https://www.metv.com/stories/the-dick-van-dyke-show-was-cancelled-after-one-season

In 1962, CBS axed what they thought was a ratings dud.

DVD Season 1 is almost cringeworthy. I’m sure there are decent episodes, but IMO I could see CBS ready to lower the boom.

However CBS gave it another chance, and with the Beverly Hillbillies with it, the rest is history.

Also season 2 centered more on the workplace, where most of the humor was milked. They almost completely wrote Ritchie out.

It was s2 that brought us “It May Look Like a Walnut,” by far the best and most surreal episode that show ever had.

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