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<blockquote data-quote="AndyB2008" data-source="post: 360835" data-attributes="member: 26097">The 1983-1984 season which saw Christopher Hewett replace Herve Villechaize would turn out to be the final season.Aaron Spelling took umbridge to Herve requesting parity on a par with Ricardo Montalban (same reason with Catherine Oxenberg later on Dynasty, hence that recast), hence no Tattoo in the last season.Interestingly the 1998 Fantasy Island aired on Saturday nights like the original series had. The original had aired at 10\9 Central after the Love Boat, whereas the 1998 version aired at 9/8 Central.The Malcolm McDowell version suffered from obvious comparisons to the original, but timeslot and a lead in hurt it too.Whereas the original series benefited from Aaron Spelling&#039;s power at ABC, as it was in a block of his shows, the 1998 Fantasy Island was against established NBC series The Pretender and freshman CBS show Martial Law (the latter becoming a quick hit out of the gate), not to mention the lead in was America&#039;s Funniest Home Videos, then presented by John Fugelsang and Daisy Fuentes, which was struggling ratings wise - not helped by ABC constantly bouncing the timeslot, due to the normal Sunday slot being occupied.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AndyB2008, post: 360835, member: 26097"] The 1983-1984 season which saw Christopher Hewett replace Herve Villechaize would turn out to be the final season. Aaron Spelling took umbridge to Herve requesting parity on a par with Ricardo Montalban (same reason with Catherine Oxenberg later on Dynasty, hence that recast), hence no Tattoo in the last season. Interestingly the 1998 Fantasy Island aired on Saturday nights like the original series had. The original had aired at 10\9 Central after the Love Boat, whereas the 1998 version aired at 9/8 Central. The Malcolm McDowell version suffered from obvious comparisons to the original, but timeslot and a lead in hurt it too. Whereas the original series benefited from Aaron Spelling's power at ABC, as it was in a block of his shows, the 1998 Fantasy Island was against established NBC series The Pretender and freshman CBS show Martial Law (the latter becoming a quick hit out of the gate), not to mention the lead in was America's Funniest Home Videos, then presented by John Fugelsang and Daisy Fuentes, which was struggling ratings wise - not helped by ABC constantly bouncing the timeslot, due to the normal Sunday slot being occupied. [/QUOTE]

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