Kelsey Grammer won’t be back in Back to You, which has been pulled by Fox after one season along with Canterbury’s Law and New Amsterdam, all three of which aired in Canada on Global.

The U.S. network reportedly pulled the plug on all three series over the weekend amid the start of the U.S. upfronts, while picking up the sci-fi Fringe, though the full series shoot is apparently set for New York.

Toronto Film Studios hosted the two-hour pilot for Fringe, from Lost boss J.J. Abrams, earlier this year. ‘They were looking very seriously at doing the series here when the New York tax credit went up,’ says TFS head Ken Ferguson. New York raised its tax credit to 30% last month.

‘They indicated [the hike] was meaningful to them and we haven’t heard from them since.’

Back to You was among the highest-profile new shows in Global’s fall lineup, pairing Grammer with Everybody Loves Raymond star Patricia Heaton as bickering local news anchors, though it fell of the schedule during the WGA strike.

Its high budget — for the talent both in front of and behind the camera, which included creators Steve Levitan and Christopher Lloyd — is thought to have contributed to its demise while its lower-rated follow up, ‘Til Death, is being brought back. New Amsterdam and Canterbury’s Law debuted mid-season.

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This story has been corrected. It originally speculated that Fringe might return to Toronto for a full-season shoot.