Why the Bionic Woman was Canceled (And Other Secrets Revealed)
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- Were you a fan of The Bionic Woman, and did you know that it was canceled after Its second season only to be picked up by a rival network for its third and final season?
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Jamie Sommers First Appeared In The Six Million Dollar Man
01:02 - Lindsay Wagner’s Contract With Universal
01:46 - Jamie Came Back From The Dead
03:49 - The Bionic Woman Was A Surprise Hit
04:23 - Jaime’s Implants Were Less Expensive Than Steve Austin’s
05:06 - Jaime Sommer’s Abilities Were Throttled For Believability
06:04 - The Bionic Woman Was Canceled - Then Renewed
07:00 - The End Of An Era
08:04 - Outro
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The Bionic Woman got its start as a spin-off of the 1970s Six Million Dollar Man science-fiction TV series. The show starred Lindsay Wagner as the lead character Jaime Sommers, aka the titular Bionic Woman. Throughout the series, Sommers takes on a variety of special high-risk government missions while making use of her cybernetically enhanced superhuman powers.
Jaime Sommers is a former pro tennis player who ends up getting critically injured in a freak skydiving accident. Her life is saved by Oscar Goldman and Dr. Rudy Wells, who use several highly-advanced bionic surgical implants, similar to those seen in The Six Million Dollar Man, to give her extraordinary powers like amplified bionic hearing, super strength, and super speed.
She then gets assigned to top-secret missions as an on-call agent of the fictional Office of Scientific Intelligence while simultaneously teaching middle and high school classes in her regular everyday life.
Despite its relatively short run, The Bionic Woman was a huge success worldwide. Not only did it see high Nielsen ratings in the US, but it also performed exceptionally well in the UK, where it became the only sci-fi program to reach the number 1 position on TV in the 20th century.
The series ran for three seasons between 1976 and 1978, first on ABC, and then on NBC for its final season. Years after it got the ax, a series of three spin-offs made for TV films were made between 1987 and 1994.
As popular as the original Bionic Woman series was, it makes you wonder why it only aired for three seasons. Join Facts Verse as we address why The Bionic Woman was canceled. We’ll also dive into several other little-known secrets about the show that true fans need to know about.
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For sure Lee is still alive. He has a beautiful young wife.
I'm Reckoning if it's not suitable for kids it's really not suitable for adults. I know full well that nudity and sex are always there to pack the seats because people want to see other people naked. I get it but it's also evil. Clothing represents armor a form of protection against the sexual gaze. The actor actresses turned into a sexual object to be used by others essentially raped remotely. They can be used as an object of masturbation for all eternity long after they're even dead. It's a form of controller power over others. When somebody has clothing on it has never been seen naked except by their natural intimate partner, then they have that protection. In real life we don't see other people naked so why should the audience. The only person we ever see normally is our intimate partner of which they really supposed to be only one for your entire life but since the nuclear family is being destroyed, that ideal has been wrecked at least for the time being. I suspect when the pendulum swings the other way it's going to swing very violently and not without justification. In any event watching other people naked and having sex or at least simulated sex, maybe, he is all about exerting power over the actor and actress and that power is shared between the producers, director studios, even the performance unions, and of course the audience. In general one cannot say that there is ever true consent and on the rear occasion where somebody is anxious to get naked on film or stage or on television, it is very likely because they suffer from the recognize mental illness from the dm5 manual of exhibitionism and/or narcissism. In which case when you're mentally ill, you really don't have that kind of consent as well. Nudity and sex are never required to move a story along or to understand the character. We always have to judge other people's character by how we normally see them every day and I work lives or as we interact with them in a more normal setting that is almost always non-sexual. All nudity is sexual because a sexual thought will always pass through and I really don't care what the other circumstances are, or the participants ages or physical shape, nudity will always even briefly bring up a sexual thought or you're lying to yourself because every normal human being is going to have that. How about we start trying for something a little bit more enlightened and not the base, crass or crude. Sex, nudity and sexuality belong between intimate partners and only and I repeat only between those partners because then there is true intimacy. New did he also does represent intimacy and intimacy that can never happen between the actor and the audience. That intimacy only belongs between intimate partners. Yeah I know, acquaint idea, huh? But then I was born a very, very, very long time ago. A very long time ago.
