 In the interview he indicated that the failure of the show was due to a presentation of the show to executives at Chevrolet.The car company had originally offered to sponsor the show in full but, after the screening of the pilot, a wife of one of the executives complained that "Nichols" was not "Maverick", the popular series that Garner starred in from 1957 to 1961.As a result, Chevrolet indicated they would only sponsor half the show forcing Garner, Warner and NBC to hunt for other sponsors in a very competitive market.