So I have been trying to figure out if this is the last season of MI....I think it is but no one seems to know, so I was hoping someone on here could tell me, I asked MR.Deville on another forum but he seemed to avoid answering me, so maybe it is true. I hope not. If no one can help, can someone tell me how I would find out, like is there someone I can contact on TLC? They seem to not even care about MI anymore,like they took Kat's side on everything. BS if you ask me.

MIFan -
Jesse DeVille is a friend of the guys, but isn't associated with the show in any way, so he may not be able to give that information. Since none of the 13 episodes of the 4th(?) season haven't yet aired, it may be a bit premature to assume that TLC has even made that decision.(re: Ratings!) The only way it may be a done deal is if the guys themselves don't want to continue. Considering their many business deals, and the fact that they all have long waiting lists of clients, etc., it may be that they want to end the show and take their lives in new directions. If that is the case, I wish them well and much success.
(I won't comment on the Kat issue here, as that has been discussed in length already in other threads.)

This has now been confirmed...
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/539442.html
I wish them all well in their lives and much continued success. -RJ

I'm sad to see them go, but at the same time, it's for the best. I wish them all the success in the world.

I totally understand their reasons for not extending their contracts. It's terrible that they aren't making anymore episodes, but it's awesome that they are opening even more venues around the country. That's probably a more lucrative idea anyway. Good for them!

HERE IS THE ARTICAL THAT COMFIRMS THE BAD NEWS

Miami Ink ending after three years of tattooing
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BY DOUGLAS HANKS
dhanks@MiamiHerald.com

PETER ANDREW BOSCH / MIAMI HERALD FILE
The stars of Miami Ink, Ami James, left, and Chris Nunez, inside their Love Hate bar in South Beach.The stars of Miami Ink, the series that thrust a South Beach tattoo parlor into reality TV fame, say the show has come to an end after nearly three years on the air.

Ami James said Monday he and co-star Chris Nuñez declined to extend Discovery Communications' option to order more episodes of the TLC show. James said that move effectively ended their contracts with the cable conglomerate, and that no talks are under way to shoot more episodes of their life as South Beach tattoo artists.

''It's done. It's over,'' James said by telephone from the Washington Avenue tattoo studio he and Nuñez own.

A Discovery spokesman declined to comment Monday evening.

The show boosted ratings for TLC and launched a franchise, with three ''Ink'' spinoffs in Los Angeles, London and Rio. But L.A. Ink emerged as a rival, debuting last year to an audience that doubled Miami Ink's and set a TLC ratings record for reality programming.

Charlie Corwin, whose New York company, Original Media, produces Miami Ink, said he did not know if the show would return. ''The show's been running a long time,'' he said. In terms of ratings, Miami Ink is ``not as high as it has been in the past, it's not as low as it has been in the past.''

Miami Ink's demise could mean the end of a popular tourist spot in South Beach. Fans regularly stop on Washington Avenue to snap pictures of the familiar storefront and catch a peek of the famous artists (who were rarely there and mostly confined their inking to when the cameras rolled behind blacked-out windows).

Discovery owns the rights to the ''Miami Ink'' brand, and James said in a November interview he worried the network would force him to remove the name from his studio's front window if the show ended.

So far, that hasn't happened: ''Miami Ink'' remains out front. But the famous tattoo studio has been converted into a gift shop selling clothes designed by the show's artists and friends. A sign directs customers to a new tattoo studio James and Nuñez opened earlier this year on the same block: Love Hate Tattoos.

The new store made a cameo in the show's April 24 season debut as the partners' latest venture. Viewers saw them open the Love Hate bar in South Beach last year, and both stars said their efforts to promote the brand on the show caused friction with network executives.

That tension doesn't seem to have eased. ''We weren't happy with the way we were treated,'' James said Monday. ``I will never work for Discovery again.''

He complained the network did not promote the show properly, particularly when it moved Miami Ink from Tuesday night to Thursday night this season.

James said he and Nuñez plan on pursuing other deals.

''There might be a TV project and there might be a movie project,'' he said. ``We always had bigger ideas than Miami Ink. Miami Ink was kind of like of going to school.''

The upside for fans could be more access to their favorite artists. Nuñez said he, James and the other stars are taking customers again for the first time since the show's nearly year-round production schedule began.

''Now we basically have to go back to work,'' he said. ``We all still need to feed our families.''

The last Ink episode was shot in December and TLC has begun airing the 13 taped during that stretch, James said. Reruns could keep the Miami Ink location alive on basic cable for years.

If not, James said he's not worried about losing the show's promotional muscle -- even with three South Beach businesses to sustain.

''We've been on the air for 81 episodes. That's three years. We're in 161 countries,'' he said. ``I definitely have enough marketing to last me a long time.''