

“And there was this feeling that the Zappas untamed was not what an audience wants to see. “There’s kind of a network within a network over there,” Gail said.

8, following weeks of creative differences, the series father, Max Gail, who played Wojo on “Barney Miller,” was virtually written out of the series. 4, the show’s director and head writer were both replaced, and the characters were slightly revised again. After the first episode, the original mother on the series, feature film actress Janet Margolin, was replaced by TV veteran Cindy Williams of “Laverne & Shirley” at the suggestion of CBS. Once the series was picked up by CBS for 13 episodes, the show’s pilot, which the Zappas say was closest to their initial desire, was scrapped.
