Axed Project host Sarah Harris has broken her silence for the first time since Channel 10 confirmed the long-running panel series will go off the air within weeks.

Sarah Harris has broken her silence for the first time since Channel 10 confirmed The Project has been axed.

A Ten spokesperson confirmed to SkyNews.com.au that The Project wound end its run after “almost 16 years and more than 4,500 episodes”.

“The Project will air for the last time on Friday, June 27, ending an incredible run of almost 16 years and more than 4,500 episodes,” the network said in a statement.

“The impact that The Project has had on the media and entertainment industry, countless careers, as well as on Australian society and culture, cannot be overstated.”

The current The Project presenters on Network 10. Picture: Ten.
It is unclear whether the series’ high profile hosts, including Waleed Aly and Sarah Harris, will be deployed to other projects at Ten or leave the network entirely.

In a tongue-in-cheek statement, Harris teased that fans should “keep an eye out” for when she starts a page on adult subscription content website O.F.

“I’ve had a blast, but it’s time for me to take a breath and spend some time with my boys… keep an eye out for my O.F page,” she said in a statement shared via the program’s official Instagram page.

Harris, a Channel 10 veteran who previously co-anchored the canned daytime series Studio 10, joined The Project in 2022.

The Project co-host Sarah Harris has made light of the cancellation. Picture: Ten.
“Our supportive Queen, Sarah Harris, has spoken following the news that we are finishing up on June 27 and her boys are going to have the best time with their Mum over the next few months,” the channel said in a statement.

The Melbourne-based program features a rotating line up of regular presenters including Waleed Aly, Sarah Harris, Sam Taunton, and Georgie Tunny from Sunday through Friday.

The series’ original panel consisted of Carrie Bickmore, Charlie Pickering and Dave Hughes, but its most well-known line up was arguably Bickmore, Peter Helliar, Waleed Aly, and Hamish McDonald.

It was this era that saw The Project and its hosts pick up a trophy case of Logie wins, including Gold Logies for Bickmore in 2015 and Aly in 2016.

Bickmore and Helliar left the Melbourne-based show in 2022 amid reported budget cuts and declining viewership at the free-to-air broadcaster.

A new half hour news program called Behind the Lines, hosted by high-profile journalist Denholm Hitchcock, is set air in July or August.

It is understood Ten will be broadcasting the new show from Sydney to save on costs and already broadcasts The Project from Sydney on Sundays.