Original sentence: NBC wanted Sidney Sheldon to assure viewers that the show's premise was strictly a "fantasy" and explain why Jeannie and Nelson were living under the same roof without benefit of marriage (Sheldon finally insisted on the original title's reinstatement in episode nine).The first few episodes after the pilot (episodes two through eight) used a non-animated, expository opening narrated by Paul Frees; the narration mentions that Nelson lived in "a mythical town" named Cocoa Beach in "a mythical place called Florida," even though both locales exist
Edited sentence: NBC wanted Sidney Sheldon to assure viewers that the show's premise was strictly a "fantasy", and explain WHY Jeannie and Captain Nelson were living under the same roof without benefit of marriage (Sheldon finally insisted on the original title's reinstatement in episode nine).The first few episodes after the pilot (specifically, episodes two through eight) used a non-animated, expository opening narrated by Paul Frees; in ironic manner the narration mentions that Nelson lived in "a mythical town" named Cocoa Beach in "a mythical place called Florida," even though both locales are both quite real