 Twenty-two episodes were produced prior to the summer of 1986 and twelve had aired by mid-July.The revamped show continued to be successful and was scheduled to resume production for another season but Ted Knight, who had been battling colon cancer since 1985, died on August 26, 1986 at the age of 62 and no further episodes would be produced.The ten remaining first-run episodes were broadcast from September 1986 to February 1987.