Cancellation and Syndication
With Jay North at age 11 outgrowing the antics associated with his character, the show was canceled in the spring of 1963. He would have been 12 in the fifth season had it been produced.
In 1961, NBC began carrying reruns in daytime. The show continued in reruns on NBC on Saturday mornings from 1963 to 1965 and the show was syndicated in that same year. It has run consistently on local stations over subsequent years. On July 1, 1985, the Nickelodeon cable network began airing the series, and continued until October 21, 1994. It also aired on TV Land from 2002 to 2003. On January 3, 2011, Dennis the Menace began airing on Antenna TV.
The show was exported to the United Kingdom and shown on the ITV network, with 103 episodes airing in the London region between 1960 and 1966. To avoid confusion with the British comic character, the series was known in the UK as just Dennis.
As of 2012, the show is currently available for syndication still nationally available on digital channel Antenna TV.
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