Contemporary comedy/drama set on a forty acre ranch in southern California starring Dennis Weaver as Kenneth Yarborough Jones, a widower veterinarian left with the responsibility of raising a newly adopted 10-year-old Chinese boy named Dwight Eisenhower "Ike" Wong (Ricky Der) whom Dr. Jones had applied for before his wife's sudden death.

Friends and neighbors of Dr. Jones included:

• Harry Morgan as Seldom Jackson, a former jockey who helps Dr. Jones around the ranch.
• Keye Luke as Mr. Thomas Wong, Dr. Jones' Chinese friend.
• Arthur Wong as Mr. Ng, Cherylene's father.
• Cherylene Lee as Annie Ng, Ike's Chinese friend.
• Robby Weaver as Paulie Clifton, Ike's friend.
• Jane Chang as Mrs. Ng.
• Tommy Lee as Grandfather Ng.
• Nancy Rennick as Edith Thorncroft, Ike's social worker.
• Tyler McVey as Sheriff.
• Malcolm Atterbury as Judge Bleeker.
• Harry Harvey Sr. as Uncle Henry, Dr. Jones' elderly relative.
   

Ike Wong and "Kentucky" Jones

Other members of the Chinese community included:

• June Kim as Ping Ping Mock
• Beulah Quo as Mrs. Tea-Store Fu, Chinatown marriage broker
• James Hong as Chin King
• Harold Fong as Hop Lee
• Allen Jung as Dr. Won Sing
• H. T. Tsiang as Dr. Fang
• Gerald Jann as Eddie Chou
• Lisa Lu as Su Ling
• and a goat that Ike believes is the reincarnation of Wong Lee, an ancient ancestor.