When Don Adams was asked about what he thought of doing the short-lived revival he stated: "I knew it wouldn't work, but they offered me a lot of money. I knew after the pilot that this kid (Andy Dick) couldn't carry the show".
When this series aired on Fox, it was only the second time a live-action TV series had aired on four different mainstream TV networks (the first was Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950)). The original series seasons 1-4 aired on NBC, season 5 aired on CBS, the 1989 reunion movie Get Smart, Again! (1989) aired on ABC, and this new series, as previously mentioned, aired on Fox. Since then, no other live-action television series has accomplished this feat.
This springtime replacement series was essentially canceled before its first episode even aired. A Fox executive let it slip that the network had no plans of picking the series up after its initial run.
Is the continuing story of the classic series Get Smart that ran from 1965 to 1970 and sparked two movies in 1980 and 1989.