A Message from Steve Marshall, co-creator of Just the Ten of Us - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Moonlit_Suburb · 07-28-2004, 04:31 PM

This is a message from Steve Marshall, co-creator of Just the Ten of Us. This message was posted on the show's page at JumpTheShark.com in response to some of the comments on there. There is also some interesting info about the unfortunate cancellation of the show. And by the way, I am NOT Steve Marshall.

Steve Marshall here, co-creator of Just the Ten of Us. Been reading the posts, some of which have a good point with others tending to be a bit out there. For example -- the "unbelievable nature" of an attractive woman having sex with an overweight man (who, by the way, happens to be her husband) -- well, I guess we should tell CBS to cancel KING OF QUEENS immediately, given this caveat. Also, I think those of you who said we had the girls singing too much were probably right. They just enjoyed doing it so much that we let them -- probably a bit too often. Oh, but they sang in a neighborhood pizza place, not a "sleazy nightclub," as someone else posted. As for the believability of our premise, (having the coach's daughters attending an otherwise all boys school), we covered that base early on when the school administrator, Father Hargis (Frank Bonner) was ordered by the church to make the school coed. His admission of the five girls was his way around going fully coed. It was a fun show that consistently won its time slot but was killed by the network for political reasons. They wanted us out to make room for a show by the producers who provided them with the rest of the TGIF sitcoms, Miller-Boyett. That show died in just a few episodes. About a year later, the president of ABC confided to the president of Warner Bros. Television, "I think we probably moved too soon in canceling JUST THE TEN OF US."

Shame on ABC for cancelling Just the Ten of Us while it was still a ratings winner.

I wish the show could've lasted a few more seasons. To see Steve's message in its original context, check out JumpTheShark.com

combsisthebest · 07-28-2004, 09:12 PM

I think I read this before, and I agree with you. Cancelling this show was not a smart move on ABC's part. I wonder what the show would've been like had it lasted longer.

07-28-2004, 04:31 PM	#1
Moonlit_Suburb Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 20, 2004 Location: Location Location Posts: 644	A Message from Steve Marshall, co-creator of Just the Ten of Us This is a message from Steve Marshall, co-creator of Just the Ten of Us. This message was posted on the show's page at JumpTheShark.com in response to some of the comments on there. There is also some interesting info about the unfortunate cancellation of the show. And by the way, I am NOT Steve Marshall. Steve Marshall here, co-creator of Just the Ten of Us. Been reading the posts, some of which have a good point with others tending to be a bit out there. For example -- the "unbelievable nature" of an attractive woman having sex with an overweight man (who, by the way, happens to be her husband) -- well, I guess we should tell CBS to cancel KING OF QUEENS immediately, given this caveat. Also, I think those of you who said we had the girls singing too much were probably right. They just enjoyed doing it so much that we let them -- probably a bit too often. Oh, but they sang in a neighborhood pizza place, not a "sleazy nightclub," as someone else posted. As for the believability of our premise, (having the coach's daughters attending an otherwise all boys school), we covered that base early on when the school administrator, Father Hargis (Frank Bonner) was ordered by the church to make the school coed. His admission of the five girls was his way around going fully coed. It was a fun show that consistently won its time slot but was killed by the network for political reasons. They wanted us out to make room for a show by the producers who provided them with the rest of the TGIF sitcoms, Miller-Boyett. That show died in just a few episodes. About a year later, the president of ABC confided to the president of Warner Bros. Television, "I think we probably moved too soon in canceling JUST THE TEN OF US." Shame on ABC for cancelling Just the Ten of Us while it was still a ratings winner. I wish the show could've lasted a few more seasons. To see Steve's message in its original context, check out JumpTheShark.com

07-28-2004, 09:12 PM	#2
combsisthebest Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 04, 2004 Posts: 292	I think I read this before, and I agree with you. Cancelling this show was not a smart move on ABC's part. I wonder what the show would've been like had it lasted longer.