Editing James Garner (section)

====''Bret Maverick'' (1981–1982)====
After the abrupt disappearance of ''Young Maverick'' two seasons earlier, an attempt to make a "Maverick" series without Garner, he returned to his earlier TV role in 1981 in the revival series ''[[Bret Maverick]]'', but NBC unexpectedly canceled the show after only one season despite reasonably good ratings. Critics noted that the scripts did not measure up to the [[List of Maverick episodes|episodes]] starring Garner in [[Maverick (TV series)|the first series]]. Jack Kelly ([[Maverick (TV series)#Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick|Bart Maverick]]) was slated to become a series regular had the show been picked up for another season. Kelly was presented with a stack of finished scripts featuring Bart Maverick for the upcoming second season, and he appeared in the last scene of the final episode in a surprise guest appearance.