1973-1978 | Six million dollar man | Test-flight pilot cyborg becomes super-spy | AKA The Bionic Man; "We can rebuild him, faster, stronger, better than before"; Steve Austin's bionic eye also sees like a telescope, with sound effects |
1974 | Planet of the Apes | based on the movie | Future earth is run by apes, with some time-travelled astronaut humans |
1974-1976 | Land of the Lost | family trapped in dinosaurland | Super slow-moving Sleestacks; kind of a kid's show, but live-action |
1975 | The Invisible Man | accident turns scientist invisible, tries to find cure | David McCallum (Man From UNCLE) |
1976 | Gemini Man | A cool secrete agent can also turn invisible | Being invisible doesn't look good on TV. Who knew? A follow-up to Invisible Man (both were NBC). |
1976-1978 | Bionic woman | SMDM spin-off. Tennis pro and bionic ear | Popular. In the SMDM episode, Steve's GF has accident, is made bionic but dies. Brought to life for the new show |
1977 | Tabitha | Bewitched daughter is grown-up | A young single working woman -- Mary Tyler Moore with magic? |
1978-1982 | Mork&Mindy | Robin Williams; alien lives w/woman to learn about earth, Nanu-nanu | Very silly -- knows no earth customs; drinks with fingers, sits upside down |
1979miniseries | Salem's Lot | Based on a Stephan King vampire book | |