The show's demise after 29 years was covered on the CBS Evening News, which showed a crestfallen Sammy Davis Jr., its No. 1 fan, watching the final episode.
When CBS decided to cancel the series in late 1979, the series' producers decided not to resolve all the story lines. This was done in part because the producers claimed there simply wasn't enough time to re-write proper conclusions for all the story lines. Another reason was that the producers were hoping that another network would pickup the series, but this was not the case. Consequently, the final airing of the series, ended on a cliffhanger that was never resolved. Longtime fans were shocked and outraged that the story lines were left unresolved.
For many years, the series was filmed at CBS Production Center on West 57th Street and CBS's Studio 52 behind the Ed Sullivan Theater. In 1975, the studio was moved to make room for a nightclub that would eventually become known as Studio 54.
Broke new ground in daytime television when Meg Dale referred to her newborn granddaughter as a "bastard." This was the first daytime series in which profanity was uttered.