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On This Day in 2005, Ozzy Osbourne Ended a Pioneering Career Shift He Later Came To Despise

‘The Osbournes’ finale aired 21 years ago.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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It has been 21 years to the day since the final episode of The Osbournes aired on MTV in the UK. The show ended its run in the United States on March 21, 2005. It would be another couple of weeks before the finale aired in the family’s homeland.

The Osbournes debuted on MTV on March 5, 2002. Following the lives of heavy metal godfather Ozzy Osbourne and his family, the show was a one-of-a-kind reality TV hit. It would run for 52 episodes across four seasons.

The Osbournes was a hit with reality TV fans and catapulted the family into a whole new stratosphere of fame. Ozzy, though, was not a big fan of being on TV and felt the experience was ultimately not positive for him, his wife Sharon, and two of their kids, Jack and Kelly.

“I have this f***ing thing........

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