According to Jason Bateman the main reason for this shows cancellation, was that America's youth was being corrupted by his character's antics. By watching this show some children were reported to have been running Ponzi schemes and replicating "Do Not Copy" keys at their school.
Caren Kaye who played the mother here also starred in My Tutor; and as Barbara Jean Smothers, the crazy radical feminist sports caster who Mary hires and then fires on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.