During the first season, the show had good ratings, partially due to its timeslot (Saturdays at 8:30 p.m., sandwiched between mega-hits The Jeffersons and The Mary Tyler Moore Show). CBS, however, thought the ratings should be better considering the scheduling and ordered that the show be reworked. When it returned in the fall of 1976, the format had been substantially changed, with Dr. Bogert now a widower, working at a down-and-out city clinic. Mary Wickes was the only other cast member from the first season to remain,[3] but she departed after the first episode. Ratings slipped and the series was canceled in October 1976 after five episodes. Shortly after the series ended, Hughes returned to The Bob Newhart Show to guest-star in a Christmas episode in December 1976.
^ ab"Cher Good As Guest". TV Scout. San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. September 27, 1975. p. 18.
^"TV Fans Mailbag". The Daily Reporter. Dover, Ohio. June 25, 1976. p. D7. Barnard Hughes and Mary Wickes, who plays his nurse, will be the only regulars retained.
^"Pick Of The Programs". TV Scout. The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. November 8, 1975. p. B7.