 It proved to be Pierce's final directorial effort, although he continued working as a set decorator for several television shows including "MacGyver", "Remington Steele", "The Twilight Zone" and "Fresno", a Carol Burnett miniseries parodying prime time soap operas.Pierce's work on the latter show earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special.Pierce began writing the screenplay for a sequel to "The Town That Dreaded Sundown", but the film never came to fruition.