What was the Disney Channel 65-episode rule?

[hewontgo]

Here's the history of Disney Channel's controversial 65-episode rule, which took fan-favorites like 'Lizzie McGuire' and 'Even Stevens' too soon from us. https://t.co/ETwkqAVTs5
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) July 20, 2024
If you watched Disney Channel a lot in the 1990s or early 2000s, they provided a variety of original shows from memorable live-

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[peddlestools]

i mean, isn't it so they don't have to give the cast raises?

[squirrels_oh_no]

ding ding ding

[daredevilwolf]

what is this amc with chandler riggs bullshit

[skyler_white_yo]

I think residuals are tied into episode count too

[a_files06]

Didnt you have to reach 100 episodes back then for residuals to kick in?

[squirrels_oh_no]

lol maybe that's the real reason they canceled Farscape after 88 episodes. At least they gave it a 4-hour miniseries to remedy the cliffhanger.

[skyler_white_yo]

I think, but I’m not 100%. I believe that was why there was Suite Life and then Suite Life on Deck, and I’m sure other “spin offs” with popular shows.

[littlepunkryo]

100 episodes was to get syndication which is when the big residuals might actually start happening.

[tragedyofempty]

100 was when syndication usually kicked in with residuals. So if they were under 100 most channels wouldn't pick them up for reruns