This show gave full evidence why the series was being canceled -- it ranked 52nd out of 56 shows. Ironically, a rerun of National Lampoon's Animal House, running against the Hulk, ranked 53rd. Because the show had remained in production to fulfill a full-season contract, it returned in the fall of 1981 anyway and stayed on the schedule until The Dukes of Hazzard (delayed by a writers' strike) was ready to return.
Despite the constant talk of how Sam (Eddie Barth) is getting too old and will soon be replaced by his younger partner, David (Bill Bixby), Eddie Barth, then aged 49, was in fact only three years older than Bixby, then age 46. Eddie Barth ultimately outlived Bill Bixby by 16 years, 6 months, and 1 week.