Despite good ratings and a relatively high budget, only four of the 50 total episodes have been released to DVD as of 2025.
Every episode was shot on two soundstages in a 50,000 square-foot warehouse in Plano, Texas, and Lyrick Studios' ten-acre backlot in Allen, Texas. There was a "contemporary" set and a "literary" set built for each episode.
A rotating cast of Dallas theater/stage actors filled the various literary roles.
Although Mary Chris Wall and Jordan Wall, who played Ellen Talbot and her son Joe Talbot respectively, share the same last name, the two actors are actually not related in real life.
Soccer the Dog, the most famous of the five dogs who played Wishbone, lived on the Princeton, Texas, ranch where the show was filmed. He was later laid to rest on that same ranch upon his passing in 2001.