Grace (Susan Duvall) and Mary Katherine (Nancy Lane) are three close friends and former schoolmates of Angie's. Production Although Thomas L. Miller, Robert L. Boyett and Edward K. Milkis were the show's supervising producers for the second season, the show was produced by Miller-Milkis Productions at Paramount Television. Angie was also one of the few Miller-Milkis productions that did not take place in Miller's hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Theme song The show's theme song, "Different Worlds," was written by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox and performed by Maureen McGovern. "Different Worlds" peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks at #1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart, McGovern's only #1 on that chart. Cancellation The show was a ratings hit during its first half-season on air. It ranked fifth for the 1978–79 season with a 26.7 average household share, thanks in big part to Thursday night lead-in Mork & Mindy, which ranked No. 3. All of the top five shows in 1978–79 were ABC comedies; the others were Laverne & Shirley (No. 1), Three's Company (No. 2) and Happy Days (tying Mork & Mindy at No. 3). The show was placed in a strong timeslot for 1979-80 fall season, airing between Happy Days and Three's Company on Tuesday nights. However, its Nielsen rating dipped to 19.3, though Laverne & Shirley, which the network renewed, earned an identical rating. The show was moved to Monday nights following the NFL season (when ABC's Monday Night Football slot was vacated). In February 1980, ABC placed the show on indefinite hiatus. It returned in April on Saturday nights, but the series was officially canceled in May. Upon its cancellation, Donna Pescow, who had previously thought that the series had a 50-50 chance of renewal, said: "I don't try to understand it anymore. You have to take it as a big chess game and the only person who sees the total logic is the person making the moves." The four remaining Season 2 episodes that had been produced before the cancellation were aired later in the year, with the final episode airing on September 4, 1980. A total of 36 episodes were produced. Episodes Season 1 (1979) Season 2 (1979–80) Home media Visual Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 on September 1, 2017. Syndication Reruns aired on ABC Daytime from June 17 to September 20, 1985. References