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Miss Golden · 05-04-2005, 01:04 AM

I remember watching the Hogan Family on Monday Nights during the 1980s after ALF, but I did not watch it the last season when it moved to CBS on Saturday Nights.

I was looking at the episode guide at tvtome.com and noticed that the Hogan Family did not air between December 1990-July 1991 and there were only 13 NEW episodes during the last season.

So was the Hogan Family cancelled in late 1990 during its last season and they decided not to produce any more episodes??? So I take it that the Hogan Family was cancelled in November 1990 and CBS burned off the remaining episodes in the summer in July 1991. Basically I am too young to remember being in elementary school and not paying attention to statistics like I do now.

I had totally forgotten that the Hogan Family went out on a sour note having to face a summer burnoff especially with the SERIES FINALE being a Christmas episode that aired in the dead of summer in July for your last episode...OUCH. So I take it the ratings were so bad that CBS decided not to even give it a full season and pull it off the schedule for most of the 1990-1991 season.

Anyone have the official story???

Edster2973 · 05-04-2005, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss Golden

So I take it the ratings were so bad that CBS decided not to even give it a full season and pull it off the schedule for most of the 1990-1991 season.

Anyone have the official story???

I don't know the official story, but CBS, like it did with most of its comedies at that time (including former Hogan Family lead Valerie Harper's new show, City), kept reshuffling the timeslot of the show which I think prevented its audience from finding it. Not only that, there were weeks where the show was pre-empted. How was it to keep its audience, as well as finding new viewers? It was doomed when it went to CBS, but it's better than nothing I suppose. Had it not moved to CBS, the show would've ended with Season 5 when NBC cancelled it since ABC wasn't interested, so I guess we should be grateful no matter what. I myself remember thinking the show would end once Valerie Harper was fired, so we fans are ahead of the game in that respect...

Ed

TV Guy · 06-09-2005, 10:40 PM

CBS really didn't shuffle the show -- it's just that they stuck it on Saturday nights, where the lineup was weak (it was paired with another Miller/Boyett show, "Family Man"). The show did worse than the show it replaced, so CBS put it on hiatus and chose to end that season's order at 13. Ratings for the Hogans had already been weakening on NBC the previous season, so the collapse on Saturday was not really a surprise.

Mr. Television · 06-09-2005, 10:51 PM

They did have one memorable show on CBS. The episode where David's friend Rich died of Aids. Very unusual for a sitcom at that time.

dave insinga · 06-16-2005, 04:01 PM

the episode where Davids friend rich dies was a well done episode in fact tom hodges who played rich wrote the story according to the credits JOHN HILLERMAN joind the cast in that last season on cbs but he was annoying
the last season on a 1-10 poll was maybe a 5 .the show should have ended on nbc.

05-04-2005, 01:04 AM	#1
Miss Golden Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Posts: 1,231	The Last Season on CBS I remember watching the Hogan Family on Monday Nights during the 1980s after ALF, but I did not watch it the last season when it moved to CBS on Saturday Nights. I was looking at the episode guide at tvtome.com and noticed that the Hogan Family did not air between December 1990-July 1991 and there were only 13 NEW episodes during the last season. So was the Hogan Family cancelled in late 1990 during its last season and they decided not to produce any more episodes??? So I take it that the Hogan Family was cancelled in November 1990 and CBS burned off the remaining episodes in the summer in July 1991. Basically I am too young to remember being in elementary school and not paying attention to statistics like I do now. I had totally forgotten that the Hogan Family went out on a sour note having to face a summer burnoff especially with the SERIES FINALE being a Christmas episode that aired in the dead of summer in July for your last episode...OUCH. So I take it the ratings were so bad that CBS decided not to even give it a full season and pull it off the schedule for most of the 1990-1991 season. Anyone have the official story???

06-09-2005, 10:51 PM	#4
Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,132	They did have one memorable show on CBS. The episode where David's friend Rich died of Aids. Very unusual for a sitcom at that time.
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06-16-2005, 04:01 PM	#5
dave insinga Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 19, 2005 Posts: 590	aids episode was well done the episode where Davids friend rich dies was a well done episode in fact tom hodges who played rich wrote the story according to the credits JOHN HILLERMAN joind the cast in that last season on cbs but he was annoying the last season on a 1-10 poll was maybe a 5 .the show should have ended on nbc.

06-09-2005, 10:40 PM	#3
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	CBS really didn't shuffle the show -- it's just that they stuck it on Saturday nights, where the lineup was weak (it was paired with another Miller/Boyett show, "Family Man"). The show did worse than the show it replaced, so CBS put it on hiatus and chose to end that season's order at 13. Ratings for the Hogans had already been weakening on NBC the previous season, so the collapse on Saturday was not really a surprise.