The New Dick Van Dyke Show

The New Dick Van Dyke Show was an American sitcom starring Dick Van Dyke that aired on CBS from 1971 to 1974. This was Van Dyke's first return to series television since the highly successful The Dick Van Dyke Show.

CBS was so eager to have Van Dyke return to their network that they signed him to a three-year contract. Van Dyke was living in Cave Creek, Arizona at the time and did not want to move back to Hollywood. So the network agreed to film the show in a studio in nearby Carefree, Arizona. Dick Van Dyke Show creator Carl Reiner wrote and directed numerous episodes also serving as creative consultant.

Van Dyke played Dick Preston, a local television talk show host in Phoenix, Arizona. Like Van Dyke's previous series, this show divided its time between Dick's job in television and his home life with his wife and child. The show also featured Hope Lange as his wife, Jenny; Angela Powell as their daughter, Annie; Fannie Flagg as his sister, Mike; David Doyle as his boss, Ted; and Marty Brill and Nancy Dussault as the Prestons' friends, Bernie and Carol Davis. The Prestons also had a son, Lucas, who was away at college and seen occasionally.

For the third season, the setting and production of the show moved to Hollywood. Dick and his family move there after he lands a role in a soap opera. New cast members were: Dick Van Patten as the show's producer; Barry Gordon as the show's writer; Henry Darrow as the stage manager; Barbara Rush as the show's star and Richard Dawson and Chita Rivera as the Preston's neighbors.
From: Wikipedia.org