Yeah, I stopped watching after that, how can something that easy to fact check be overlooked ?
Yeah, i was like “what the hell? How did i miss that?” But he’s still alive as you said.
Lee Majors is not dead ?
Just did a fact check and Lee Majors is still alive. He is 83 years old having been born in 1939
Correct!
Lindsay Wagner is still alive as well.
Yup. They both are alive and doing well. 😊
Loved this show!! Love both shows!!! I'll still catch both on COZI TV. Thank you 😊
Lee Majors was one of the worst actors ever!
Three things I like about late 70s TV: Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman, Lindsay Wagner's Bionic Woman, and Erin Gray's Wilma Deering in Buck Rogers IT25C. Three examples of beautiful bad-assery! 😍👍
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Agreed. At the time such strong yet feminine characters were rare; these shows and their leads were trailblazers!
You are absolutely right! The ‘70s were delightful!
Yep, that is how I remember it!
I loved ALL of those too!!
Lindsey made this show a hit with her talent and beauty She won an Emmy for Bionic Woman
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@@FactsVerse Jamie vs the Computer Doomsday is tomorrow
I used to love watching the Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman back in the 70s. It was great fun!
Tv in general was better back then. Simpler and easier to follow. More character development. Emergency was another fav of mine. Still catch an eps or two on MeTv on occasion
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@@FactsVerse can't remember, it was such a long time ago but I used to watch it every week.
In my humble opinion, Lindsey Wagner, was by far, one of the most beautiful women to ever appear on camera. She guest starred in a couple of episodes of Blood & Treasure that aired just a few months ago. I'm glad she's still active...having grown up in the 70s, and being a fan of both Bionic series, it's like seeing an old friend...They don't make 'em like Lindsey anymore!
I heartily agree. I was fortunate enough to meet Lindsay Wagner in late 1971. She was with her husband(?)sitting in back of me on a rapid-transit train. She was reading the script for the movie Two People that she'd be in with Peter Fonda. I chatted with her a little bit and when I had to get off the rapid I said goodbye to her with,"If your name's ever up in lights I'll remember you." I saw many shows that she guested in over the next few years, but ironically I missed her first appearance in The $6,000,000.00 Man. I sure made up for it by seeing her Bionic Woman series,including her award-winning performance. That was the two-parter where a lookalike imposter was trying to switch places with her. Lindsay really added depth and emotion to an otherwise gimmick-show.
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@@richardranke3158 You lucky!
@@FactsVerse same question over and over again.
AGREED!!! Power, beauty and grace; all combined in one actress!
Lindsay Wagner was and is a stunning actress! I was a very young child when Bionic Woman first aired, but that did not stop me from having a huge crush on her! I feel very lucky to have been able to be a witness to her talent in the 1970's, and to say nothing of the many other great T.V. shows of that decade! The 70's was a Great decade for T.V., and by the end of the 1980's, it was the end of an Era!
I really enjoyed these two shows growing up as a kid. I spent many hours running around the yard in "slow motion" and making that "bionic" sound effect. Good times. 😀
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@@FactsVerse I enjoyed the Fembot episodes.
Heck, I remember doing that even in my twenties. It was just TOO classic!
Lindsay Wagner was my favorite actress even to this day
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Mine too. Beauty and humanity at higher level
She was a hottie! 🔥
Lindsay Wagner - actress? Diana Muldaur - actress? Never witnessed any relevant talent in either of them, TBH.
She was considered for the role of Janeway in Star Trek Voyager .... just imagine how good that would've been!
I loved both of them. Never missed a episode of either one. Wish they would bring them back as reruns. That would be great
Start lobbying MEtv, they seem to have a lot of old shows.
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@@FactsVerse
There was one episode where Col. Austin was on an island that was part of Russia and it was going to blow up and Steve and a couple of Russians went down to deactivate the bomb, but the whole place was boobytrapped ….
Just to let you know it is back on TV spend back on TV for about a year I think it's on grit tv
@@FactsVerse You clearly have no view at all on the Bionic Woman, and only basic knowledge - this is really just empty content isn't it?
