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• Dorothy Malone complained that her role was being overshadowed by the role of co-star Mia Farrow. In 1968, she was written off the show, and she sued 20th Century Fox for breach of contract. The case was settled out of court.
  
  
• According to her memoirs, Mia Farrow never expected this series to succeed, let alone become the runaway sensation it was. She tried (unsuccessfully) to get out of her contract almost immediately after the show hit the airwaves. Two years later, her then-husband Frank Sinatra used his considerable industry clout to get her released from her contract with ABC. Farrow's character "Allison Mackenzie" was written out by simply having her run away from town and never be heard from again. In 1968, the series' writers got even with Farrow in a way - they wrote a storyline in which a new girl came to town with a baby she claimed was birthed by Allison. This storyline was launched immediately after "Rosemary's Baby" (starring Mia Farrow) went into release.
  
  
• After Mia Farrow departed from the series, the character of Rachel Welles was written to replace Farrow's character Allison MacKenzie.
  
  
• The producers originally wanted to let Betty Anderson die in the car accident in the 11th episode. Because of the rising popularity of portrayer Barbara Parkins, they finally decided not to go forward with it.
  
  
• An hour long pilot episode was made in 1962. It included a storyline with the Cross family, described in the novel on which the series is based on. Producer Irna Phillips decided to scrap the Cross family.
  
  
• In November 1964, ABC demanded for a murder to be committed in the series. The producers suggested Elliot Carson die, but Paul Monash vetoed it.
  
  
• The series was shot in black and white until 1966.
  
  
• During the show's 5 year network run, all episodes were original. In an move unusual for prime time, ABC never aired repeats during the summer.
  
  

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