TMC
04-09-2015, 03:22 AM
http://lebeauleblog.com/2015/04/08/super-heroes-of-the-seventies/2/
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In 1974, Wonder Woman came to life on the small screen in the TV movie… wait a second? Who is that?!? Cause it sure doesn’t look like Wonder Woman. The original TV movie starred Cathy Lee Crosby as Wonder Woman. She had blonde hair, didn’t wear the costume from the comic books and exhibited no super powers. She was Wonder Woman in name only. The TV movie got respectable ratings, but ABC passed on the proposed series.
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That’s better!
In 1975, ABC aired a second TV movie starring Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman. The new movie was given the exceptionally confusing title The New, Original Wonder Woman to differentiate it from the old, original Wonder Woman played by Crosby the following year. The new movie, which was set during World War II, was successful enough for ABC to order two additional hour-long episodes which aired in 1976. Those episodes performed well enough for ABC to order more episodes still.
The episodes that aired on ABC in 1976-77 performed well. But ABC did not renew the show because of reservations about the period setting. Setting the show during World War II made it more expensive. And ABC felt that it limited story potential. When ABC passed, Warner Brothers pitched Wonder Woman to CBS with a present-day setting. The reimagined show was retitled The New Adventures of Wonder Woman. It ran for two more seasons on CBS.
It’s pretty radical to think that in the 1970’s, Wonder Woman had her own TV show that ran in prime time for three seasons. Warner Brothers has struggled to do anything with the character since. Today, during the supposed golden age of super heroes, we still don’t have a single movie featuring a female super hero outside of a team setting. And the only TV show to date has been a mini-series featuring the non-powered WWII heroine, Agent Carter.
https://lebeauleblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/wonder-woman-ms-magazine-cover.jpg
But Wonder Woman was experiencing a resurgence in relevance in the 70’s. Feminism was on the rise and feminist leader, Gloria Steinem, chose Wonder Woman as a symbol for the movement. In 1972, Steinem ran a cover of Ms. Magazine that featured Wonder Woman and even suggested she should be president. More than four decades later, we’re still waiting on our first female president.
https://lebeauleblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/crosby-wonder-woman.jpg?w=888
In 1974, Wonder Woman came to life on the small screen in the TV movie… wait a second? Who is that?!? Cause it sure doesn’t look like Wonder Woman. The original TV movie starred Cathy Lee Crosby as Wonder Woman. She had blonde hair, didn’t wear the costume from the comic books and exhibited no super powers. She was Wonder Woman in name only. The TV movie got respectable ratings, but ABC passed on the proposed series.
https://lebeauleblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/wonder-woman-lynda-carter.jpg?w=888"]https://lebeauleblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/wonder-woman-lynda-carter.jpg?w=888
That’s better!
In 1975, ABC aired a second TV movie starring Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman. The new movie was given the exceptionally confusing title The New, Original Wonder Woman to differentiate it from the old, original Wonder Woman played by Crosby the following year. The new movie, which was set during World War II, was successful enough for ABC to order two additional hour-long episodes which aired in 1976. Those episodes performed well enough for ABC to order more episodes still.
The episodes that aired on ABC in 1976-77 performed well. But ABC did not renew the show because of reservations about the period setting. Setting the show during World War II made it more expensive. And ABC felt that it limited story potential. When ABC passed, Warner Brothers pitched Wonder Woman to CBS with a present-day setting. The reimagined show was retitled The New Adventures of Wonder Woman. It ran for two more seasons on CBS.
It’s pretty radical to think that in the 1970’s, Wonder Woman had her own TV show that ran in prime time for three seasons. Warner Brothers has struggled to do anything with the character since. Today, during the supposed golden age of super heroes, we still don’t have a single movie featuring a female super hero outside of a team setting. And the only TV show to date has been a mini-series featuring the non-powered WWII heroine, Agent Carter.
https://lebeauleblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/wonder-woman-ms-magazine-cover.jpg
But Wonder Woman was experiencing a resurgence in relevance in the 70’s. Feminism was on the rise and feminist leader, Gloria Steinem, chose Wonder Woman as a symbol for the movement. In 1972, Steinem ran a cover of Ms. Magazine that featured Wonder Woman and even suggested she should be president. More than four decades later, we’re still waiting on our first female president.