Updated: June 08, 2026

Jack Warner had agreed to sell his Warner Brothers stock to Seven Arts in November 1966 and resigned as head of the new Warner Bros. Seven Arts studio in July 1967. Forrest Tucker, in an August 10th, 1967 Milwaukee Journal article, insisted that F Troop according to him the highest rated show to be canceled at the end of the 1966 to 1967 season would still be on the air if not for the sudden sale of Warner Brothers.

While Melody Patterson may have been mistaken in her recollection of F Troops cancellation, it seems clear that the takeover of Warner Brothers by Seven Arts was the primary reason the show did not return for a third season. It had done well enough in the ratings during the 1966 to 1967 season for ABC to renew it but instead Warner Bros. Seven Arts ceased production. Still, the statements found in the Wikipedia entry for F Troop that it took up too much of the Warner Ranch and was too expensive to produce in color â€"have yet to be confirmed?