I have it from an inside source the reason the series was canceled was because Eisner and Katzenberg were having a pissing contest. Katzenberg at the time was suing Eisner (Disney) for money he felt he was owed while working at Disney. The series was being reported as picked up in all the tabloids. On the weekend that the season line-up was to be announced, in NYC, Eisner dropped 'High Incident' from the list at the very last minute, without any warning, so nobody could do anything about it.I was told that Spielberg had said that if he'd known that this could possibly have happened he would have been in New York that weekend. A couple of years later when 'Schindler's List' was to premiere on network TV Spielberg pulled it from ABC and gave it to a different network. Spielberg got some measure of revenge. Katzenberg got his money. Eisner got to throw his power around. The people who really paid were the cast, the crew and the fans who loved the show.

In my opinion, High Incident was one of the best Cop Shows ever produced! With the exception of real life shows like COPS, High Incident gave some of the most realistic views of what Police Officers face on a day to day basis. From the most mundane calls to the most life threatening ones. It also explored their relationships between each other outside of their jobs. This show should never have been canceled or put up against the already "super popular" Friends. High Incident was not given a fair fighting chance for recognition. It would be nice to see a movie filmed which would have wrapped up that last episode instead of leaving everyone hanging like that! That was a cruel thing for ABC to do!

The best and most realistic show to EVER cross the television show threshold. It really puts in perspective the attitudes and IQs of the general American public when a show this fantastic gets canned while a piece of garbage called "NYPD Blue" can continue. "High Incident" perceived life as it truly is - with all it's absurdities and mind-boggling events - and maybe that's why it was canceled. America probably couldn't handle the fact that some producers DARED to air a show that was believable. When the show "Survivor" shot ratings through the roof I came to the inevitable conclusion that we don't live in a Democracy, we live in a HYPOCRISY! PUT "HIGH INCIDENT" BACK ON THE AIR --- SOMEBODY!

This show was a show of realism, it captured something about the san fernando valley and at least what i perceived as realistic about the police there (having lived in that area). It showed the sharp contrast from life in the densely populated, gritty, harsh personality northeast (where i grew up), from the life in the suburban, wealthy, always sunny, windswept style, wide open, cheery yet serious, san fernando valley.This is one of my favorite shows of all time and it always upsets me not only that the series ended, but that towards the end of the series it appeared the show veered from its manner and did stunts and the usual hollywood tricks to get ratings and save a show that seems headed to the chopping block.One thing that bothered me about the series was that the character of marsh took the fall for the sexual harassment complaint (which i believe may have been part of the reason the show failed), when it seemed almost certain that he was the victim of an officer who knew she was about to get a justified bad review, seduced him and knew just when to kick him out of the house so that the regular police patrol would find him there - it may have made a nice episode for him to figure out that she set him up.It seems a pity that such talented actors, especially David Keith in his element, Matt Craven and the rest, and writing and cinematography did not pan out into a long running fruitful series.