At that time, Desilu Productions was struggling. In the spring of 1961, four of the studio's situation comedies were cancelled: "The Ann Sothern Show"; "Angel", a sitcom starring Marshall Thompson and French actress Annie Farge; "Harrigan and Son", starring Pat O'Brien and Roger Perry; and "Guestward, Ho!", starring Joanne Dru and Mark Miller. After a two-year run, the comedy series "Pete and Gladys" (which was a spin-off of the popular Desilu sitcom "December Bride"), was canceled in the spring of 1962. It starred Harry Morgan and Cara Williams in the title roles. Ironically, at that time, the red-headed Williams who had been promoted as the next Lucille Ball, had just received an Emmy nomination as Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on the show. That left Desilu with only one hit series, "The Untouchables".