[Music] Married with Children was cancelled in 1997 but Christina Applegate was left out of the loop The Anchor Man actress recently revealed that nobody from the show's Network FOX ever told her that the show had been nicked after 11 Seasons I found out from a guy who knew a guy who worked for my assistant at the time she said in a new interview with her former Married with Children dad Ed O'Neal on her messy podcast with Jam Lyn Sigler that's how I found out they never called us O'Neal also learned of the sitcom's abrupt ending from a surprising Source I was back at my hometown and I was at this little bed and breakfast by the university because I was at the University for something and it was a beautiful day he remembered A car pulled in with a Just Married things hanging off the back you know the tin KS O'Neal continued so I was standing there and they got out of the car it was the husband and wife she was in the gown and he was in the tux and he said oh my God it's Al Bundy in Ohio and I said yeah congratulations you got married and they said yeah oh my God we can't believe it and the woman said well we're so sorry about your show and I said what do you mean and the guy said oh my God he doesn't know it's on the radio you got cancelled oh we're so sorry and I said I'd rather hear it from you Applegate also lamented how the sitcom which ran from 1987 until 1997 never got a proper conclusion as its final episode was not written as the series finale we should have had a last episode she said we should have been gearing up to a moment to say goodbye O'Neal revealed that he had attempted to secure a more concrete finale for the series with its original creators Michael G Moy and Ron levit but it never materialized I had it all set up with Moy and levit he said I don't know what it was about but they were going to do it they wanted to do it the actress added that she hasn't benefited much financially from her time on the show I don't get residuals Applegate revealed I get like a dollar every once in a while no I'm not kidding O'Neal replied that he's in a similar boat I get them but they're not big the Modern Family star said that 6 months after the cancellation news broke someone from the network did finally acknowledge the show ending but it was too little too late I said The Golden Girls from the sitcom The Golden Girls got Mercedes-Benz S when they did their last show which they did he said recalling a conversation with the unnamed Network exec he said oh Ed do you think we'd let you go without wonderful gifts he remained skeptical I said oh they're coming after 6 months he said yes of course O'Neal remembered I said well let me give you a helpful hint I've got Stak n lives and he said oh you're so funny I never got a gift to which Applegate replied I never got a gift