Barbary Coast
Co-stars William Shatner and Doug McClure worked together previously on several episodes of "The Virginian".,[repeated line, when paying someone]
Cash Conover: Cash makes no enemies...,Follows Barbary Coast: The Barbary Coast (1975),This show took elements of Wild Wild West because that show was popular when it was cancelled in 1969 due to "violence".

Barbary Coast was going to be popular with the same formula but with comedy as the key rather than the fight scenes. The only difficulty lay in the numerous costume changes per episode for Shatner (usually 3), who was also the lead--it forced everyone to wait until he was readied, plus his skin was suffering damage as a result of applied prosthetics--while in Wild Wild West the costume went on the sidekick and usually only once per episode.

Bill Bixby directed and was under increasing pressure to reduce the wait time for Shatner, enlarge the parts for other players, etc until the set became as violent in real life as Congress thought Wild Wild West had been in 1969.

Most everyone associated with the show breathed a sigh of relief when it was over because the pressure was finally off. Sure, they all had to find another job, but they no doubt knew more about what they wanted and what they would rather avoid if they could.

Barbary Coast was low in ratings not because it wasn't a good show but because it wasn't competing in the adult light comedy genre such as Hart to Hart, Maverick or Alias Smith & Jones; rather, it was going head-to-head with Rhoda, Phyllis and Sanford & Son.

When ABC started airing Monday Night Football, they chose Barbary Coast as the lead-in and it was very popular in that slot. When the show was cancelled, that time went to MacGyver.

Shatner and McClure had a unique natural comedy chemistry particularly suited to television in my opinion, and at a time when comedy was king in that medium, but they weren't able to find their show.,