Editing You Can't Do That on Television (section)

==== Final years ====
Roger Price moved to [[France]] following production of the 1987 season after being informed that Nickelodeon was not planning to order more episodes. Production was suspended for 1988. When Price eventually returned to Canada, he wanted to resume production of ''You Can't Do That on Television'' from [[Toronto]], but was convinced by the cast and crew to return to Ottawa and CJOH. Nickelodeon ordered more ''YCDTOTV'' episodes for the 1989 season. Auditions were held at CJOH in the spring of 1988, and taping began that fall. [[Amyas Godfrey]] and Andrea Byrne were the only child cast members to transition from 1987 to 1989. However, a few minor 1986 cast members returned for episodes, including Rekha Shah and James Tung.

Opinions regarding the 1989 and 1990 episodes of ''YCDTOTV'' are mixed among longtime fans of the show, particularly regarding the new episodes' increasing reliance on [[bathroom humor]] and more slime and water gags (which was supposedly at the request of Nickelodeon executives). The show did not completely sever ties to its past, as many former cast members reappeared during the 1989 season in cameo roles, most notably in the "Age" episode, which was hosted by Vanessa Lindores (who was slimed twice during it) and also featured cameos by Doug Ptolemy, Alasdair Gillis, Christine McGlade and Kevin Kubusheskie (who by that time had become a stage producer on the show). Gillis also appeared briefly in the "locker jokes" segment during the "Fantasies" episode, and Adam Reid, who by this time had become an official writer for ''YCDTOTV'', also appeared (and was slimed) at the very end of the episode "Punishment."

The show's ratings declined throughout 1989 and 1990. The network's desire to produce more of its own shows at [[Nickelodeon Studios|its new studios]] at [[Universal Orlando Resort|Universal Studios]] in [[Orlando, Florida]], coupled with low ratings, caused production of ''You Can't Do That on Television'' to officially end in 1990 after only five episodes (tying 1990 with 1987 as the shortest season of the series). Though ratings declined, Nickelodeon continued to air [[rerun]]s until January 1994, at which point it was only aired on weekends.

On October 5, 2015, Nickelodeon's sister network [[TeenNick]] brought the show back in reruns as the first program on [[The Splat (block)|The Splat]], its expanded classic-themed block. The airings began with the first two 1981 episodes, "Work" and "Transportation," marking the first time that those episodes had aired on American television in 30 years. However, only two additional episodes ("Christmas" and "Holidays" from the 1984 season) have been aired since. As of March 23, 2021, the 1981 season has been made available to stream on [[Paramount+]].