The actor played Keith Partridge on the ABCsitcom from 1970 to 1974 before launching a solo recording and touring career. Cassidy then took some time to decompress from the mass superstardom he achieved as a teen idol. His return to TV—four years after The Partridge Family—was a total turnaround.
The episode was so popular that Cassidy was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series.
When Man Undercover first came out in 1978, Cassidy told The Asbury Park Press that his new series wasn’t looking for a young audience like The Partridge Family had. While he admitted that it would be nice if his old fans tuned in to the drama series, he clarified that he didn’t want to become “the hottest T-shirt item” again.
Cassidy also noted that he had never set out to become a singing sensation.
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David Cassidy admitted the series was a disaster
"I got nominated for an Emmy for a two-hour movie that was a dramatic role, and subsequently did a series [David Cassidy—Man Undercover],” he shared. “They used the movie as a spinoff for that series, which it wasn’t intended to be, and the series was pretty disastrous.”
Man Undercover producer David Gerber told the Television Academy Foundation that the series broke a barrier with the high school drug theme. He also described Cassidy as “very good” in the role.
“I mean, because we were trying to get it on and he was hot as a pistol at the time,” he said of Cassidy. “And he created, helped write the theme, and all that you know, and it was very good.”
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