I grew up watching The Bionic Woman,& I loved how jaime showed emotions during its 3 season run,like her willingness to help,& forgive Lisa Galloway despite all the trouble Lisa caused her.Thats jailers humanness shinning through.i have all 3 seasons on DvD.Lindsay Wagner is a magnificent actress.
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Kill oscar,Oscar, image,deadly ringer,brainwash,Fembots inLas Vegas,Doomsday is tomorrow,jaimes mother,out of body,on the run
Agreed. Wagner's talent and humanity made Jamie Sommers an extremely unique and wonderful character: to this day "The Bionic Woman " stands out in a sea of many worthy 1970's scifi series.
What did you think of the Fembot storyline? That was my favorite. It was so scary to me back then!😊
there you go...glad to hear someone else purchased the dvd collection
I loved both shows and literally couldn’t get enough of it as a kid.
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I loved the Bionic woman it was a great show I never knew why it got canceled I wish they would bring it back and the six million dollar man
They tried & it sucked just like they tried to bring back knight rider smh not the same.💜
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⚡💥YES AND AMEN 🔥💥⚡
It would be great to see them one more time
Lindsay got burnt out being the lead in a TV series, and the ratings also got bad
The Six Million Dollar Man 2 part episode "The Bionic Woman" was NOT intended as a back-docor pilot ... it was simply that the episode was a rating bonanza --- which led to her return! The actual 'back door pilot' was the 'Six Million Dollar Man' episode 'The Return of the Bionic Woman' AND it was sooo exciting! The show was unique in the 70's and Lindsay Wagner was wonderful; also a series with a literally very physically power female lead was relatively unheard of at the time; this mix of actor & unique premise made 'The Bionic Woman' an extremely wonderful series and Wagner's portrayal ( to this day) was both endearing and intense. A rare case of the spin-off bettering the original series. Though the MOST amazing heart rendering story of both series was her original introduction in the 'The Six Million Dollar Man'. Jamie's ultimate breakdown filmed in the rain, just prior to her death... to this day remains one of the MOST heartbreaking scenes from any TV show I've watched ... let alone her following death scene, where Steve Austin ( the ultimate alpha male) broke down and cried. This was an unseen behaviour for male heroes on 1970's TV.
"The Bionic Woman" will FOREVER remain THE highlight of 70's television scifi for me and Lindsay 's Jamie Sommers remains deeply etched into my memories!
You said the Late Lee Majors, He's 82 and still Alive.
I loved the Bionic Woman a lot better than the bionic man.
Watched it every week.
I had such a crush on Lindsay Wagner. One of my treasured possessions is a picture and letter from her, after a family friend had a connection in Los Angeles and spoke with her. Ahhh the memories.
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Had a major thing for her too back then
Lindsay was such a natural. Jamie worked well because she acted like any ordinary person would in extraordinary situations.
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Absolutely: perfectly stated.
✨”The LATE Lee Majors”??? Isn’t he STILL LIVING??? 😳😳🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
he is still alive
Just to let everyone know, Mr. Majors is indeed alive and well at 83 years young!
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I started watching Six Million Dollar Man when it started out as pert of anthology series and then when it was on it’s own and after Bionic Woman went out on her own…
It’s a shame these ended when they did, but I enjoyed the reunion movies they did.
I think they might have confused Lee Majors with Richard Anderson and Martin E. Brooks, who played Oscar Goldman and Dr. Rudy Wells respectively.
In the pilot movie, Martin Balsam played Dr. Wells, but didn’t play him in the regular series because “….he didn’t want to be the one to fix something on his electronic tush every week….”.
Possibly. Richard Anderson and Martin E. Brooks have both been gone several years now
The Bionic Woman episode was not a back door pilot. She died in the episode. They realized how popular the character was and brought her back in the return of the bionic woman.
Three full seasons for a sci fi show in the 1970s was extremely good going. _The Bionic Woman_ was a big success for its day. Most SF of that era was lucky if it got to 14 episodes. _Logan's Run, The Invisible Man, Planet Of The Apes, Salvage-1, UFO, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Man From Atlantis,_ others - all gone before hardly anyone knew they were there.
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1:40 - Lindsay Wagner was in the VERY FIRST episode of "The Rockford Files" along side of Billy Mumy playing sister and brother.
