after the primetime run, the program aired on saturday mornings for decades. it was on abc for the 1963–64 season and then on cbs and nbc. new episodes were produced for syndication from 1985 to 1987. no episodes of the show were made after 1989. much of the main cast (george o'hanlon, mel blanc and daws butler) had died in 1988 and 1989. the 1990 movie ' was the series finale to the television program. a direct-to-video animated movie, ', was released in 2017.