Umhleli Omkhulu Wokuhlelwa Komugqa we-TV uMichael Asioliello waphendula umbuzo wabafundi mayelana nokuqala kochungechunge lwe-ALPHA. Ngokusho kwakhe, ukwahlukaniswa kwethelevishini kwe-studio warner bros. Ngitholela umsebenzi ku-remake, ngoba iphrojekthi ayikwazanga ukuheha umthengi ongaba khona. Ukuthi i-TV yaseMelika iqala ukukhathala kancane amagagasi amagagasi ama-serials wesikhathi esedlule, noma ukwehluleka kwabakhiqizi abasha "abafundile" abafundisiwe Bros. Iqiniso lokuthi akuzona zonke izinsalela ezingavuselelwa.
Izikhombo zokuqala zokuthuthukiswa kwe-Alpha entsha zivele ngo-Agasti walo nyaka. Ngemuva kwalokho u-Ausiello wabika ukuthi i-studio ifuna umbhali wombhalo kanye nomkhiqizi. Akukho okuphawula okwengeziwe kwintatheli okungazange kukwazi ukungazenzi ngaleso sikhathi noma manje.
Uchungechunge oluthi "I-ALP" lwaphuma ngo-1986 ngatshela abafokazi, obuhlulekile endaweni engaphansi kweLos Angeles. Wathola futhi wadonsela umndeni waseMelika olula waseTanner, owakukhuthazelela iziqephu eziyi-102. U-Alfa waheha ukunakwa kwezilaleli ngokuzethemba kwakhe, ongethembekile, oqotho, nomoya oqotho nothando lwe-gastronomic ngamakati. Ukuthandwa komlingiswa kwamnikeza ngokuqhubeka kwezithombe, okusho ngempilo yabafokazi abangama-260 ubudala ngaphambi kokufika emhlabeni.