The Aquanauts

The Aquanauts
Scene from the episode "Night Dive". From left: Sam Levene, Sue Randall, and Jeremy Slate (1960)
Also known as	''Malibu Run''
Genre	Adventure/Drama
Written by	E.M. Parsons
Directed by	William Conrad Fred Hamilton Jack Herzberg Herman Hoffman Andrew Marton
Starring	Keith Larsen Jeremy Slate Ron Ely
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	32
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ivan Tors
Producer(s)	Fred Hamilton Ivan Tors
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Ziv Television Programs United Artists Television
Distributor	MGM Television Peter Rodgers Organization
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	September 14, 1960 – June 7, 1961
Chronology
Related shows	Sea Hunt

The Aquanauts (later known as Malibu Run) is an American adventure/drama series that aired on CBS in the 1960-1961 season. The series stars Keith Larsen, Jeremy Slate and Ron Ely, who later replaced Larsen on midseason.

The hour-long series focuses on the adventures of two Southern California divers, Drake Andrews (Larsen) and Larry Lahr (Slate), who made their living salvaging sunken wrecks. In January 1961, Larsen left the series due to health problems. His character rejoined the Navy and a new character, Mike Madison (Ron Ely), joined the cast. A month later, the format of the series was also changed with the show's characters, Larry and Mike, opening up a shop in Malibu. No longer encountering underwater dangers, storylines shifted to situations involved on land. To reflect the changes in the format, the series was retitled Malibu Run.

The program was in competition with the short-lived Hong Kong on ABC and NBC's Wagon Train. Unable to compete with NBC's highly rated Wagon Train, the series was canceled after one season.

Dyan Cannon, Russ Conway, Donna Douglas, Peter Falk, Robert Knapp,Sam Levene, Joyce Meadows, Carroll O'Connor, Burt Reynolds, Sue Randall,Inger Stevens, Jane Withers, Keenan Wynn, James Coburn, Jim Davis, Larry Pennell and Ken Curtis, these two last actors, later of Ripcord fame. In the episode "The Double Adventure" Rue McClanahan makes a small appearance as a waitress in a diner.