Other TV credits include guest starred twice on Murder, She Wrote (1994, 1995), Matlock (1993), Robin's Hoods (1994) and Highway to Heaven (1986), Win, Lose or Draw (1989) and The New Hollywood Squares (1988, 1989).

Shortly thereafter, in July 1989, Troy murdered their mother, Phyllis, with a baseball bat and is currently serving a sentence of 50 years without the possibility of parole in a Wisconsin prison.

In 2018, Bierdz appeared in and narrated an episode of Evil Lives Here on the Investigation Discovery (ID) Network, based on his memoir Forgiving Troy.

In the show, he recounts his brother Troy's life and his strange behavior leading to his mother's murder.

[2] In September 2009, The Human Rights Campaign at a black tie gala themed "Speak Your Truth" presented Bierdz with its Visibility Award for his continued contributions to charity work for human rights through his visual art, acting and writing.