The series was conceived as a second attempt to adapt H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man into a spy series, following the failed attempt starring David McCallum in The Invisible Man (1975).
This show included a very early appearance of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) digital watch, which was used to control the invisibility.
The vanishing effect was created as a means to save on special effects cost.
The 2019 feature film of the same name starring Will Smith has no connection this short-lived TV series.
The fifteen minutes of invisibility the character of Sam Casey (Ben Murphy) was afforded in each adventure was as a result of a cost cutting exercise by the producers. Their previous attempt at a show based on a similar premise, The Invisible Man (1975), had been quite costly to produce largely due to the effects budget. The TV network would only commission this show if the budget was considerably trimmed down.