The program was hosted by Richard Wilkins and aired late on Friday and Saturday nights for its full six-year run.
Shot in British Columbia, the episode was one of two pilots filmed for the show, the other being "The Well" which aired late in the first season.
In fall 1996, Beech launched a show called Road Crew, aired late in the Saturday lineup.
That series concludes with an hour-long competition between the Canadian and American champions, which airs late in December.
The show aired late at night, but later on they were moved to the evenings.
Many PSAs aired late at night when most people had gone to sleep.
The series aired late on Friday evenings where it developed a cult following, getting an average national audience of between 591,000 and 821,000 viewers each episode.
From April 1995 onwards, the program aired late at night around 1:00 or 2:00 AM.
In Malaysia, full episodes of Oz aired late at night on ntv7, while the censored version aired during the day.
It aired late at night on KFYI in Phoenix, Arizona.