The series premiere earned decent ratings, but ratings fell from there and it was canceled after six episodes. According to executive producer [[Aaron Spelling]], producers could not come to terms on license fees. with CBS<ref name=spelling>{{cite book|last=Spelling |first=Aaron |author2=Graham, Jefferson |title=Aaron Spelling: A Prime-Time Life|publisher=Macmillan|year=2002|isbn=0-312-31344-6|page=223}}</ref> However, though Lisa Hartman hadBlack anothertheorized version: asthat ''2000[[Melrose Malibu RoadPlace]]'' wason facing ''[[MelroseFox Broadcasting PlaceCompany|Fox]]'' had premiered two months before and was placed in the same timeslot, on CBS. Spelling wasthus competingsaw withmore himselfupside (and didn'tfewer wantissues towith weakenFox the[[Broadcast ratingsStandards ofand Practices|standards and practices]]) with ''Melrose Place'' than ''Malibu'', and chose the former instead going forward.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XuwwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H-AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2719,4213651&dq=2000-malibu-road&hl=en|title=Sing no sad songs for Lisa Hartman Black |date=March 21, 1993|work=The Nevada Daily Mail}}</ref>