Gulf and Western, which owned the show's distributor Paramount at the time of the original airing, was also the owner of Associates First Capital Corporation, also known simply as The Associates, which would end up being the last non-entertainment asset Gulf and Western sold before becoming Paramount Communications in 1989, selling it to the Ford Motor Company.
The series is based on a book by John Jay Osborn Jr. John Houseman guest stars in episode 7, "Eliot's Revenge", reprising his Oscar winning role from The Paper Chase (1973), which was also based on a book by Jay John Jay Osborn Jr.
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