Complex sentence: ABC delayed renewing the series, and it was canceled after one season and Higgins signed to star in a new NBC series, "Silver Spoons", playing Edward W. Stratton III, the childlike son of one of the country's richest industrialists.
Split into simpler sentences: ABC delayed renewing the series, and it was canceled after one season when Higgins signed to star in another series, "Silver Spoons". Higgins played Edward W. Stratton III, the childlike son of one of the country's richest industrialists.