VH1 scraps comeback plans for 'The Osbournes'

The Osbourne family back in 2003

VH1's reboot of the Osbourne family's reality television series has been axed, the The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The Viacom-owned cable network was eying a comeback of "The Osbournes" -- with heavy metal icon Ozzy, Sharon, Jack and Kelly -- which aired for four seasons on its sister network MTV between 2002 and 2005.

Sharon had said publicly back in November that a comeback of some "six to eight" episodes was in the pipeline.