Mickie Finn's was a summer replacement variety series for the failed NBC sitcom Mona McCluskey, which had starred Juliet Prowse and Denny Miller on Thursday nights.

The music played by the house band (Tony "Spider" Marillo on drums, Stormy Gormley on tuba & cello, "Dimples" Bobby Jensen on left-handed trumpet, Owen Leinhard on trombone, and "Cugar" Nelson on trombone[2]) ranged from current hits to ragtime to Dixieland jazz.

[3] The set on which this series was taped was a replica of the San Diego nightclub, re-created in NBC's studios at a cost of $50,000.

A scenic designer had made countless sketches and photos of the original club to ensure a faithful duplication; details included such things as the long, narrow tables with red-checkered tablecloths, the moose heads on the wall, and signs like Keep Cool with Coolidge.

The show's Nielsen ratings were better than for its sitcom predecessor, but would likely have been even better had its timeslot not been the same as ABC's primetime soap-opera hit Peyton Place.