Canceled after six shows, the remaining eight shows would air a year later in a late-night time-slot opposite The Tonight Show during the Christmas holidays.
Aaron Spelling blamed the shows' failure on original Producer Lynn Loring and revamped the show while it was still in production which also led to changes in casting and eventual cancellation by ABC.
Slated to be a contender by ABC to go up against CBS' successful mystery series Simon & Simon and NBC's comedy line up of Night Court and Cheers on Thursday nights. The series would be cancelled after there episodes were aired in September 1984 but ABC would bring it back during the Christmas holidays with three more episodes featuring the new group of starring actors for the series.
Jazz legend and Academy Award Nominee Lalo Schifrin wrote the series theme music which sounded slightly similar to Academy Award and Grammy Winner Henry Mancini's regal theme to Arthur Hailey's Hotel which was also produced by Aaron Spelling and was in its second season on ABC. Schifrin's theme however has a more contemporary style to it utilizing electric guitars and synthesizers as part of a rhythm section. This theme also loosely inspired his opening titles to the 1985 crime-thriller "The Mean Season" with a much darker edge to the music.
The show originally had two different actors in the pilot. When the series was picked up by ABC, Dianne Kay and Christopher Mayer were the first set of replacement actors to be credited during the shows' opening credits during the original episodes that aired. Then when ABC pulled the plug momentarily, Melinda Culea and Dorian Harewood had already joined the cast and were given prominent billing during the opening credits where Kay and Mayer were featured originally.