A month later, last remaining original member Nathan Foley also announced his departure. It was announced in October 2008 that Kellie Crawford would be leaving the group at the end of the year to explore other options.
The change of ownership saw Helena Harris and Posie Graeme-Evans end their involvement with the franchise, which was placed under the direction of Martin Hersov and Cathy Payne, also Nine and Southern Star executives. The Hi-5 brand was purchased by the Nine Network, along with production company Southern Star, in March 2008. In April, Casey Burgess was announced as Robinson's replacement, and began touring with the group. After leaving, she went on to find success presenting in the Australian media industry. She expressed an interest in proving herself as a figure for an adult audience, and stated she would help find a replacement member. Robinson (by then Delaney) announced her exit from the group in February 2008. Harding announced his permanent departure in November after recovering from injuries Nicholson took his place as a permanent member. Just a few days prior to this, Stevie Nicholson had been hired as an understudy, and put straight into work as a temporary replacement for Harding. Prior to production of Lost Our Tim, Tim Harding was involved in a serious motorcycle accident in June 2007, which left him unable to keep up with the high energy of the Hi-5 live performances. The show follows Charli Delaney, one of the original Hi-5 members as she solves some puzzles and adventures with Jock, Capper, Captain Parrot and the Parrot Pirates, so she can get Kathleen and Tim to rejoin Hi-5 for the Playtime tour. Gammill and Pross sought to challenge the established nature of the original Australian generation with each theme of the season filmed each year.
Gammill, Pross and Hasbro selected the American cast to play the characters for the show.
The series stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mila Kunis, Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Fallon, Patton Oswalt, Brenda Song and Ashley Tisdale. The series was created by Tom Gammill and Max Pross, and based on the event that Tim Harding was involved in a serious motorcycle accident, which left him unable to keep up with the high energy of Hi-5 in 2007. Lost Our Tim is an American-Canadian children's fantasy television series that premiered on The Hub cable channel (which was renamed as Discovery Family in late 2014) on Octoand concluded on Octoafter nine seasons, the same as My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic did.