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The pilot was videotaped in September 1977. CBS picked the pilot up as a [[mid-season replacement]], going into production at the [[CBS Studio Center]] lot in November 1977, for airing from January to April 1978.
In the book ''Funny You Should Ask: Oral Histories of Classic Sitcom Storytellers'' by Scott Lewellen, Lila Garrett created the show to address the social issue of the time of black males not being able to get jobs to provide for their families. Many had abandoned their families because of it and in this case, the lead character did abandon his family, but once he found work and got his act together, he came back, hence the name of the show. In the show, the mother had a great government job at the Pentagon and lived in a nice apartment. At the time of casting Wilson had just completed ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' and Nicholas was a hot commodity. Garrett saw the chemistry between the two. Nicholas said in a summer 1978 edition of ''[[Jet (magazine)|Jet Magazine]]'' that she was surprised at the cancellation of the series despite decent ratings.
Garrett stated the show was cancelled due to [[Norman Lear]] wanting ''[[Good Times]]'' to come back for another season and told CBS that he would create them another show in exchange for it.
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