Cancellation of The Robert Taylor Show

On July 17, 1963, NBC announced it cancelled the detective series The Robert Taylor Show, which is about a troubleshooting agent for the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and produced by Bruce Geller and Bernard L. Kowalski for Four Star Television.

The reason why it was cancelled because it had lack of coordination from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Harvey A. Bush, HEW director of public information, said the department had found inaccuracies in two of the filmed programs. Thomas McDermott, president of Four Star, met with HEW officials in Washington last week and took under consideration proposals for changes in the shows. HEW reportedly objected that the Taylor show failed to give adequate recognition to the role that state organizations play in HEW operations. Mr. Bush described Mr. McDermott's attitude as cooperative. As far as HEW knows, Four Star intends to continue production of the series despite NBC's cancellation.

NBC quickly however rushed Temple Houston into production afterwards, which starred Jeffrey Hunter.

Most of the show's sponsors were moved to Temple Houston. Helena Rubenstein however go on to move its sponsorship to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Sherwin-Williams was dropped entirely. It signed Goodyear and Bristol-Myers for the series. MGM however reportedly will stay with that series.