Dawson said a week went by with no response from Viacom, but when they did return his call it was to inform him that they were not renewing the program. Viacom made it official at the 1985 NATPE convention in January; although Feud was still a top ten syndicated program at this time, the show was about to lose its largest group of viewers as NBC, which had purchased the series for the stations it owned when it premiered and had carried it on those stations since, informed Viacom it would not be renewing its contract. The ABC series was also cancelled and came to an end on June 14, 1985. The final week was taped a month prior, on May 16. Newspapers via Associated Press reported that this version was slated to end on June 28. However, for reasons undisclosed, it ended two weeks prior to that instead. The syndicated version aired its last new episode on May 17, 1985, with reruns of the final season continuing until September of that year. Although first-run episodes were no longer airing, Viacom offered a "best of" package of reruns to stations for the 1985-86 season; the package was withdrawn from syndication at the end of the season.
Dawson said a week went by with no response from Viacom, but when they did return his call it was to inform him that they were not renewing the program. Viacom made it official at the 1985 NATPE convention in January; although Feud was still a top ten syndicated program at this time, the show was about to lose its largest group of viewers as NBC, which had purchased the series for the stations it owned when it premiered and had carried it on those stations since informed Viacom it would not be renewing its contract. The ABC series was also cancelled and came to an end on June 14, 1985. The final week was taped a month prior, on May 16. Newspapers via Associated Press reported that this version was slated to end on June 28. However, for reasons undisclosed, it ended two weeks prior to that instead. The syndicated version aired it,s last new episode on May 17, 1985, with reruns of the final season continuing until September of that year. Although first-run episodes were no longer airing, Viacom offered a "best of" package of reruns to stations for the 1985-86 season; the package was withdrawn from syndication at the end of the season.