[2] Many cast members such as Patricia Barry, Val Dufour and Rosemary Prinz went on to become long-running daytime stars.

[citation needed] Created by Adrian Samish[3] and written by Manya Starr,[4] the series centered on jet engineer Zach James[3] (Val Dufour, then Tod Andrews) and his difficult marriage to Laurie James (née Kennedy) (Patricia Barry).

Laurie tried to understand him but was unable to help him deal with his problems, as he went on trial for the murder of a woman aviator he may have been having an affair with.

A Friday cliffhanger involved Zach (Dufour) seeing his friend Chris (Frankie Thomas) crash his plane.

Beginning August 30, 1954, it originated from New York with John Goetz as director, and it was seen from 4:15 to 4:30 p.m. E. T.[8] A review of the premiere episode in Billboard compliment the show's production and acting (especially that of Barry and Dufour).