She plays Maria Conchita Navarro, a Venezuelan immigrant to the United States who begins working in the office of a small construction company and marries its widowed owner, Mike Lukowski (Robert Clohessy).

Five production companies, led by Columbia Pictures Television, oversaw filming at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood, where delays prevented critics from watching a preview in advance of the premiere.

[4] In contrast to the stereotypical portrayal of Latin Americans as poor and uneducated, Navarro is a clever woman with class who speaks English.

[1] Luke works on the company's job sites with foreman Ernie (Dan Hedaya) while Steve and Nick attend school.

[13] The Venezuelan singer and actress had received two Grammy Award nominations and starred in the films Moscow on the Hudson (1984) and The Running Man (1987).

[5] Bob Ezrin and Michael Tavera wrote the theme music while Jonathan Wolff composed other sound effects,[19] and Castle Bryant Johnsen designed the title sequence.

[19] Originally scheduled to start in late February 1989,[15] filming began in mid-March before an audience at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood.

[50] Clohessy remarked their "on-screen relationship ... would have kept evolving" if a second season were filmed,[23] and Aquino's character would have assumed the role of bookkeeper at the company.

King Features Syndicate's Steven H. Scheuer and Don Davies of the Wisconsin State Journal considered both aspects ordinary.

[52] A writer for The Kingston Whig-Standard thought the program was predictable because they felt Mike and Maria seemed destined for marriage by the end of the first episode.