Broadway star Sandy Duncan had made her TV series debut in 1971 in Funny Face, but the series was cut short when Duncan underwent eye surgery.
CBS & Paramount didn't give up, and retooled the series into The Sandy Duncan Show the next year. Co-creator Arne Sultan and producer Budd Cherry came over from Talent Associates to Paramount to run the show. Duncan had been given a fresh ensemble to work with, including Tom Bosley, who was also breaking into cartoons that same season (Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home), before Happy Days cemented his pop culture icon status nearly 18 months later.
Unfortunately, CBS placed the show on Sundays. 13 weeks, and gone, again, and it would be more than a decade before Duncan could land another series of her own. CBS also thought enough of her to convince her to lend her voice to her animated likeness for a meeting with Scooby-Doo.
Edit, 2/7/24: Had to change the video. Here's the open:
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