After appearing in Teenage Hitchhikers, Sandra quit acting. In 1975, Peabody worked on the script continuity for the exploitation film Video Vixens. Subsequently, Sandra began to distance herself from the exploitative films that she was becoming known for and began to transition into children's programming. In 1983, she joined Mary Lee Fones and Karen Kalergis in an effort to bring child friendly content to cable systems beyond prominent film industry locations such as Los Angeles and New York. The same year, Peabody created the half-hour children's program Get Moving. In 1990, Sandra wrote and produced the television series Where in the World. The series lasted until 1995. In 2000, David A. Szulkin interviewed Peabody for his book, Wes Craven's Last House on the Left, which tells the inside story of making the film.