In 1999, TV Guide ranked Bill Bittinger number 42 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list. Former NBC President Brandon Tartikoff wrote in his memoirs that his biggest professional regret was canceling the show.
TV Guide listed Bill Bittinger as number 42 on its 1999 list of the 50 Best TV Characters of All Time. In his memoirs, former NBC President Brandon Tartikoff confessed to regretting the cancellation of the show most.