After losing her sanity, 'C.C. Babcock' is institutionalized for three months, a plot line written to coincide with Lauren Lane's real-life maternity-leave and absence from a few episodes.
Sammy (Ray Charles) had talented relatives: journalist nephew Bryant Gumbel, gift-wrapper/rapper grandson 'Irwin' (Coolio), singer niece 'Aretha Jones' and photographer niece 'Edna' (Whoopi Goldberg).
Whoopi Goldberg (Edna) would later appear in 'Making Whoopi (1998)' as one of the panelists in 'Hollywood Squares (1998)'.
Kathryn Joosten (Ward Nurse) would later become best known for 'Mrs. Karen McCluskey-Bender' in 'Desperate Housewives (2004)'.