Per the Daily Mail, Frank Fritz will not be returning to "American Pickers." Co-star Mike Wolfe broke the news, telling TMZ that "I will miss Frank, just like all of you ... And I pray for the very best and all good things for him on the next part of his journey ... The journey that Frank, Dani, and I started back in 2009, like all of life, has come with its highs and lows, blessings and challenges, but it has also been the most rewarding."

However, it appears that the decision to leave the show wasn't Fritz's. "I would like to come back to the show, but we will see," he told The Sun days before the news of his departure broke. "I was doing it for 11 years, but there is a lot of controversy going on right now ... It's up to the network whether I come back on the show. It ain't gonna affect me one bit. I didn't leave the show, I finished shooting and then I had a little back surgery and the pandemic came."