Alaskan Bush People star says the Discovery Channel series has not been canceled despite recent rumors stating otherwise.

The reality TV star, 37, took to Instagram to address the cancellation reports in a video on Wednesday, March 26. While Bear admitted that he and his family are “not filming” their show “right now,” he clarified, “Alaskan Bush People is not canceled.”

“The official term for the show is that it is on hiatus,” he said.

Bear then pointed out that there was no official announcement about Alaskan Bush People’s cancellation from Discovery.

“So, like, Discovery doesn’t really have any issues saying when a show’s canceled,” he continued. “They’ve canceled plenty of shows, and they normally announce it, and they’re like, ‘This show has been canceled,’ and they don’t mind saying that. But our show has not been canceled.”

Alaskan Bush People last aired its season 14 finale in December 2022.

Bear claimed that the reason for the show’s extended hiatus was Discovery’s “super big merger a few years ago,” explaining that the network is “still getting their ducks in a row.” In April 2022, WarnerMedia merged with Discovery, Inc. to become Warner Bros. Discovery.

“So, some shows have been canceled, and some shows have been put on the back burner. Alaskan Bush People has been put on the back burner,” Bear said. “And it is not technically canceled.”

The Alaska native concluded, “So I just wanted to let y’all guys know that because I know a lot of y’all, you’ve followed the show and the family for a very long time. It’s much appreciated, and I think that y’all guys deserve to know.”

Bear’s video came weeks after The U.S. Sun reported that Alaskan Bush People would not be filming future episodes of the show amid an ongoing $500,000 lawsuit between late Brown family patriarch Billy Brown’s estate and his business partner, . Billy’s wife, , reportedly used language suggesting that the reality show had ended in her April 2024 testimony.

“Testimony acknowledging that the show Alaskan Bush People ultimately had 14 seasons, with the last season being filmed in 2022,” the court documents read, according to the outlet.

Ami, 61, who is listed as a defendant in the case, also reportedly referred to Alaskan Bush People in the past tense.

Maughon initially filed the breach of contract lawsuit against Billy’s estate in April 2021, two months after the reality star died from a seizure at 68 years old. According to The Sun, the businessman claimed in his filing that he made a deal with Billy in January 2009 where the father of seven agreed to pay his partner 10 percent “of the gross income of Alaska Wilderness Family Productions from the creative works of Billy Bryan Brown, specifically including books, movies, television and documentaries.” However, Maughon claimed that he never received any payment.

Maughon estimated that Billy earned approximately $500,000 per episode of Alaskan Bush People, although the exact amount would need to be determined via accounting.

The Discovery Channel later got involved in the lawsuit.

“Plaintiff also anticipates issuing a trial subpoena for the appearance and testimony at trial of corporate representative of Discovery Networks regarding financial earnings from and payments related to the Alaskan Bush People television program,” the court docs read, according to the publication.

Ami filed a motion to dismiss Maughon’s claims against her in February. The matriarch argued that his agreement with Billy was made in Alaska, where there is “no joint community obligation of a spouse for the debts of the other spouse,” the outlet reported via court docs.

“The simple (and admitted) fact that Amora L. Brown was married to the decedent Defendants Billy Bryant Brown when he separately entered a contract and on the date of his death does not give rise to joint marital obligation of Amora L Brown to the Plaintiff, without factual allegations that the obligation was engaged as a community obligation or joint contractual obligation somehow obligating her separately or as to her share of community property,” the paperwork read. “Nothing in the Amended complaint alleges a joint obligation of Defendant Amora L. Brown.”

A settlement conference was scheduled for April 25.