MTV sets schedule for final season of 'The Hills'

[March 26, 2010]  NEW YORK (AP) -- MTV's hit series "The Hills" is coming to an end after one more season.

The network said Thursday the sixth and last season of the popular reality soap will begin April 27. Twelve new episodes will be aired before "The Hills" calls it quits.

It has been one of MTV's most popular series, and has made stars out of featured couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.

MTV Programming President Tony DiSanto promised the series would go out on a high note with drama, emotion and "an organic culmination of this saga."

The fifth season of "The Hills" was one of the top 10 original series on cable TV last year. A DVD of that season will go on sale the same day as the sixth season begins.

[Associated Press]

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