'City Homicide' not axed, Seven confirms

The Seven Network has confirmed that City Homicide has not been axed.

However, the police drama will return in 2011 as a six-part miniseries instead of the usual order of at least 20 episodes each season.

Explaining the change in schedule, Seven's programming boss Tim Worner said: "In days of old, its renewal would have been a no-brainer. But in this multi-channel environment, such decisions aren't as clear-cut as they once were."

According to MSN, the new series will be titled City Homicide: No Greater Honour. The series debuted in 2007.