Showtime's hit 'Outlander' to end after eighth season

Outlander returns for its seventh season with 16 episodes and an eighth season with 10 episodes that will serve as the show's finale.
The series is based on the incomplete book series by Diana Gabaldon, who has published nine of 10 planned novels.
The show follows the love story of Claire and Jamie Fraser during the American Revolution and now into the lives of their daughter and son-in-law.
The show's stars expressed sadness over ending the show but gratitude for having the necessary time to finish the story properly.
The writer's strike has created uncertainty over how closely the final season will follow the story in Gabaldon's unwritten tenth novel.