[1] Dinah Manoff had conceived of the film earlier in the 1980s as a potential pilot episode, and was able to produce it after being cast in the series Empty Nest.
[2] Tibby Bloom (Dinah Manoff), a recently widowed Beverly Hills socialite, is left broke and homeless.
Seeking refuge at her mother's home, she gains a job as a maid for a Jasmine Jones (Nell Carter), a flamboyant jazz singer.
Jones is holding a large party for several important music-industry contacts in advance of her comeback performance at a club in town.
"[3] The Chicago Tribune compared it, somewhat unfavorably, to Ally Sheedy vehicle Maid to Order, but noted the film's potential as a longer series.