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The show made its debut on a Sunday night, January 21, 1979 on NBC at 8pm which was the pilot episode.

After the first episode, the show started airing on Friday Nights after Different Strokes at 8:30pm.

In the Friday night timeslot the show was up against What's Happening on ABC and last half of Wonder Woman on CBS

The Nielsen ranking after the pilot episode aired on 1/21/79 the show was ranked in the top 30 and ranked #28

The Nielsen ranking after the 1/26/79 was #51 out of 61 shows

The Nielsen ranking after the 2/2/79 was #37 out of 56 shows

The Nielsen ranking after the 2/9/79 was #46 out of 62 shows

The Nielsen ranking after the 2/16/79 airing was a huge drop to #59 out of 64 shows

The Nielsen ranking after the 2/23/79 airing wasnt much better at #54 shows

The show was pre-empted on 3/2/79 for a Bob Hope Awards special

The show Nielsen ranking after 3/9/79 was #56 shows out of 65 shows

The show Nielsen ranking after 3/16/79 was #63 out of 68 shows

The show Nielsen ranking after 3/23/79 was #50 out of 66 shows

After the 3/23/79 airing, the show was moved to Wednesday nights at 8pm and competed with the Jeffersons on CBS and Eight is Enough on ABC

After the first airing on Wednesday Night, 3/28/79, the Nielsen ranking was #62 out of 64 shows

After the 3/28/79 airing, NBC moved the show back to friday nights at 9pm and aired again in the same week on 3/30/79.

The new competition in the 9pm slot was ABC Friday Movie and Dukes of hazzard on CBS

The Nielsen ranking after being moved back to Friday on 3/30 was #58 out of 64 shows

The last and final airing of the show was April 6, 1979 and the ranking was #61 out of 67 shows








Lawanda Page, known for Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son appeared in the pilot episode

















The Brattleboro Reformer, Feb 10. 1979
Complete Directory To Primetime TV shows
Philadelphia Daily News, Jan 26, 1979
Philadelphia Daily News, March 2, 1979
FortWorth Telegram, Feb 7, 1979, Feb 14, 21, 28, 1979
ForthWorth Telegram, March 14, 21, 28 1979
Chicago Tribune, Jan 26, 1979