Immediately upon "Punky Brewster"'s end, Frye landed the lead role in the ABC sitcom pilot "Cadets", which aired as a summer special on September 25, 1988. The pilot, however, was not picked up. In 1989, Frye hosted the syndicated weekly talk/variety show "Girl Talk". Based on the board game of the same name, Frye shared hosting duties with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Rod Brogan. The series was cancelled after one season. In 1990, she appeared in the Rodney Dangerfield sitcom pilot "...Where's Rodney?", but this was not picked up as a series, either.