The series was so popular in the United States, in Los Angeles it was the second highest rated show after "Charlies Angels" and was the second highest rating programme at KTLA-5 amongst 65 prime time programmes transmitted through 11 Los Angeles based stations on Wednesday evenings at 8.30pm. By 1980 it had been in syndication in eight major US cities, including New York, where it rated higher than late-night staple "The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson" and reruns of legendary series "MASH", it paved the way for other popular Australian produced shows including miniseries "Against the Wind" and "The Sullivans" to be sold to overseas markets