The Really Dumb Reason JUST THE TEN OF US was cancelled! 

S/O to the guy on RU-vid who uploaded every Just the 10 of us episode...I've been rewatching and it's still just as funny as it was over 30 years ago.

Wow! While Just the Ten of Us was seemingly jumping the shark early (mostly ignoring every character not one of the four "babes"), it was a fair hit even by that era's loftier standards. Ratings weren't really even cited when it was cancelled as that came about because Miller-Boyett wanted TGIF to be all their shows as the other three in Full House, Family Matters, and Perfect Strangers were M.B. Just the Ten of Us was a Growing Pains spin-off and thus the black sheep of TGIF. ABC was saturated with aging sitcoms but still instead of doing another time slot swap, they just axed JTTOU for a new Miller-Boyett show Going Places that was a huge flop. Which is funny in retrospect because "the babes" were supposedly carrying JTTOU yet Going Places featured one of TV's all time babes in Heather Locklear. Sincerely a mistake that would erase much of the slack Miller-Boyett had earned at ABC. Even though roughly a year later Step by Step would take that slot and end up running with Family Matters as the only M.B. shows on TGIF until competing AGAINST TGIF after moving to CBS for their final seasons. Step by Step though still never hit the ratings that JTTOU did. And here are some fun facts about JTTOU: 1.) Three of the four lead actresses who played the Lubbock babes (Heather Langenkamp, Jo Ann Willette, and Brooke Theiss) appeared in the A Nightmare on Elm Street films. 2.) Matt Shakman (who played J.R. Lubbock) has gone on to find success as a prolific TV and film director. And 3.) The show's iconic theme song was sung by Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers fame. Now you know. Thanks so much for sharing and I hope you have a safe and wonderful week! 😉😃 Speaking of TGIF, I have a very special request just for you. Can I please suggest you do a video on the reason the character of Stuart Minkus (played by Lee Norris) was written out of Boy Meets World after its first season?

Yeah, I totally agree. ABC really f***ed up by cancelling Just The Ten Of Us. It was one of the best shows on TV at the time and was really unfair to cancel the show and costing all the actors and crew their jobs because Miller-Boyett Productions wanted the whole TGIF lineup for themselves. When I found out it was cancelled in Summer of 1990, I kept wondering to myself "What the f*** for"? My 13 year old self was pissed. And Going Places? It could have been a better sitcom if it'd quit with always making changes. However, I consider the bombing of that show Karma for what ABC done with Just The Ten Of Us. It still had at least three more good years left.

I loved watching this show when I was a teenager. I had already been a fan of Growing Pains and thought Coach Lubbock was very funny. I also had a crush on Heather Langenkamps character. It sucked that Just The Ten of Us was cancelled because it had respectable ratings and was also well writen. And I don't remember Going Places at all. Too bad ABC didn't go by the adage "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" when it came to their TGIF lineup. And the recent photo of the cast at the end of the video is adorable.

I I didn’t even know this show existed until I heard Heather Langenkamp mentioned it in an interview. And the funny thing is I grew up watching growing pains😂.

I don’t even remember Going Places but I used to love Just The Ten Of Us! I remember Frank Bonner playing the a priest on Just The Ten Of Us who was the head of the school and it was a big departure from his most famous character of Herb Tarlek on WKRP! Step By Step was pretty good too!

Found Kirkenbower (spelling, I know 🙄) on RU-vid. He's a grumpy funny man.😂

It was one of the best eye candy shows ever. ABC gave it a raw deal.

I was so young when this came on. I was 7! I loved this show. Marie (Heather) was my favorite.

Gotta love those Lubbock girls!

Went to a filming of Just the 10 of us in 1990. It was a cute show.

Those four girls growing up in my teenage years♥️, show was great!

Never watched Going Places. Funny that they eventually used another family show in the time slot. I miss the more wholesome family shows.

I'd never heard of this show when it was on ABC, but found it on the USA network re-runs and loved it. Disappointed that it got so few episodes.

3 of the Lubbock girls from the TV show just the 10 of us in the late 80s were in the nightmare on elm street movies. Heather nightmare 1 dream Warriors and new nightmare Joanne Whitley Freddy's Revenge released 1985 Brooke Thesis nightmare on elm street 4 the Dreammaster 1988 except Jamie luner The mom was in the 1984 comedy movie Bachelor party starring Tom Hanks

I loved Just the Ten of Us. I wish they would release it on dvd but I read somewhere it has to do with the music rights where the girls sang in so many of the episodes.