In the 90's, I sat next to Lindsay Wagner in a flight from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. She is a very nice woman. The Bionic Woman had long since been off the air by that point, but she was in the middle of being the National Spokeswoman for FORD by that point.
My Too Favorite Show's As A 70s Kid Still Is Today At 55
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Wow! I didn’t know it was cancelled then picked up by NBC! Fun Fact: Something similar happened to “Wonder Woman” and and oddly enough there was a comic that later featured The Bionic Woman meeting Wonder Woman w/both characters drawn as the stars who portrayed them, Lindsey Wagner and Lynda Carter!
I met Lindsey at a convention. I was shocked because she wasn't scheduled to be there. I'm still in shock 😲 😳 😐
I loved both shows, but my favorite was The Bionic Woman, especially when they brought in a bionic dog, Maxamillion! I actually named one of my dogs Max later on, because of the show :)
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@@FactsVerse Any of the ones with the Fembots and the ones with Max the bionic dog :) I even did a few videos myself, portraying The Bionic Woman!
I loved Max too, he was a good little boy.
Late Lee Majors? He's still alive.
At 1:55, "Steve Austin, played by the late Lee Majors..."
Ugh...
Lee Majors is still alive!!!!
You really blew this one!!!
I love The Bionic Woman Lindsay Wagner was truly a woman before her time no cosmetic surgeries to enhance her beauty that she was born with she showed empathy and human emotions.
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Loved both shows!! Still watch them on COZI TV. Just one correction, Lee Majors is still alive. 😊 Thank you for the upload 😊
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Two of my most favorite celebrities from the late 70's are, and always will be, Jeff Lynne (Electric Light Orchestra) and Lindsay Wagner. What is really cool about both of them was the fact that they were always very down to earth. In fact, numerous people who had met and known both Lynne and Wagner often remarked at how truly kind they were and that they never had an ounce of pretentiousness about them. You would never guess that they were even famous. It's been hard enough enduring the loss of such great celebs just this past year. I tell you, the day we lose Jeff Lynne and Lindsay Wagner, it will definitely be a very dark day for me and a lot of others, for that matter. Both have been such an incredible inspiration to so many people.
The six million dollar man & bionic woman were 2 great series ever I would like to own it on DVD one day
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This was one of my favorite shows because Lindsay Wagner is such a likeable actress. The camera loves her and so do the fans. I watch all her movies. As a teenager I got to see the delight in my grandmother's face when she first saw an episode. She marveled that there was a woman super hero and the "abilities" she had. In her day all heroes were men.
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@@FactsVerse I always liked watching her and Lee Majors together. When they got married is my favorite. I also enjoyed the episode where she had a look a southern Belle like that almost took her identity. Jaime's introduction on The Six Million Dollar man was my favorite of his episodes.
That show was my childhood and so was The Six million Dollar Man.
To imitate both of them, almost every kid in the 70's ran in slow motion. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I remember an episode where she referred to herself as a 6 million dollar can opener after opening something for Oscar or Dr. Goldman.
3 things I remember from the Bionic Woman are the Fembots, Max the bionic dog and the urge to buy a sleep number bed
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How about the Doomsday episode?
I loved the fembots.
🧠I remember playing the bionic man as a kid with my brother's. When we would run we imitated the sound of his bionics with our mouth and ran in slow motion. ....yeah we did that. *Fond memories.
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@@FactsVerse Steve Austin vs BIG FOOT of course!😉
Same here; use to play being bionic with my mates!
Omg. Me and my sister s also done that playing we were bionic! Lol. Small world.
One of my favorite shows as a kid. Didn't realize it was so short.
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@@FactsVerse The Big Foot episode and the one with the girl from another planet and Fly Jamie.
As a teenage boy, I loved all of the science fiction shows in the 70s. Looking back, I saw The Bionic Woman as just another superhero kicking butt -- and remember only cringing when she was undercover in a beauty contest and actually sang for the talent competition. I believe she covered "Feelings (whoa whoa whoa feelings...)" with a cheesy orchestral arrangement.
