Polly Holliday was added to the cast after 'Eileen Brennan' was injured in an automobile accident and was intended as a short-term replacement character. However the show was cancelled after Holliday had appeared in just two episodes.
Eileen Brennan, Hal Williams, and Damita Jo Freeman reprised their roles from the original 1980 movie starring Goldie Hawn. For the TV series, the name of Freeman's character was changed from Pvt. Gloria Moe to Pvt. Jackie Sims.