I totally agree with you. It was very dumb for ABC to cancel "Just The Ten Of Us"..

The show was a hit or a miss, but when it was funny it was FUNNY! A shame it was cancelled prematurely.

As I recall there was alot of people who had a problem with the sexual comments being made all the time on that show. I didn't notice it then ...but now I can see there was no reason to throw that in there. It would have been a great show without all the sexual comments made by the girls and about the girls. So that's why I thought it was cancelled. I never even heard of the show "Going Places" But now I'm going to see if I can find it on RU-vid. 1min later... FOUND IT!!

Going Where? Never heard of it. But at least they can’t blame JtToU for it not working out. Step by Step was okay too but i watched Just the Ten of Us more.

That Friday night 8:30 Central slot was like a revolving door. One show after another, and with each premiere, you wondered if it was going to stick. I eventually considered the slot cursed. I also thought 20/20 was a very odd choice to air after four sitcoms in a row. I guess the thinking was that the kids watching had gone to bed? Hell no, it was Friday night, we stayed up late!

I haven't been through all the comments, but I guess somebody mentioned that the little boy who played J.R. on the show (Matt Shakman) grew up to be a big shot TV director that worked on a few episodes of "Game of Thrones" and every episode of "Wandavision". In one episode called "Puberty Blues" J.R. falls in love with a girl scout played by Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley), who became a popular singer. Mathew Perry was also very funny in an episode called "The Dinner Test".

I didn't really care too much what replaced it but I don't remember Going Places. Step by Step was pretty good. But I did like JTTOU a lot because I even thought the mom was cute in addition to the daughters. But I have loved Jamie Luner in anything she's been in since.

From the time i've read about this official reason of how this sitcom was cancelled.that's the lamest reason i ever read or heard of terminating a tv series.

ABC has still not gotten their act together. They cancelled Alaska Daily and passed on an LA Law reboot

The theme song was awesome! I loved all the '80s TV theme songs.

Loved Jt10oU! I remember Bill Kirchenbauer from his Stand-Up days! & one of my favorite Trivia ???s... Miss Willette plays the young artist in the Outfield Video, 'Your Love'! Don't remember the Replacement Series at all! But by my calculations it was right around 1st Gulf, & I was probably GLUED to CNN!

Despite earning decent ratings as part of ABC's TGIF block and frequently winning its time slot, Just the Ten of Us was abruptly cancelled in the spring of 1990. It was widely speculated that it was due to Miller-Boyett Productions wanting another one of their shows in the timeslot (to join fellow programs Family Matters, Full House, and Perfect Strangers) thereby dominating the TGIF block; and ABC was simply not able to find another slot for Ten. *However, it was really a case of then ABC Entertainment president Bob Iger simply not liking the show.*

Just The 10 of us was a fun show!!! Going Places was not good from the get go!!! Thanks for sharing this fun video!!! 👍👍

4:11 This photo reunion warms my heart.

Watching the promo for "Going Places," I still have no idea what it is or why I would watch it.

Heather Langenkamp brought me to JTTOU, the Lubbocks kept me there❤. There was more story to tell.

ABC has not gotten it's act together. They cancelled Big Sky as well as Alaska Daily and keep running Grey's Anatomy and The Goldberg's into the dirt

In 1988 I became a huge fan of Nightmare on Elm Street and had a crush on Heather Langenkamp. I saw Nightmare on Elm Street 4 that summer which Brooke Theis was in and the year ended with them both being on Just The Ten of Us 😂

Never even heard of Going Places but I watched every episode of Just the Ten of Us

Brooke Theiss was in ANOES 4. The last good one of the series, except for Wes Craven’s New Nightmare bc Heather Langenkamp was in that one, too. Just the 10 of Us was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid, along with Rags to Riches.

I used to watch the show on tgif..i shocked at its cancellation..M-B productions was trying to tgif on lockdown. I don't remember" going places". I do remember "step by step" Yes, ABC made a mistake in canceling just "10 of us" but it's not the network first mistake though, as they passed on "all in the family".

I always liked Bill Kirchenbauer as a standup comedian, and liked him on GP. JTTOU was great. I really wish he had gotten the recognition for his talent. But, as so many good shows before and after, JTTOU was relegated to the dustbin of TV history. Great work on your videos, Stephen. I'm FB friends with Bill. He and his wife now live overseas as expats and he seems to really be enjoying retirement.

