Barbara Barrie, Jackie Earle Haley, and John Ashton reprised their roles from the original movie, Breaking Away (1979) for this short-lived TV series.
Even though the setting for the tv show is still Bloomington, Indiana, the actual filming location was Athens, Georgia.
Paul Dooley played the father in the movie. Vincent Gardenia played the father in the TV show. They shared a scene in Death Wish where Gardenia was a detective and Dooley was a patrolman.