Burning Question.........

ok some one fill me in!!!! please!!! i stopped watching near the end, and i saw the one where steve proposed to laura and she said yes....but what happened!?!?!?! did they get married...were there even anymore episodes!?!?!? Note: i'm not talking about the disney world stphan one... i'm talking steve. TELL ME PLEASE!!!!! Thank You!

[Truth]

He proposed she said yes, then in the next to episodes(2 parter) He went into space, then it was cancelled....

[ChrisFergusonFl]

hey since when can guests post

[Truth]

Originally posted by Cbfwebwizard
hey since when can guests post

I don't think they can now, That post was almost 2 years ago though

[Brent88]

Here's what happened:

Steve proposes to Laura, then went into Space, this episode, was made as a SEASON finale, not a series finale, unfortunately, it turned into that. The cast and crew had been told to prepare for a 10th season where Steve and Laura's wedding would have occurred, however, it was learned during the Spring of 98(right before filming for the 10th season was supposed to begin) that CBS had destroyed the set and that was when it was learned that CBS had cancelled the series. The show's rating plummeted, mostly because CBS has an older audience than ABC and a lot of people that watched it on ABC didn't know it moved to CBS. This was right after Disney bought ABC. When that happened, Disney took off TGIF and Family Matters and Step By Step were picked up by CBS, the remaining shows were cancelled. Funny thing is, ABC's replacements were all cancelled by November of 97. It was a fatal mistake for both ABC, CBS, and Family Matters.

Also, along with Family Matters, Step By Step was cancelled after only one season on CBS.

[barwars]

well that just sucks.

[IWasThere]

The fact is, CBS didn't "destroy" the set--they never owned it. The production company did, with Warner Bros, and pieces of it are still around in other shows--we recycle everything in the 'biz y'know. Everyone on the show knew that Season 9 was the last one--so don't believe everything you read in the press, folks, especially showbiz press.

There is a point of "diminishing returns" on a sitcom for syndication sales. Too few and you can't "strip" a show five nights a week or more because you are showing the same shows too often and they wear out their welcome, but once you get past the optimal 5 or 6 years or more, you start getting to the point where the original network license fees (which NEVER pay for the show, btw) are so relatively low and the profit in having another 22-26 "new" episodes to syndicate is so relatively unimportant (PLUS the stars are getting raises or asking for them, as are the writers, the crew, etc. etc. as a show gets more and more successful) that UNLESS a show is a "tentpole" for a network--such as the pay-any-price-to-keep-it-on experiences recently of Cheers, Frasier, Friends, ER, etc. etc.--where the Net ponies up big bucks up front--well more than they can ever make in ad revenues--because that "hit" may help the ratings of other shows and especially give lead-ins to NEW shows that might become hits--it just doesn't make financial sense to do a show forever.

Nine years is a HUGE accomplishment. When we hit 200 episodes on "Family Matters" in a little ceremony on Stage 10 at Warner Bros somebody gave a speech with a list of all the shows that had done that many--and there were, I think, only EIGHT in the history of sitcoms including FM--and remember, in the 1960's the average season was 28-32 episodes, not today's more usual 22-24 or so. Nine years was HUGE, and 10 would have been uneconomical, and EVERYbody knew it when we wrapped.

The only reason to leave Steve "up in the air" like that was this: There was talk of waiting a year and doing one of those "reunion" movies of the week, as have been done for "Gilligan's Island" and other classic sitcoms, so they tentatively planned a bit of plotline if/when.