This was my FAVORITE show ever!!! They need to release it on dvd - PRONTO!

Wow. That’s frustratingly annoying! I never even heard of Going Places. Think of all the great stories that were never told for JTTOU. 😢

Before going places even aired,the sitcom that actually replaced/succeeded jttou was new attitude,which was life at a black hair salon in Atlanta,starring Sheryl Lee Ralph (formerly of it's a living).the sitcom only lasted from july to early September of 1990.

GP had moved to Wednesday nights by that fall and it was used as a special episode on a special night.

I don't recall this show as fondly. Coach Lubbock was funny, and so was Cindy, but not so much Connie while Marie was a gratuitous stereotype. Wendy was too conniving, but she certainly advanced the plot. Also, I find it strange that this show was replaced by something more 'adult', considering this show had the most adult content on TGIF, with these 4 girls being so boy-crazy!

thanks for posting this! I used to love TGIF!! i was in high school when this was out and shocked when i read in the TV guide "series finale"!! I was thinking why i thought it was as funny as the other shows. and i agree, going places was terrible and i was thinking it would be better with alan ruck since he was in young guns II. i guess back then shows didnt get revivals like they do now or USA would have surely jumped on that. It almost reminds me of Taxi, a booted show but at least another channel picked them up for another year after they was cancelled.

Loved this show. It was heartwarming family focused and funny. I still watch reruns on RU-vid today. Big mistake cancelling the show!

I loved the show as a child!! I can't believe this is what happened to the show 😖

I actually liked both "Going Places" and "Just the 10 of Us". I was 11 when the latter was cancelled.

I loved that show as a teen and always wondered why it got the axe when everyone I knew at school was watching it and had a different Lubbock babe they were crushing on. (Mine was Connie). Really sad that internal politics were to blame for ruining a part of my childhood.

I didn’t even remember the name of the show that replaced JtToU, until recently. I only remember watching TGIF and something else was on, disappointed I turned it off and was Going Places…someplace else. If internet was around those days I would have known ABC wanted Miller/Boyett shows to fill all Friday nights. I still can’t believe there was NO worse show on ABC to drop…reruns on USA had better ratings. Doesn’t NBC run USA Network, think they would have picked up series for their network if ABC was too stupid. Was almost gonna watch reruns of Fuller House until I realized it was still a Miller/ Boyett production…and said 👎

Never even knew about Going Places!! what a silly idea.

Matt Shakman was a great child hood friend, sad we lost contact but happy with his career path.

Yes! I love that show! These Lubbock girls reminded me like the Tracy brothers from Thunderbirds!

Never heard of "going places"

I don't even remember Going Places let alone watching it.

Excellent show!!!

I dont remember Going Places either I just remember Just The Ten Of Us being my favorite current show and not understanding why it was all of the sudden gone

Stephen just wanted to thank you for your video in regards to Missy Gold. As comments for that video as disabled?

I’ve actually boycotted ABC since they cancelled it. To this day, I don’t watch ABC.

I like the show overall, but I did find the guy who played the dad overacted a bit. The Mom and the girls were good. It just didn't find an audience, and Going Places was even worse. It was cool to see most of cast reunited in that last picture, they all still look great.

I never watched Going Places, but I never watched Just the Ten of Us, either. Actually, aside from an occasional Sabrina episode, I never watched TGIF on ABC. I did watch Growing Pains though.

I came to ABC’s TGIF and Friday was the Deathslot of shows but ABC was a juggernaut back then. Just the Ten of Us and Perfect Strangers with Family Matters and Full House made TGIF. Yeah Miller Boyatt has nothing to do with the series but still it made the network what it would be. There are idiotic decisions and idiotic people making decisions. Going Places wasn’t that bad and I watched it cause JTTOU was axed. Overall Just the Ten of Us should have lasted 10 season. Once again, thanks for the memories.

I don't remember going places at all. Bad decisions by management

I loved that show.

What a great show. ABC is always making dumb decisions. Like when they canceled All My Children and One LifeTo Live

Loved that show. Reminded me so much of my own Catholic background (which I treasure).

