Syndication & Genre
Although diverging in terms of budget, World of Giants aligned with past and future Ziv winners such as Science Fiction Theatre (1955) and Sea Hunt (1958) in its non-realist genre. It also represents a relatively early televisual foray into spy thrillers and Cold War dramas, situated as Michael Kackman notes between earnest espionage dramas of the 1950s and spy parodies like The Man from U.N.C.L.E in the 60s.
Ultimately, however, WOG’s expensive sets and novel combination of science-fiction and spy-drama were not realized in profits or longevity. Only 13 episodes of WOG were produced, as the show evidently did not fit Ziv’s already-failing profit model, which relied on money from rerun sales to balance the high costs of initial production.