Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/show-s-setting-in-1980-s-tp1504848p1504849.html

> I am curious as to why the show was set approximately 10 years
> in the future (1980) of it's making(1969). I don't remember any
> other show with such a short time frame. It seems they could of set
> it for the year 2000 or 2010 which I believe would of worked fine?

It may have been too expensive to set the show 20 or 30 years in the
future. At least when its 10 years in the future, they could use
some 1969 present-day cars, exteriors, etc. and save some money.
Or they could do "flashbacks" to 1970 without building futuristic
stuff.

Marc