[1][3][4] Created by William Driskill, The Feather & Father Gang was perceived as an imitation for ABC of CBS's successful crime drama Switch, which aired from 1975 to 1978.

[5] Episode directors included Bruce Bilson, Jackie Cooper, Buzz Kulik, Jerry London, Ernest Pintoff, Seymour Robbie, and Barry Shear.

[6] After a three-month hiatus, it returned to the ABC lineup on March 7, 1977, as a weekly series beginning with its second episode, airing at 10:00 pm on Mondays until April 4, 1977.

It then went into hiatus again, returning to the air on Friday, May 13, 1977, when ABC broadcast its pilot, "Never Con a Killer", filmed to run as a 90-minute made-for-television movie, as its sixth episode.

[1][3][4][5] Criticized as a derivative and pale imitation of Switch and handicapped by its lack of a consistent broadcast day and time, The Feather & Father Gang garnered disappointing ratings and was cancelled after 14 episodes.