Pearson Norby is the vice president in charge of small loans at a small-town bank in Pearl River, New York.

Writers included George Kirgo, James Lee, Harvey Orkin, David Rayfiel, and Paul West.

[8] Critic Jack Gould, in a review of the first episode of Norby in The New York Times, described the program as being "off to an extremely wobbly start".

His most positive comments regarded the quality of the episode's color, which he said also resulted in an improved picture on black-and-white TV sets.

[6] A review of the same episode in the trade publication Broadcasting said that the program avoided "much of the nonsense that clutters too many of the series' family contemporaries on TV".