Advertising executive, Alex Grier, is fired and is unable to find another position, being over-qualified. His wife, Annabelle, with no experience, is hired by the Freddie Fox agency when she uses her husband's résumé to get the job. He remains at home, raising their three children, coaxing his wife while trying to write the "great American novel."

Wayne Rogers
Alex Grier

Karen Valentine
Annabelle Grier

Elizabeth Ashley
Freddie Fox

Novella Nelson
Serena Cole

Frederick Koehler
Lexy Grier
Martha Byrne
Emily Grier

Mimi Kuzyk
Maureen McCullough

Howard Rollins
Raoul

John Horton
Fenley
Tudi Wiggins
Wheezy Knowlton

Eve Crawford
Inge
Leslie Toth
Tim

George Touliatos
Niko

Marcia Bennett
Rose Randall
Paul Brown
Jonathan Dale