User Reviews

ABC had a big success with its "Wide World of Sports," so starting in 1973 it tried to build off the brand by calling other things part of the "Wide World of Entertainment." "Death in Space" was billed as a "Wide World: Mystery, " which usually lost the colon in newspaper listings and appeared as "Wide World Mystery." There were also "Wide World: Special," which could be concerts or comedy specials of any type. "Death in Space"was run after hours in a 90-minute slot at 11:30 pm on Monday, June 17, 1974, up against Johnny Carson. I had had always been fascinated by Robert Walker Jr., who was very good as "Ensign Pulver" and in an early episode of "Star Trek," but seldom never got the roles I thought he deserved. And I was interested in seeing Margaret O'Brien in an adult role. But the "movie" was a disappointment. What I recall mostly were its cheap, videotaped production values, comparable to a daytime soap opera, and not particularly watchable or interesting.