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To say that fans were disappointed when Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman was canceled by CBS 25 years ago would be an understatement.
“I received more correspondence over that program than I did for all the other series I terminated together,” Les Moonves, the president and CEO of CBS Television at the time, stated to the Deseret News.
However, the network stood behind Dr. Quinn’s termination, pointing to dwindling viewership and an elderly fan base. Thus, the May 16, 1998, airing of “A New Beginning,” the Season 6 finale, served as the series conclusion.
In 1997, CBS created a spinoff pilot titled California, which starred James Brolin as the sheriff and Laura Harring as William Shockley’s bar owner and love interest.