In the pilot episode, Ferris (Schlatter) refers to the film and expresses his displeasure at Matthew Broderick portraying him, even going as far as destroying a life-size cardboard cutout of Broderick with a chainsaw. Though based on the film, the series was not a canon continuation rather it was set up to portray itself as being the 'real life' situations upon which the film was loosely based. Hughes was not involved in the show's production. Productions in association with Paramount Television. The series debuted on August 23, 1990, on NBC and was cancelled within its first season, a few months after its debut with only 13 episodes aired, due to its poor reception. The show stars Charlie Schlatter in the title role. Ferris Bueller is a short-lived American sitcom television series based on the 1986 John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
