Co-Ed Fever was one of three 1979 "frat house" sitcoms that tried to cash in on the popularity of Animal House. The setting was Baxter College, an old-line institute for women which had just started admitting men.
A One-Episode Wonder, its only broadcast was a "special preview" on CBS on February 4, 1979 just after the television premiere of Rocky. However, ratings weren't precisely what the network hoped and irate viewers complained over the show's extremely vulgar humor, leading to its being shelved.
This show provides examples of:
- Short-Runner: Six episodes were taped, only one ever aired.
- Standardized Sitcom Housing: The set looked more like a house than an institutional dorm. Interestingly, the set was reused for another sitcom set in another all-female school's dormitory: The Facts of Life.