The series premiered on ABC in January 1976, as a mid-season replacement for the sitcoms "When Things Were Rotten" and "That's My Mama". With fourteen episodes airing from January 1976 to May 1976, it became the fifth most-watched television show of the whole 1975–76 season –- despite only running for half the season –- ranking behind "Maude", "Laverne & Shirley", "Rich Man, Poor Man", and "All In The Family", and slightly ahead of "The Six Million Dollar Man". Season two ran from September 1976 to May 1977 with 22 episodes and finished with good ratings (#14 overall, slightly behind "The Six Million Dollar Man"). Season two also had its most notable episodes, "Kill Oscar" in which Jaime fights the fembots, and "Deadly Ringer", for which Wagner won an Emmy Award. Although the show performed well during season two, ABC elected not to renew the series, feeling it was no longer attracting the kind of demographic that ABC wanted (ABC head Fred Silverman was notorious for his focus on demographics). NBC picked up the show for a third (and final) season, which ran from September 1977 to May 1978 with 22 episodes and featured a new character, Chris Williams (Christopher Stone), as a recurring love interest for Jaime. This was due in part to the change of networks, which prevented further crossovers by Jaime's former love interest, Steve Austin; however, in a situation still considered unique, Anderson and Brooks continued to play their roles in both series, despite the network differential.