During the first season, the network didn't want to invest a lot into the series in case it wasn't a hit, which caused them to enact a lot of cost-cutting procedures. Most famously, they actually reused a script from the Six Million Dollar Man (Survival of the Fittest/Fly Jaime), swapping out the characters of Steve and Oscar with Jaime and Rudy as well as making a few other small tweaks.
Wow ... never knew that!
She also won an Emmy as most outstanding dramatic actress for this show
... and it was well deserved!
I was a kid when bionic man came out so I watched all of it all the way through including the movies to the bionic showdown.
Will always be a favorite in my heart 💗
Lee Majors is Still Alive. There's No Late
I used to watch both shows and never knew about the cancellations. I was quite young during it’s run. Thanks for the information. 👍
Loved, loved, LOVED these shows as a kid! I was absolutely heart broken when they didnt come back the following season, but not really understanding things like cancellation at such a young age. I had the Steve Austin 12” Action Figure Rocket and my sister had Jaime Somers, though they always seemed to make cooler accessories for her than Steve (I still want that Mission Brief Case/Purse thingie even tho now I can’t remember what features it had that fascinated me so as wee child). :-) I did get annoyed that Steve’s left eye was just a black oval so kids could use his bionic eye…a weird gimmick that I think failed utterly and made the doll, er Action Figure, look terrible. I remember some enemy ANdroid figure had masks and one was Steve Austin and it looked just like him! So sometimes I’d pretend he was the real Steve becuse he looked real and didnt have a giant black oval for an eye! :-) The rubber roll up skin to see their bionic parts caused me endless frustration as mine popped off and I couldn’t get it back on…man I wish I could go back and help my young self, I was so heartbroken when a beloved toy broke and adults just didnt seem to care or understand the importance! :-) More recently, several years back I saw a bona ride Steve Austin action figure in the smaller Star Wars size-scale, but when I went to order Steve and Bigfoot (Squee!!!!) they were both out of stock and never have been available again to this day! Another heartache that felt all too familiar from memories. Sigh, I guess if I had gotten then I’d have been forever wanting a Jaime Sommers to go with them, and would have instead been stressed about that. No wonder I’m a messed up adult, LOL!!!
Lindsay Wagner is an extremely underrated actress. Proof of point is she wasn't just on the Rockford Files she was chosen to be on the pilot episode and was one of the few guest stars to come back as the same character. The way the second episode was written I think they left it open to see the character again. They even had the character Beth Davenport Rockford's lawyer jealous of her.
In my opinion the reason for the popularity of the show Bionic Woman I think is due to Lindsay's ability as an actor. She had way more range than Lee Majors therefore the plots could be much more complex. I didn't see it, I was 16 when the show was canceled, but I don't think Lee Majors could handle such a subtle plot for his shows ending. No offense to him but Lindsay Wagner is/was an exceptional actor
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@@FactsVerse you could do a show on those actors you think underrated. By the way Billy Mumy appeared in both of the episodes of the Rockford Files Lindsay was on. The first one he played her brother and the second a hippie style painter.
Completely agree
Thanks for this….one of my favorite heroes ever!
I grew up watching these shows, they’re Awesome!
In the series it was revealed that before Jaime Summers-Steve Austin became Bionic and like his counterparts had been injured then restored with artificial limbs. A German Shepard named Max the Bionic Dig was adopted by Summers and went on some adventures with Her having new legs and a bite to match. However there Bionic Bigfoot, another Bionic Agent who opted to have regular strength instead having gotten carried away with his prosthetics. In a crossover episode Jaime-Steve and the Bionic Bigfoot who had been rebuilt by benevolent aliens teamed up to throw a charge into a volcano to stop its eruption. One standout two parter in the Bionic Women was when Jaime had to take on a mega computer determined to carry out its creators bluff that he would destroy the world by making it real. Andre the Giant played the first Bigfoot on the Six Million Dollar Man and the next was Ted Cassidy on thr crossover at almost 7ft tall who had played Lurch on the Addams Family a decade before. One tricked they used was to run the film backwards of a stunt performer actually going off not on a building etc so it appeared they jumped to it instead and the slow motion of the characters using their Bionics not speeded up like running was another.
I watched all those shows and my favorite music store has the owner's German Shepherd dog Hunter roaming around often and I keep accidentally calling him Max.
