It stars Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Thora Birch in her television debut role.

She didn't much like the idea of the Harpers running a day care center, and often tried to persuade them both to return to their former careers, always to no avail.

Eileen, who was single and childless, was prone to make some very sarcastic quips about the children's activities, but Brian and Kate didn't let it bother them.

The family patriarch, Brian Harper (played by Sheehan) was a college roommate of Steven Keaton (Michael Gross).

After the show's initial run, reruns were shown on the Lifetime Television network and TV Land for several years.