In the series opener, Dick and Jenny Preston have been married for 18 years and are the proud parents of two children, 10 and 16. With Dick's talk show doing well, they feel that their life is next to perfect, until unexpected news arrives--Jenny is pregnant.

A misunderstanding causes Jenny to think Dick is building her a sewing room instead of the sauna he's planning on.

Despite being warned by their husbands that friends should not engage in business together, Jenny and Carol go ahead and open their own shop, but pretty soon they are wishing they had listened.

When symphony conductor Paul Franz is a guest on Dick's talk show, Dick asks him on the air to come to their house for dinner, throwing Jenny into a panic and Dick into the dog house

In one of the funniest episodes of the show, Dick buys a motorcycle and against advice from everyone takes it out to the desert on a ride. When he runs out of gas and takes refuge in an old cabin, thinks take a turn for the worse.

When the talent for the television station's telethon doesn't show up, its up to Dick and the gang to carry it off

Annie gets a part in a commerical opposite Dick.

Dick agrees to a drinking test for his show, that shows the evils of drinking, but while under the influence he says a few things about marriage that Jenny does not find funny

When the house next to the Preston's comes up for sale, it's hard for them to admit they don't want Bernie and Carol to buy it.

Bernie comes up with a game show he is sure will be a winner for the network, if he can only sell the idea.