The crossover episodes excited me soooo much as the 10 year old boy I was in the 70's ... loved both shows, though Jamie was my favourite.
@@harvey1965 What did you think of the Fembot storyline? That was my favorite! I remember being scared because there were so many of them and they didn’t have Jamie’s humanity so they were exceptionally dangerous!
@@hotgritz4sho Fembots are permanently implanted in my memory .... wasn't that the episode when Jamie sang the song "Feelings" which she indirectly dedicated to Steve Austin?
@@harvey1965 ! yeah! and I like it the way Lindsay show her liking with Steve. I like both of them! in their TV series!
I remember some episodes where Lindsay Wagner just had a cameo. The episodes featured the dog, her fiance, and/or Callahan.
Fascinating. I loved watching the series as a young boy and are now currently watching them on DVD some 46 years later!…
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I'd just left school when Jaime Sommers was introduced on The Six Million Dollar Man, when she was killed off at the end of the two-part episode, I had tears in my eyes. I was a big fan of both series, but a bigger fan of the Bionic Woman and had posters of Lindsay Wagner covering my bedroom wall. Those were the days when kids and parents could watch TV together, whatever happened to quality TV, and actors and actresses had charisma? Lindsay was and still is beautiful, I'd love to meet her, but I think I'd be lost for words or get Toung-tied.
Her death in the S.M.D.M episode had me crying my heart out from the moment she went berserk, running through the rain with malfunctioning bionics. Her death ripped out my heart as much as it did Steve Austin's heart AND her return ... well .... I was as excited as Steve was!!
@@harvey1965 I felt the same way. That was a very sad episode. There were tears in my eyes when I was watching that.
Umm “The late Lee Majors?” Do you something we don’t.
Right I had to rewind that and hear that again I never knew he passed away I know Oscar Goldman did but not Lee Majors
He is still alive.
Lindsey Wagners stint on the bionic man was not a backdoor pilot. She died at the end of the second episode. It was meant to give Steve some gravitas. She was so popular. They had no choice, but to bring her back from the dead and Lee is still alive.
As a freshman in high school, I watched the credits found the book it was based on and found that book in my High School Library. That book had an intense sex scene between injured Steve and a nurse, and I am sure my librarians had no idea that was in the book!
As a 7 year old I may have been confused at the network change, but found it in the TV Guide...
Was a huge fan of The Bionic Woman, was so in love with Lindsay Wagner (and Farrah Fawcett) when I was a kid. I did meet Lindsay Wagner many years later and she was so sweet
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@@FactsVerse my fav episode has always been Deadly Ringer, it was 2 episodes
Lee Majors is still ALIVE
Shelf life for those types of series aren't very long during those days (2-5 years) Executive producer and writer director Ken Johnson made history Lindsay Wagner was the first actor actress to win an Emmy for Best Actress in a science fiction TV series always wondered about the move to NBC. and no Lee Majors.
I wanted to tell someone this oddity so here goes. My husband died when we were 20 yrs old, from a traumatic brain injury (hit by another out fielder while looking up to catch a fly ball, thus breaking his neck when the other outfielder ran into him. At that time we were watching the "Bionic Woman." In my dreams throughout the next years, I would dream that he had been taken to someplace out west where he was still alive and recovering from his injuries. Weird!
That is so sad. 😔
Hi! @rodshs7111, Weird! not exactly! if you read the Bible your darling husband and all dead people will be resurrected we will see them again. I can't explain more. just read the bible. take care!!! By the way, I like Lindsay Wagner the Bionic Woman.
They tried to do a reboot of Bionic Woman in the 2000s but it was SO HORRIBLE it got chopped after 3 episodes. I much rather see a new series either based on those characters or the next generation of them, rather than mess up with the original series.
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The reboot was GHASTLY, HORRIBLE. It totally missed what made the original series unique and wonderful: it's humanity mixed with Jamie's power. The 2000's version did not deserve to continue!
It would have been interesting to see Stephanie Powers as the bionic woman based on their considering her. A lot of people would have watched that! She went on to appear in Hart to Hart. However Lindsey Wagner was a fantastic actress with emotional depth and probably the best choice. I watched it all the time along with Six Million Dollar Man. Sorry, Lee Majors is not "the late" as in passed away (check Wikipedia) and still working on projects in 2022. I saw him in a TV movie from recent times, also with Lindsey W, as secondary characters, to a Vet doctor story. Nostalgia.
