When did Hazel "Jump the Shark"?

[MichaelKeith]

I think it was when Dorothy and George left the show. Up till then, it was a fantastic family show! I just love it. Michael:p

[ercjncpr]

I think it was when Dorothy and George left the show. Up till then, it was a fantastic family show! I just love it. Michael:p

I completely agree. The series should have ended then.

[Zoneboy]

When it debuted. :rolleyes:

[TV Knowledge Fan]

...the 1965-'66 season was a "different" one, and not just because the series had moved to CBS. Because Don DeFore & Whitney Blake's contracts were not renewed, Screen Gems/Columbia hoped that Ray Fulmer & Lynn Borden would "fill the gap", and that viewers would accept whatever "Baxter" family Hazel lived with. And they did, thanks to Shirley Booth's popularity and the fact that "THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW" provided a strong lead-in that season. But Shirley's health began to falter, and she was off camera a bit more as the season drew to a close. They might have been a sixth season, but she decided to "retire" for a while, and leave it at just five...which was exactly how long HER contract with SG/C was.

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