Corbin Bernsen rescinds tweet about end of ‘Psych,’ says decision not yet made

TORONTO – With audiences desperate for hints as to whether USA Network’s TV series “Psych” will continue beyond its eighth season, Corbin Bernsen’s tweets — “Now Psych is ending. Life! A trip” — felt like water in a desert.

Bernsen’s response to the controversial message, five days later?

Psych.

“I apologize for anyone who misread that,” Bernsen, who played retired police officer Henry Spencer, said in an interview from Los Angeles. “They got very upset with me for actually making it even sound like it was the end of it — that was a call they’ll have to make.”

The 58-year-old actor says he was referring to the end of his contract with “Psych,” and said that in the wake of the death of his mother, “The Young and the Restless” star Jeanne Cooper, he was interested in a change.

“I didn’t really mean to say, it’s the end … what I was relaying more was that, the run is done there, certainly with me, and with my mom’s passing and all that, I was trying to relate it more to, I am really eager for new directions in my life.

“(But) would I go back if someone says, ‘Hey, there’s another season of “Psych?”‘ In a heartbeat. Could that happen? Yeah, I guess, evidently.”

The show, which has become a fan favourite for its wry, witty take on shows featuring a psychic cop, just wrapped the finale of its eighth season. But Bernsen does offer a clue about its murky future, saying that unlike “Breaking Bad,” which is barrelling to its well-hyped, neatly tied conclusion, the last episode didn’t feel like a series-ender.

“It definitely feels like a season finale. There are definitely things that could happen, let’s put it at that. And Steve Franks would very much like would do something more, I know that, whether it’s a movie or another season of it. There are definitely cool setups for it. … There’s plenty of room.”