Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea series encouraged Irwin Allen to produce other science fiction television shows. The most notable of these shows were "Lost in Space", "The Time Tunnel", and "Land of the Giants". The success of the feature film led to the 1964–1968 television series on ABC, "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". During the series run, the film's storyline was remade as a one-hour episode. That episode was written by Willam Welch and was titled "The Sky's on Fire". Other scenes in the film were also rewritten and incorporated into the television series. In June 1961, Pyramid Books published a novelization of
Bill Callahan (TV producer) Bill Callahan (TV producer) Bill Callahan is a writer/producer for such shows as "Spin City", "8 Simple Rules", "Oliver Beene", "Scrubs" and "Psych". Callahan was an executive producer/writer on "Scrubs", which entered its ninth season on December 1, 2009. He joined the show in its fourth season as co-executive producer, and was an executive producer for the sixth season, and the first six episodes of the seventh season. "Scrubs" is created by Bill Lawrence, who co-created "Spin City", which Callahan also worked on, as co-producer/producer/supervising producer. He also was a writer on "8 Simple Rules" and "Psych", and a producer/writer