 In January 1993, the Arnolds began to publicly discuss a potential renewal from ABC for a second season of "The Jackie Thomas Show," despite the network's repeated refusal to make a decision before May.ABC did order four more episodes of "Jackie Thomas" in early February, a few days after an ABC spokeswoman said the network was "very happy" with the show's ratings, which at that point had averaged a 15.7 (ninth among 121 series) since its December debut.Later that month, Tom Arnold told multiple sources that ABC had told the Arnolds that the series would be renewed; ABC declined to confirm the report.