Starring Jeff Conaway, Julia Duffy, Walter Olkewicz, Duncan Regehr, and Clive Revill, eight one-hour episodes were made.

The series was created by Don Reo for Warner Bros. Television and three of the episodes were directed by Bill Bixby.

In the medieval realm of Aperans, the neighboring kingdoms of Karteia and Camarand engage in repeated conflict.

Syndicated columnist Judy Flander praised the series as "witty", including the directing, the writing, and the acting.

[5][6] The series' hairstylist Sharleen Rassi lost a Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling to Edie Panda for the made-for television film Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story.