In the wake of Garner's departure, Roger Moore stepped in to play Bart's cousin Beau Maverick in fourteen episodes, sharing the screen with Kelly in three of them, while Garner look-alike Robert Colbert appeared in two installments as a third brother wearing Bret's costume and named Brent, one of which briefly featured Kelly. The series was abruptly canceled after the fifth season, which consisted of Kelly appearing as the only Maverick in new episodes alternating with Garner shows from earlier seasons. Kelly maintained that he was never notified of the cancellation by the studio but instead wound up learning about it in a newspaper article.