Die Serie handelt von der vermeintlich perfekten Familie Richardson sowie von einer geheimnisvollen Mutter und ihrer Tochter, die ihr Leben komplett umkrempeln. Die Geschichte behandelt die Last von Geheimnissen, die Bedeutung von Kunst und Identität, die übermenschliche Stärke einer Mutter und die Gefahr, die in dem Glauben liegt, man könne eine Katastrophe abwenden, wenn man nach den Regeln spielt.

The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.

The Hat Squad is a crime drama television series that ran for only one season on CBS, during the 1992–1993 season. 13 episodes were made, but only 11 of them aired.