"Mousie"), Cathryn O'Neil (Elizabeth), Tacey Phillips (Hope), and Jillian Kesner (Melba) as residents of Brewster House, who are joined by David Keith (Tucker Davis), Christopher S. Nelson (Doug), and Michael Pasternak (Gobo).

However, Co-Ed Fever was canceled in the period between the airing and the scheduled premiere date of February 19, the result of low ratings, viewer complaints and censorship issues because of content (a problem that also affected its rival shows).

Six episodes were completed, but only "Pepperoni Passion" was broadcast in the United States; however, all six were aired in Canada (on BCTV in Vancouver) in a late-afternoon weekend time slot.

The Brewster House set was later reused as the girls' dormitory during the first season of The Facts of Life, which premiered during the summer of 1979.

In a contemporary review for the Boston Phoenix, critic Larry Simonberg wrote "don't even bother to wonder what decade [the show] is supposed to be taking place," that "this show is supposed to be about sex, but sex [...] is not anything to be worried about," and that "it demonstrates [...] contempt for the way people actually behave.