Adventures of Superman

After the second season wrapped, George Reeves actually quit the show over money. He also didn't want to get typecast into the part especially after the dismal reaction to his role in "From Here To Eternity". When Reeves appeared in a scene with Burt Lancaster, the crowd was reported to have shouted, "Hey, there's Superman!". Producers were aghast at this and virtually cut Reeves part out of the film save for a couple of key scenes. The producers convinced Reeves that they would commit to another four seasons of Superman and that all episodes would be shot in color. Reeves accepted assuming they would shoot 26 episodes per season just as they had done previously. Unfortunately for Reeves, with the cost of shooting in color as well as his pay increase, only 13 episodes were shot each season thereby allowing the sponsor to pay half of what Reeves thought he was going to get and repeating those four seasons of 13 episodes continuously.