; The 43-year-old explained that the recently announced ninth season of Bones will focus on Booth&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;health problems&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve never really focused on the hardcore truth of what Booth goes through on an everyday basis,&amp;quot; he suggested. &amp;quot;His health problems may come to fruition [and] there might be a traumatic experience that he&amp;#039;s got to deal with.&amp;quot; Last year, Boreanaz told reporters including Digital Spy that there was a &amp;quot;message&amp;quot; behind the original tweets which sparked speculation about his future with the show. &amp;quot;Personal and business decisions are always made behind closed doors, and it should remain that way,&amp;quot; he asserted. &amp;quot;But for me to go out and tweet to certain people is a fun thing to do. There&amp;#039;s always a message in it somewhere!&amp;quot; Bones airs on Fox on Mondays in the US and on Wednesdays on Sky Living in the UK. &amp;gt; Bones ninth season not planned as show&amp;#039;s last, says Fox boss Watch a clip from Bones below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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