 On initial broadcast, this episode was shortened by 5 minutes to  make room for a political program at the end. When it was rerun in  June 1977, it had a higher rating and a much higher placing (No. 15)  than it did on the initial broadcast. (This is the only episode to  air both the original and the repeat in a later time slot than the  regular "Sunday Mystery Movie," which normally ran before "The Big  Event." Some of the original episodes were shown as the back ends of  "Sunday Mystery Movie" double features, strictly throwaways.)