 The show initially was going to have a ninth season. However, the  ninth season was to be on the (then) new WB Network as an old,  "classic" show to help launch the new network and lineup.  John Stamos (qv) (Jesse) did not like how the show was being  dropped from ABC, a top three network, and moving to a fledgling new  network and announced that the eighth season would be his last.  Candace Cameron Bure (qv) (D.J.) also planned on the eighth season  as her last, doing sporadic guest appearances during the ninth  season as her character D.J. came home to visit from college during  the holidays, as Cameron in real life was planning on going to  college after season eight. After these two announced their  departures, the others decided that it was time to call it quits,  and the writers decided the series had gone as far as it could go,  and the eighth season on ABC (1994