I always thought that the two got hitched, but I read somewhere that Marlo Thomas refused to let her character get married because that would send the wrong message???

They got engaged. Shortly after that they got cancelled.

The show ended before Ann Marie and Donald's wedding because Marlo Thomas didn't want to send the message that marriage was the only way for a young woman to find happiness.

Interesting that years later some feminists felt let down when Marlo Thomas got married! Just because marriage isn't the ONLY way to find happiness, it doesn't mean a feminist should never marry.

I saw MarloThomas on a talk show and she said "I fell in love!" I don't blame her. I had a crush on Phil Donahue when I was an adolescent.

If they had married, I wonder if they'd have changed the show title to either "That Couple" or "That Woman"?:lol:

I just thought Marlo felt it would change the show. I read she planned to do the show 5 years. I always wonder with these woman driven shows, just how they support them selves/ Did all her jobs able her to pay rent/clothes, food, etc or did her dad help out?

Some series benefited from marriages, in my opinion, like My Three Sons -- which had a lot of them -- but for example I Dream of Jeannie I thought worked better pre-wedding. In the case of That Girl, the couple was so committed, and not unlike husband & wife, that I tend to believe having them carry on as newlyweds wouldn't have made a major difference...!

They could have had them split up; that would have been really daring!

Yeah I suppose she could found a new boyfriend. But I think the audience got to know Don so much it would have great to have the last episode with a marriage. End the show and it would have tie up Ann's life. As for me If I found a guy and dated him 5 years I would eventually marry him.

Marlo updated the characters when she appeared on the TV Land awards a few years ago and even ended by saying, Oh Donald.

I for one would have love them to have wed....

@ComedyFreak...how did she update the characters? I didn't catch her on the TV Land awards. I too think they should have ended the show on the marriage. Sometimes the feminist stuff seems like a bunch of crap! It goes too far. I think it went too far when Marlo started incorporating into the plots. Like, enough already! We knew Ann was independent. No need to rub it in. Gets annoying at that point. Women can be independent AND be in a relationship. We are human after all. what would happen if we didn't have affection in our lives? My folks got married and my mom worked and spoke her mind. Didn't make her a weak woman. The show didn't get cancelled. the networks wanted another 3 years but Marlo said 5 only. I think if the show continued she and Don as husband and wife wouldn't be so odd. She could still get into plenty of trouble as a married woman! Every ep practically revolved around her and Don, it was like they were married already. Ted was going to helm a reunion movie for the big screen. the plot...Ann and Don separated and never got married to each other. However they still remained friends and eventually reunited romantically and get married.;)

I for one would have love them to have wed....

Me too; Don was a doll and Ann was cute as a button. They would have made a fantastic married couple.

So it's okay to be engaged but not married hmmm.

What a letdown for fans of the show who watched the relationship/romance bloom from day one.

I wonder if the show was done today using somewhat the same format, if Ann and Don would have continue as they did on the 1960's level. How many people get engaged and then go on to marriage like people did in the olden days in this century. Ann and Don in todays life would have moved in but I don't see a marriage. Maybe the old way was too dull. It would be interesting to know how many people don't get married but live in. I bet it higher than we think.

I kind of like the old ways. However I think that moving in with someone THEN getting married is not shameful. It was back in Ann and Don's time. Get this, my folks bought our house a few months before they got married. It was brand new. My grandmother would NOT allow them to be in the house when the bedroom set(the same one they still have today) was delivered. Can you believe that! That was 1968;)

They got engaged. Shortly after that they got cancelled.

Show wasn't cancelled, it was ended, by Marlo's choice.

ABC continued weekday daytime repeats for about a year (Which had started
around the spring of 1969) after the final episode before the series entered syndication.