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The Bionic Man

The Six Million Dollar Man
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Genre Science fiction
Action
Adventure
Crime
Drama
Based on Cyborg
by Martin Caidin
Starring Lee Majors
Richard Anderson
Martin E. Brooks
Composer(s) Jerry Fielding
Stu Philips
Mike Post
Mark Snow
Gil Mellé
Oliver Nelson
Benny Golson
J.J. Johnson
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 101 +6 TV movies (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Harve Bennett
Producer(s) Kenneth Johnson
Running time 60 minutes
Distributor NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network ABC
Original release March 7, 1973 (1973-03-07) – March 6, 1978 (1978-03-06)

The Six Million Dollar Man is an American science fiction and action television series about a former astronaut, Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by American actor Lee Majors. Austin has superhuman strength due to bionic implants and is employed as a secret agent by a fictional U.S. government office titled OSI. The series was based on the Martin Caidin novel Cyborg, which was the working title of the series during pre-production.

Following three television pilot movies, which all aired in 1973, The Six Million Dollar Man television series aired on the ABC network as a regular episodic series for five seasons from 1974 to 1978. Steve Austin became a pop culture icon of the 1970s. A spin-off television series, The Bionic Woman, featuring the lead female character Jaime Sommers, ran from 1976 to 1978. Three television movies featuring both bionic characters were also produced from 1987 to 1994.

When NASA astronaut Steve Austin is severely injured in the crash of an experimental lifting body aircraft, he is "rebuilt" in an operation that costs six million dollars. His right arm, both legs and the left eye are replaced with "bionic" implants that enhance his strength, speed and vision far above human norms: he can run at speeds of 60 mph (97 km/h), and his eye has a 20:1 zoom lens and infrared capabilities, while his bionic limbs all have the equivalent power of a bulldozer. He uses his enhanced abilities to work for the OSI (Office of Scientific Intelligence) as a secret agent.


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