WHY WAS THE SERIES STOPPED SHORT OF ITS COMMITTED NO. OF EPISODES; AND WHO MADE THE DECISION?
The series was committed to 100 episodes and Dick Durock signed for six seasons. The ratings were reasonable, and at one point it was USA’s top rated show; however, it was decided to stop at 72 episodes/3 seasons, despite the production team being ready to make a new series. It’s not known to the writers of this FAQ who made this decision, or whether it was the USA Network or MCA/Universal who called a halt. It is known that the series wasn’t cancelled per se (i.e. ordered to be stopped). It was more a case of it simply not being continued with. It is believed that the series was commissioned as a ‘package’, for the purpose of reruns, and it might simply have been that further episodes weren’t deemed necessary as the profit was already made from the existing show, without further outlay for new episodes. This still doesn’t explain the change of plans between pre-1st season, and the end of 3rd. Perhaps there had been a change of executives — and thus ideas — at MCA? Perhaps there were
