<P> Touched by an Angel was produced by CBS and Moon Water Productions . Most episodes of the series were produced in Salt Lake City, Utah . According to New York Times reviewer Caryn James, John Masius created the first pilot episode for the series, but it was a darker, less hopeful story than the producers wanted . It cost the studio $2 million to produce the episode . Masius wrote the show as a reflection of his spiritual anger at the time at his two children being born disabled . Martha Williamson was approached to be the series executive producer in early 1994 . She described the pilot she received as "upsetting" as it "portrayed angels as recycled dead people with power over life and death". She initially declined the position, but during a lunch with Andy Hill, then President of CBS, she mentioned the show and suggested he find a producer who would create a show with "loving, joyful" angels that the audience would have to believe in . </P> <P> Williamson stated that she could not stop thinking about the show after that meeting, and eventually called to ask if the position was still open . Though getting the position was no longer a sure thing, she passed up a more lucrative position directing a court drama and went in for an interview with CBS in June 1994 . During her interview, she states she emphasized that she was a Christian and could only do a show that depicted angels in a way she felt was true to her view of angels and that was respectful towards God . She also indicated that the pilot should be redone from the beginning, keeping only the characters Monica and Tess, reworked . The studio agreed with her remarks and hired her . Williamson herself wrote a new script for the pilot episode, while also working on hiring the remaining staff for the series, which was due to premiere in September . The pilot was filmed in Salt Lake City, Utah and the show was ready on schedule . The first episode aired on September 14, 1994 . </P> <P> The lyrics to the show's theme song, "Walk With You", are sung at the beginning of each episode by Della Reese . </P> <P> In 1996, Promised Land was launched as a spin - off series, following the Greene family whom Monica had met during one of her cases, as they travel the United States helping those in need . Four crossover episodes aired during Promised Land's three - season run . </P>

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