1967 season and was going to be seen in color  for the first time. However, the plan was scrapped when Van Dyke  decided he had enough. This contradicts Carl Reiner (qv), who is  on record as saying the decision to end the series was his alone. In  any event, Reiner made it clear that he would not be returning as  producer after the fifth season, and the consensus opinion was that  it would have been impossible to do the show without him.