 Show featured over five cast changes within the first year. Six  female leads were featured before Markie Post (qv) was settled on.  Post was the producers original choice in season 2 but could not get  out of her _"Fall Guy, The" (1981)_ (qv) contract. Two court clerks  were featured, first Karen Austin (I) (qv), then  Charles Robinson (I) (qv). Three bailiff changes were  Selma Diamond (qv), who died a year into the show,  Florence Halop (qv), who died the following year, then  Marsha Warfield (qv) who remained until the shows finish. The  only cast members to remain from the pilot until the finale were  Harry Anderson (I) (qv), John Larroquette (qv), and  Richard Moll (qv).