Is 'Little People, Big World' Ending for Good? Season 25 Finale Ends on Somber Note
Zach and Tori Roloff confirmed they quit 'Little People, Big World' in early 2024, which isn't a good sign of what's to come.
Apr. 23 2024, Published 8:01 p.m. ET
Some big changes might be coming to Little People, Big World.
Ever since Zach and Tori Roloff announced on their podcast Raising Heights in February 2024 that they were leaving the show after Season 25 ended, the show's fate has been put into question, prompting fans to ask: Is Little People, Big World ending after 18 years on TV?
The TLC reality series, which first aired in 2006, follows the lives of the former married couple Matt and Amy Roloff and their son Zach, all of whom have dwarfism.
The show has already seen casting shakeups in the past with Matt and Amy’s other children all leaving the show. This includes Jacob, Jeremy (and his wife, Audrey), and their daughter, Molly. Zach was the last link.
Keep reading to find out the current status of the hit reality series and whether it will return for Season 26.
Will 'Little People, Big World' return for Season 26?
TLC has yet to announce whether Little People, Big World is ending. The last season to air was Season 25, which followed Zach and Tori and their children, Matt and his fiancé Caryn Chandler, and Amy and her husband Chris Marek.
Zach has been on the show since he was 13, and Tori joined in Season 10. The pair married in 2015 and have since welcomed three children: Jackson Kyle, Lilah Ray, and Josiah Luke.
But with Zach and Tori leaving, the cast would consist of the eldest Roloffs and their new partners.
The Season 25 finale of 'Little People, Big World' ended on a somber note.
During the Season 25 finale, which aired on April 23, 2024, Amy, Chris, Matt, and Caryn successfully held the fundraising event for the Dwarf Athletic Association of America (DAAA), which they had been planning together throughout the season. None of their kids attended.
Later in the episode, the four of them discussed how their kids never visited, with Matt specifically calling out how Zach and Tori never made an effort to come up to the farm.
Chris also pointed out that Amy had a designated "grandma room" in their house that was hardly ever used since the kids never brought the grandchildren over. At one point in the finale, he floated the idea to Amy of moving out of the area since her kids don't seem to need her anymore. He suggested possibly to Idaho, where he is from.
Zach noted how his relationship with his family had changed and how his kids wouldn't have many of the same experiences he did growing up on Roloff Farms.
"The farm was part of my life, and it's not going to be part of our kids' lives the same way it was mine," he said.
He added: "No one's holding grudges. No one's intentionally not going to the farm. There's just no interest. The kids don't ask, [there's] nothing we're hiding from them. It's just they don't ask, and they have their own space up here."
Of his relationship with his father, Zach said: "When it comes to my dad, that ship has all sailed. There's not much of a relationship, just doing our own thing," he said. "Time might even it out, but everything will be healed. It just will be different."
The father and son had a falling out when they couldn't agree on the sale of a portion of the family farm to him and Tori. Following that incident, Zach moved his family to Battleground, Wash., where they have since lived separate lives.
The finale also showed flashbacks from previous seasons when the family was more unified, indicating how much things had changed over the years.
When Zach and Tori announced their departure, they said the show hadn't asked them back yet.
When Zach and Tori announced in February 2024 that they were done with Little People, Big World, Zach noted that they hadn't been asked back yet, indicating that TLC didn't have plans drawn up for Season 26 yet.
"I think the chapter has closed regardless of us being asked back or not. We've made it pretty clear we're done with that chapter for multiple reasons," Zach said on his joint podcast, Raising Heights, with Tori.
Tori first hinted at leaving the show in 2022 during a Q&A on Instagram. When a fan asked, “How long do you plan to be on television?” Tori foreshadowed their departure by replying, “I think our time is definitely coming to a close.”
If the show does end with Season 25, it wouldn't come as a major surprise.
