The car company had originally offered to sponsor the show in full but, after the screening of the pilot, a wife of one of the executives complained that Nichols was not Maverick, the popular series that Garner starred in from 1957 to 1961.
Initially, the car company intended to cover all expenses for the show; however, after watching the pilot episode, a wife of an executive expressed dissatisfaction because she believed Nichols wasn't the lead character from the popular series "Maverick," which Garner starred in from 1957 to 1961.