My cousin had Jamie Sommers and Steve Austin Barbies; they were so cool. Parts of their bodies popped off and you could see the wires under their skin
They weren't "Barbies" they were their own thing. I had Steve's doll ... also two other males character's rolls ( the 7 million dollar man and a random evil cyborg) HOWEVER my dear, now departed Mother, would not allow me to have Jamie's doll as 'boys don't play with girl dolls' .... ahhh the 1970's!
@@harvey1965 Barbies are generic for all 1:6 scale dolls.... like how people in the south call all soda "coke"
@@mistiroberts1576 I hear what you're saying: which is, colloquially for your area, the word 'Barbie' is used to describe play dolls of that type and size. I apologise for being a pedant however, the name 'Barbie' is trademarked for the Barbie range of dolls.
many Loved most favs The jailing of Jaime, Jaime's Mother, Sanctuary earth, Motorcycle boogie And there was one with Jaime and a teen who had physic abilities
Love this show so much
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I enjoyed watching both the Six million dollar man and the Bionic Woman. Both Lee Majors and Lindsey Wagner were great 👍. I was only age 11-15 back then. Lee Majors is still living however. Both shows were great 👍. Thanks 👍 for the video. Great memories 🙂.
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@@FactsVerse I thought that the episode of the Six million dollar episode where they made a bionic person that looked like one of Steve Austin's friends was great 👍. I enjoyed watching that episode 😊.
Both of those shows were great I have them on DVD and I enjoyed every time I watch it thanks for the Post
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The Bionic Woman was a hit in Australia too. I loved this show.
Never knew the Bionic Woman was a sensation in Australia, thank you for letting us know! Which episode is the most memorable for you?
Also Jaime wasn’t a name for girls at all in Australia in the 70’s or 80’s. But now those 70’s young girls have called their daughters Jaime after Jaime Sommers. I know a couple of ladies personally who did this. And so did I when I had my daughter in 1990.
I was a huge fan of The Bionic Woman. I had all the 6 Million Dollar Man toys, and The Bionic Woman toys.
I remember when The Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman was one of the greatest TV shows of all time in the 70s but Lee Majors was the best respected actor and TV icon and love my favorite actress is Lindsay Wagner as The Bionic Woman I was deeply shocked when it was cancelled in 1978 when The Six Million Dollar Man was going to return for a sixth season and The Bionic Woman for a fourth season but what happened after that but I enjoyed watching reruns of the classic TV show!!! But once they get older they go on to do other things too!!! Thanks so much for posting this video I love it!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much for bringing back memories. We're moved. You're a true fan ♥
But you know something they don't make great TV shows like this anymore!!
Both shows were loved by me! and thanks for the information.
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Very good video.
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Enjoyed this video! I did not know it was canceled.
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Loved both these shows
Us too! What is your most memorable episodes of these shows?
@@FactsVerse the ones where they were a couple, they made it really believable ❤️
Jaime's "death" was absolutely devastating, I was sitting on the couch and could not even look at my siblings cause I knew I'd cry my head off! I'm so glad for the tide of outpouring of upset parents that producers were prompted to bring beautiful Jaime back! Loved Jaime's and Steve's bittersweet love story and of her making home for herself in the loft, also the classroom scenes when she had ripped that phonebook in half to settle the brats! Especially, also loved the Fembots and 'Doomsday is Tomorrow' and how Jaime fought the computer brain of Alex, that was some excellent writing and acting! This is a show that had such a humanistic nature, though some episodes much better than others! Another I had really liked was the Lisa Galloway storyline. Even after all these years, from time to time, I always must revisit the show! :)
I never got around to seeing the series finale four years later after it was aired because I was in the army. But when I did see it that was a great episode because the little girl call her the robot lady which affected her mentally because she was Cyborg that was one of five of my favorite shows
Loved the Six Million Dollar Man had the doll with the red jumpsuit and the bionic eye, it was fantastic, and of course I fell in live with Jamie Summers the Bionic Woman.
