Gene Ward Smith wrote:

It didn't seem like
1987 was a very good year to commit to the proposition that Fermat was
still going to be open by Picard's day, though I doubt very much anyone
connected with the show knew of Ribet's work, which was not yet
published.

Betting on anyone connected with the show pretty much knowing much of
anything is probably a bad idea.

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