Close Productions, who moved the production to Toronto and recast it with Canadian actors — including Sean McCann, Terry Tweed and child actors Sammy Snyders and Megan Follows — playing a different version of the Baxter family. Lear withdrew from the production at this time. In Canada, the show's broadcast and syndication was handled by CHCH-TV, an independent station in Hamilton, Ontario which was emerging as one of Canada's leading distributors of syndicated programming, while American distribution rights reverted to its original creators in Boston. The retooled version, however, also lasted only a single season before ending production in 1981. In an interview, Rue McClanahan said she did the pilot episode of this series for Norman Lear but told him she didn't want to do the series itself. It is unknown if her appearance was in the actual pilot or an unaired pilot, presumably the latter given she is not credited and the show is not attributed to her anywhere. It is also possible she never actually filmed the episode but was just considering it. A script binder entitled The Baxters was discovered many years later to be a part of her personal collection. References External links The Baxters episode guide at TV Guide 1970s American sitcoms 1980s American sitcoms 1977 American television series debuts 1981 American television series endings 1980s Canadian sitcoms 1980 Canadian television series debuts 1981 Canadian television series endings 1980s American television talk shows 1980s Canadian television talk shows English-language television shows First-run syndicated television shows in Canada First-run syndicated television programs in the United States Television series about families Television series by Sony Pictures Television Television shows set in St. Louis Television shows filmed in Toronto