In October of 1973 and spawning a legion of imitators. Proved to be a mammoth hit, rocketing into the top ten when it debuted On ABC that super-persons were again accepted on television. Wasn't until The Six Million Dollar Man debuted five years later Other program with a superhero-fantasy bent. In Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and just about every 'camp' bubble burst for good in the fall of 1968 when Batman wasĬancelled along with Man From U.N.C.L.E., Tarzan, Lost Rather than earning her own series, Yvonne Craig'sīatgirl character was wedged into Batman. For the 1967-68 season, the production was trimmed Trying to cash in on the 'camp' superheroīat-craze proved short-lived Batman's ratings were in free fallīy the summer of 1967. Woman's TV future was further hindered by the failure of two similar sitcoms Series never made it past the pilot stage, partly because ABC was planningĪ Batgirl spin-off from Batman for the fall of 1967. (Linda Harrison) after she morphed into Wonder Woman. Woman was played by two different people - a homely gal in the role ofĭiana Prince (Ellie Wood Walker of The New Interns) and a beautiful woman Woman: Who's Afraid of Diana Prince? centering around a typical American To write adaptation of comic books for television."įive-minute comedy pilot was shot by Warner Bros. In his words, "Professionally what happened was that, after writingįor Batman, I became more or less known as a person who knew how A brilliant and prolific TV writer/producer/actor,ĭozier also served as Batman's narrator who intoned, "Same Stanley Ralph Ross, on a spec job - to come up with a way to bring Wonder The next comic book character to capitalize on the craze.ġ967, Batman's producer William Dozier put one of his best script writers, Suprise success of Batman left the networks scrambling to find Of wry appreciation for the more 'camp' aspects of American pop culture. The nation in 1966, launching a Bat-mania of product tie-ins and an era Twice a week in prime time, Batman was the hottest TV program in TV Shows on DVD / / / / / TV Blog / / / / Punk Book / / / / / / /
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