In real life, Bill Bixby became a surrogate father to Brandon Cruz, who came from a broken home, and Bixby took him in.
The character 'Tom Corbett' was ranked #15 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (20 June 2004 issue).
One of the paintings which regularly furnished the Corbett apartment, a gold framed portrait of a girl with braids, appeared previously in the movie, "Speedway", one of the two movies Bill Bixby acted in with Elvis Presley.