[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'239679\' date=\'Apr 18 2010, 01:21 PM\'][quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'239677\' date=\'Apr 18 2010, 01:01 PM\'][quote name=\'rjaguar3\' post=\'239647\' date=\'Apr 17 2010, 09:02 PM\'](I believe I read somewhere that Marc Summers once said that they cancelled Double Dare because they had so many episodes they could air in reruns forever.)[/quote]
That...'s not really a good reason to can a long-running and mega-popular show. If the ratings justify it, the budget holds up, and the staff agrees to come back for another season, there's really no reason to stop making new episodes. And, as far as I know, all of those things were still firmly in place in February 1993.
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And if the production company decides they no longer want to do the show, they can very simply pull the plug. Unfair? Maybe, but it's their show, and if they wanna rerun it {"Squints"}For-ev-errrrr...for-ev-errrrr...for-ev-errrrr{"Squints"}, then that is their decision. Besides, who's to say some of the staff members weren't tired after almost seven years. Better to go out on top...
/That's what she said
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Marc Summers said in his book (and interviews later) that he wanted to move on from the show several times, but every time he tried, they kept throwing more money at him. He wanted to do more "serious" TV work. I also got the vibe that his "reruns" comment meant that the whole cast and crew was tired of doing the show and all wanted to move on to other things. If the show had gone on, I think there would have been a LOT of personnel changes for the next season.