After reviewing the video, I recognize that you never really informed us as to why the series was officially canceled. We’re still kind of left in the dark as to why it ended. You gave us understandings about the last episodes, but nothing that indicates what ultimately took it off there. I wish we knew that! Would’ve loved to of seen that show continue for at least two or three more seasons. Thank you.
Facts Verse should check the FACTS: Lee Majors is still alive in 2022. Shoddy work, guys.
I was a big fan of both 6 million Dollar Man and the bionic woman. Growing up I wanted to be the 6 million Dollar Man and I had a huge crush on Lindsay Wagner. I have always wanted to meet her. They say we're only 6° of separation from everybody else on the planet. It was true with Lindsay Wagner, I was even closer. When I was in junior high I learned that one of my teachers who is from Oregon, where Lindsay Wagner went to high school. had an aunt who was Lindsay Wagner's drama teacher in high school. I would pump her for information but of course she didn't know very much. That teacher would rib me about my crush from time to time and thought it was cute
Did he say the late Lee Majors?
One of my favorites. I was a teenager during the run of TBW, and Lindsay Wagner was the reason I watched. She was a hottie!
Lindsay is arguably one of the most versatile and talented actresses alive. Any of the dramatic roles she has chosen, leave you lost in the role, and more often than not, in tears. I just watched her latest movie, "When Jack Came Back" and cried my way through it, and now and reliving my childhood, once again, through the "Bionic Woman". Doesn't matter if she is 27 or 74, she is stunning, and highly talented. I have ALWAYS admired her commitment to animals, the planet and clean living. She walks her talk, which is a rare trait in someone in an industry which appears to value deceit. I always go back to "The Bionic Woman" and her movies when I need comfort, as I do "The Waltons" and "Little House". My very favorite episodes were those of she and the the first "Max"- excellent acting by both she and Bracken. That dog should have been kept on as the series should not have been cancelled.
Lee Majors isn't dead. Sometimes I watch these things just to see how badly they can screw them up.
Thanks for covering the Bionic Woman. Loved that show. I actually had a crush on Jamie when I was a little kid.
As a kid, I watched and loved both shows! I even hunted down the movies later, for a proper series ending, you might say. 😉
“The late Lee Majors?” Today is 3/23/23 and I just checked. Lee Majors is still VERY MUCH alive!
I own the DVD series and didn't know most of this. I haven't seen the movies though.
Also Lee Majors is still alive.
Lee Majors age 83 and Lindsay Wagner age 74 are both still alive and so is Sandra Bullock age 59 that played 2nd Bionic Woman in Bionic Showdown. Richard Anderson that played Oscar Goldman was born August 8, 1926 he died August 31, 2017. Age 91. Martin E. Brook (birth name Martin Baum) that played Rudy Wells was born Nov. 30, 1925 died Dec. 7, 2015 age 90.
*Brooks
Even when Lindsay Wagner was working for Universal Pictures, The FBI was actually produced by Warner Brothers
I enjoyed looking at the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic woman. I was saddened that they were cancelled.Please put them back on tv…
I was a child when I watched those their shows. I'm as a big fan...Got both series DVD when they finally came out and I got both dolls! lol I met Lindsey around 10 years ago (briefly) I told her I used watch Bionic woman in Spanish and to my surprise she speaks Spanish fluently, She was so nice!
I LOVED this show!!! On those nights, I would race home from high school, get my chores, homework, and bath done, and be all set to watch. We only had 1 TV and it was my night to watch The Bionic Woman! I loved this show because we did not have serious women heroes like her back then. She could kick butt and the stories were good. Thank you for this video! Brought back lots of good memories!
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Probably the fembot episodes because they really freaked me out!
I absolutly LOVED the bionic woman series. even more so then the 6 Million dollar man.
sad they had to end both of the shows, it was part of my young teen years. 😀😪
The late Lee Majors? Someone needs to tell him.
Maybe they call him that because he misses appointments!
I was a huge fan of both, I honestly thought that by the time I was an adult we would have bionic parts. Then I realised in the real world medical stuff is soooooooo slow
I watched both series and liked both of them.
At 1:55 the narrator mentions the late Lee Majors. Hello?! He's still alive.