80 season. Unfortunately, it  fell victim to some negative publicity from Ray Bradbury (qv)  himself. Although Bradbury had worked with scriptwriter  Richard Matheson (qv) in adapting his book to the small screen, he  was less than thrilled with the final production. At one point,  shortly before the miniseries scheduled release, Bradbury found  himself the sole representative of the production at a press  conference. When one reporter asked him what he thought of the  miniseries, he responded candidly, "Booooooooring!" NBC soon shelved  the miniseries and did not air it until January 1980.