FANS have demanded answers regarding the disappearance of an American Pickers favorite.
Professional assembler Dave Ohrt has not appeared on The History Channel show since 2020.
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In a teaser video for this week's new episode, fans begged to know why the repairman hasn't been featured in years.
In the clip, shared on the official American Pickers Facebook page, series star Mike Wolfe, 59, sorted through various trinkets in an antique shop.
The TV personality discovered rusted cast iron pans, kitchen supplies, and light-up neon signs.
The antique collector found black and white photographs and old-timey restaurant signs, for which he bargained with the shop owner.
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But fans were not impressed by the clip, with some taking to the comments to take note of some American Pickers cast that has gone missing.
"Where is Dave?" one asked, garnering several likes in agreement.
DAVE OHRT
On American Pickers, Dave previously took on an assembler's role where he brought in antique pieces to curate something new.
The former TV star is a collector of old-fashioned cars and motorbikes.
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He owns GMC Savanna automobiles as well as several antique motorbikes due to his repair skills.
The History Channel star nor the cast has explained his disappearance.
American Pickers' Mike Wolfe suddenly stops filming for new season after low ratings and admits it's 'good to be home'
HOME BOUND
Earlier this week, show lead Mike revealed he was back home as the current season ofAmerican Pickerscontinues to face rollercoaster ratings.
The TV personality posted anInstagramphoto that showed him driving behind the wheel of his car.
Mike filmed the openTennesseeroad at sunset as he cruised at 60 mph.
"Full moon tonight in the 1960 Impala feels good to be back home," he wrote in the caption.
TRAVELING TEAM
The photo arrived just days after the father of one's co-stars revealed they were in another state filming new episodes of American Pickers.
Mike stars in the reality series alongsideDanielle Colby, his brotherRobbie, and cast member Jon “Jersey Jon” Szalay.
Last week, both Robbie and Jon shared on social media that the crew had been shooting new episodes inAlabama.
Robbie, 63, posted a behind-the-scenes video on his Instagram Stories.
The clip showed him leaning out of a car window while filming an old building in Tennessee.
The antiques dealer captured his surroundings as he drove along the secluded road.
BACK TO FILMING
Days before,Jon sharedhis own photo to announce thatAmerican Pickershad returned to filming - even though the show is currently in the middle of a season.
"Down in the Deep South filming all-new episodes of American Pickers!!" he wrote in the caption.
The photo showed an antique black car with flowers in the trunk that sat in front of a large forest.
The rundown car didn't have any front tires and sat parked in front of an open lot.
Jon also uploaded a selfie of him and Mike driving together with text that read, "Stay tuned!!"
RATINGS JOURNEY
The new episodes come as Season 25 of the show has suffered from up and down ratings since its premiere in December.
The season began withtwo episodesin December 2023, bringing in 723,000 for the first and just 676,000 for the second.
Following its premiere, ratings reachednearly 1M viewerson the March 6 episode before plunging yet again.
The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed that the March 13 episode drew 785,000 viewers, a whopping 151,000 fewer than the week before.
Mike evenasked his fansto tune into the March 20 episode amid the ratings issue, giving a "last call" before it aired.
FAN BACKLASH
Critics have recently slammedthe show as "boring" and a "disaster" in a video on the official Facebook page.
Others claimed the series was gearedmore towards men, citing a decrease in female antique collectors.
They also slammed producers for including too many episodes centered on vehicles.
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Fans previously vowed to boycott the show once Mike's brother Robbie stepped in, with manypleading for Frank Fritz's return.
Frank, who was Mike's original co-host,was fired from the show in 2021after a nearly two-year hiatus to recover from back surgery.
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