For this episode Newton's Apple producers won the 1997 A.A.A.S. (Association for the Advancement of Science) Science Journalism Award for Television.
The Newton's Apple crew recorded Betty White at the Beverly Hilton for a short recurring comedic bit called "Science of the Rich & Famous" in which she explained how cats purr. For the shoot the crew found Betty a mother cat and 8 nursing, purring kittens and a beautiful black cat named Hercules.