 Alan Oppenheimer replaced Martin Balsam as Dr. Wells.A third TV movie, "The Solid Gold Kidnapping," followed, after which "The Six Million Dollar Man" was begun as a weekly television series during 1974, running until 1978 for a total of five seasons.The original pilot movie was re-edited with new footage to make it a "flashback episode" and syndicated as the two-part "The Moon and the Desert".