ABC Promo: "Although this James Bond film has been edited for television, parents may consider it unsuitable for some viewers and discretion is advised. Tonight! 007 is back in action. With Dianna Rigg and Telly Savalas... On Her Majesty's Secret Service"

In order to hook viewers in to a second two hour part some days later, ABC decided that the first half of the film was too slow paced and lacked action. The solution? Completely rearrange the flow of the film and add a narration track to explain the story in flashback.

Despite initial appearances, the edit by ABC was time consuming and cost a considerable amount compared to their usual budget for "The ABC Monday Night Movie" slot. The resequencing of the film was carefully thought out and the narration was written to explain the jumps between scenes, some of which also employed additional visual effects.

Part Two
The second part was broadcast on Monday 23rd February 1976 at 8:30pm, and opened - predictably - with a recap on what happened the previous week in part one. But for this part, the narrator was dropped and the order of scenes flowed consistently with the cinematic version. No reasons have been found as to why ABC changed tack in the second part. Was it too expensive to produce? Did the ratings of part one lower part two's significance for the network? Did they run out of time?

Tainted
ABC continued the damage when they broadcast the film for the second time a couple of years later as they used the same edits but joined parts one and two together. It was not until the 1980's that ABC broadcast the cinematic version of OHMSS.