The show aired on Showtime being one of its first original series
José Pérez (Morty aka God), Neil J. Schwartz, and Patrick Spohn (The Young Men) reprise their roles from the 1973 PBS adaptation of the stage play, and half of the episodes were directed by Burt Brinckerhoff, who also helmed that version. The series didn't include nudity like the PBS adaptation.
Producer Joe Byrne caught the 1973 PBS adaptation of the stage play and was so taken by it that he managed to secure the rights to a TV show through Warner Bros. ABC, NBC, and CBS executives loved it but insisted the material was too racy. Byrne finally sold it to Showtime a decade later.
Despite the presence of a laugh track, there was no studio audience, the show was taped on a closed set.