Two versions of the pilot were made. A 50-minute version was ordered by ABC to fill the first half of a double-bill in a two-hour time slot (with commercials), with the Stuart Whitman pilot Intertect being the second program. A 76-minute version was also produced for later syndication as a TV Movie. Writer Howard Rodman produced two versions of his script to guide the editing process, once ABC had requested the reduced running time.