Honestly, Celeste!

[2] Celeste Anders left her position as a college journalism teacher in the American Midwest to work as a reporter at a newspaper in New York City.

"[4] Actors and the characters they portrayed were as follows: Themes of episodes included Anders's beginning a new life in New York City, her search for an apartment, and Marty's boredom when he drove a cab.

[5] In a move that The New York Times called "unusual in broadcasting circles", Holm asked to be released from her commitments for Honestly, Celeste!

Val Adams wrote in The New York Times, "The exact circumstances under which they left could not be learned, but it was reliably reported that there had been differences of opinion among the personnel on the show as to the staging and story line.

[8] He praised Holm as "a most sprightly and personable artist" who tried with limited success to make the episode seem plausible, but he said that her talent was wasted.

stood out among a glut of new situation comedies in its season not because of the show's quality (perhaps "class B") but because of Holm's presence.