The Bionic Woman
| The Bionic Woman | |
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Opening credits screenshot
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| Genre |
Superhero fiction Action Adventure Drama |
| Created by | Kenneth Johnson |
| Based on |
Cyborg by Martin Caidin |
| Starring |
Lindsay Wagner Richard Anderson Martin E. Brooks |
| Theme music composer | Jerry Fielding |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 58 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 48 minutes |
| Production company(s) | MCA/Universal in association with Harve Bennett Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ABC (1976–77) NBC (1977–78) |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | January 14, 1976 – May 13, 1978 |
The Bionic Woman is an American television science fiction action series starring Lindsay Wagner that aired between 1976 and 1978. The Bionic Woman series features Jaime Sommers, who takes on special high-risk government missions using her superhuman bionic powers. The Bionic Woman series is a spin-off from the 1970s The Six Million Dollar Man television science fiction action series.
Wagner stars as professional tennis player Jaime Sommers, who becomes critically injured during a skydiving accident. Jaime's life is saved by Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson) and Dr. Rudy Wells (Martin E. Brooks) with bionic surgical implants similar to those of The Six Million Dollar Man Steve Austin (Lee Majors). Through the use of cybernetic implants, known as bionics, Jaime is gifted with an amplified bionic ear which allows her to hear at low volumes and at different frequencies from most humans and over uncommonly long distances. She also has extraordinary strength in her bionic right arm and in both legs that enables her to run at speeds exceeding 60 miles per hour. She is then assigned to spy missions of her own as an occasional agent of the Office of Scientific Information, while under the employment cover as a school teacher of middle school students.
The series proved highly popular worldwide, gaining high ratings in the US and particularly so in the UK (where it became the only science fiction programme to achieve the No.1 position in the ratings during the 20th century). The series ran for three seasons, from 1975 to 1978, and was first shown on the ABC network and then the NBC network for its final season. Years after its cancelation, three spin-off TV movies were produced between 1987 and 1994. Reruns of the show aired on Sci-Fi Channel from 1997 to 2001. A remake of the series was produced in 2007.
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