Shelley Fabares

The series stars Craig T. Nelson, Jerry Van Dyke, and others in this football comedy that has Hayden Fox (Nelson) as the head football coach at fictional Minnesota State University. Hayden was a recovering Neanderthal in his personal life and a hard luck coach in his chosen profession. Van Dyke played Luther Van Damme, his bumbling assistant coach and Shelley Fabares co-starred as Christine Armstrong, Hayden's galpal who eventually became his wife.

Ann Romano struggles with her job and raising two headstrong daughters.

The show revolves around housewife, Donna Stone, and her family-husband Alex who is a pediatrician, 14 year-old Mary, and 11 year-old Jeff. The Stone family reside in the midwestern town of Hilldale. Donna was the perfect American housewife and mother. She was always neatly-groomed, lovely, good-natured, thoughtful, and capable. Alex was handsome, well-respected in his profession, usually thoughtful and sometimes ill-tempered. Mary was a typical teenage girl of the time, pretty, popular, and prone to bouts of insecurity now and then. Jeff was the average boy, rambunctious, bright, preferred sports to studies, and a total burden to his sister.