Cancellation
In 1984, the Canadian federal government made deep cuts into the CBC budget, and The Friendly Giant was cancelled soon afterwards, though CBC executives insisted that the show's passing was unrelated to the cuts. It was commonly thought at the time that the move was intended to create enough public outrage that the government funding cuts to the CBC would be reversed. While there was strong public sentiment to keep the show on the air, the funding cuts were not reversed, and no new shows were made. It aired regularly for years afterwards as repeats.
The show's replacement, Fred Penner's Place, has been referred to by some people as "the Giant Killer".
By the time 'The Friendly Giant' ended, more than 3,000 episodes of the show had been produced.
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