Fox decided to cancel the series but due to the popularity of Alison LaPlaca's character they decided to retool the show highlighting her character and thus created the series "Open House" for which the last episode of Duet served as the pilot for. Most of Duets's cast was carried over to the new series less Matthew Laurence. On the first episode of "Open House" Laura explains that she and Ben split up and have gone their seperate ways.