Both Peter Barton and Amy Steel would star in movies in the Friday The 13th Franchise.Amy in Friday The 13th Part 2 and Peter in Friday The 13th The Final Chapter.
In the alternative pilot, Matthew was called "David". He did not know about his true heritage or his powers, and had a different guardian. The alternative pilot eventually aired as a "lost" episode. Peter Barton did a voice-over at the start, to explain the differences between it and the rest of the series.
Harve Bennett is credited as series developer on all episodes and executive producer on the first half of the series, but he spent most of his time working on Viaje a las estrellas II: La ira de Khan (1982).