Wendy and Jaime 😍 luv that show was my perfect getaway from school stress🤗

Brooke and Jamie. I loved them

Loved the show!!💟 Just a bit bummed that with three successful seasons under it's belt, this series has yet to see a DVD release! What gives?...Well, a gal can hope and wish that it will be released sometime soon so she can add it to her growing classic TV DVD collection!🙏..Thanks so much for the fantastic info. Stephen! Let the good shows play on, and take care! Ms. Elizabeth 📺📼 📀📺 📼📀 P.S. "Going Places" also starred Staci Keanan, who of course would also be a major player in "Step By Step" the following year!😁

I was heartbroken when it was canceled then was pissed when saw the crap that replaced it

I absolutely LOVED Just the 10 of Us and watched it faithfully every week. I ended up being more invested in that show than the show it spun off from, and it was a shame it was axed for Going Places (that I did watch and...it really wasn't funny). I never knew that was the fate of the show. I'm also surprised to learn from the comments that Step by Step never reached the ratings of Just the 10 of Us. But it was good that they found a vehicle for Staci Keanan to keep her on the air. She was on Going Places and I liked her on My Two Dads, so it was nice to see her in something else.

ABC could’ve put this series on Hiatus, rather than cancel it right then and there.

An old chestnut of dumb moves by ABC. They had a hit with Burke's Law (the very first hit for Aaron Spelling) a cop show with several major stars per episode . Some genius at ABC ruined it. In the third season Burke went from cop to secret agent. The show was canceled after thirteen weeks.

Just the 10 of us was a great show, unfortunately I do not remember going places!!

Loved just the ten of us. Saw every episode. Never even heard of going places. ABC made a huge mistake.

I Vaguely remember this show and I don’t know why but I was a huge growing pains theme but I don’t remember the 10 of us at all

What 80s kid wasn't in love with Heather Langenkamp? The Hottest of the Heathers, Locklear didn't have shit on her.

Stephen Sundstrom, before watching your video, I thought ABC cancelled it because the cast was large. Graham, Elizabeth, Marie, Cindy, Wendy, Connie, Sherry, J.R., Harvey [his twin because of California child labor laws, which I’m not dismissing or criticizing], and Missy [her twin because of California child labor laws, which I’m not dismissing or criticizing]. This isn’t including Father Harris, the boys the 4 teenage girls date, Coach Johnson, and the extras. ABC could’ve put “Perfect Strangers” on Friday nights in that time slot and moved “Just the Ten of Us” to the day and time “Perfect Strangers” was on.

I miss shows like Just the ten of us. TV is not the same.

Yes, it was a dumb move by ABC. At least they admitted it a year later. Too bad they didn't think of just returning it midseason since they had to know some new shows wouldn't make it, but I guess the policy regarding that is they don't do that with current shows, just new ones. Did I watch Going Places? Yes, and wasn't really amused by much, although I liked the theme song and when they had to get to work they'd chant, "Work to do, got work to do," over and over. By the way Step by Step was just an updated Brady Bunch that basically sucked as well.

I Totally agree 100% ABC made a HUGE mistake cancelling Just The Ten Of Us!!! Going Places was a total waste and was not nearly as awesome as Just The Ten Of Us was!!!

Greetings from South Carolina hint 🎉🎉

I did watch Going Places, because I am obsessed with all things Hallie Todd…lol. It was definitely not worth watching. The network really did do Just The Ten of Us dirty with how this all went down.

Great show

Looks like jr and the youngest sister are missing from the reunion pic. The Lubbock sisters still look🔥

Rather ironic, a show called Going Places and it went no-where. Hahahahahaha.

Deborah Harmon also played a news woman in Back to the Future

I liked Just the 10 of Us but I did get tired of every episode being about what the Lubbock Babes did. I didn't think Going Places was that bad but wasn't as good as Just the Ten of Us.

I certainly didn't watch Going Places. I remember Just the 10 of us fondly.

did any one remeber that two of the girls where in nightmare on elmstreet

Looks like jr and the young sister are missing from the reunion pic. The Lubbock sisters still look🔥

I LOVED this show and the Lubbock babes.

its sad that TGIF is no longer on TV cause of Dumb shows now

Has someone already made the joke that going places, didn’t go anywhere? I loved just the ten of us. I also do wonder though, if it wasn’t canceled, would we have gotten step-by-step so maybe just the 10 of us walked so step-by-step could run. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Hey Stephen long time my friend how are you doing these days hope all is well 👍👍👍

I don't know why CBS or NBC couldn't pick it up.

Don't remember going places and I didn't really watch this show either

Yes, I loved this show❤❤❤they made a huge mistake canceling the show

I loved just the 10 of us. Never watched going places. What a dumb move by the network.

The theme song is the best of all tv sitcom history!

Retro Fat! Thanks Jeremy This show was awesome