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Woman debuted as a World War II heroine; close to the comic book
original, she (Lynda Carter) fought to keep America safe from the evil
Nazis. When the Amazon shifted networks in 1977, she was updated to
modern times and tackled contemporary villainy.
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When her ratings dropped a bit, CBS pulled the series from active duty
and sprinkled Wonder Woman's remaining episodes throughout the summer. A
package of the episodes was placed into syndication by Warner Brothers
and sold to independent TV stations across the country.
While other programs geared up for fall premieres this season, a
holdover from years past, Wonder Woman, bid farewell to her TV audience. |
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The Amazon Princess began her career in 1974 as an ABC-TV movie and
eventually leaped from film to specials to miniseries to full-fledged
weekly series during her five-year video career. Sort of a female
version of Superman, Wonder Woman used her athletic skill, impenetrable
bracelets and magic lasso to combat a variety of planet-shaking
catastrophes. The campy adventure occasionally featured aliens and
outer-space threats, as well as loose takeoffs of such SF classics (The
Day the Earth Stood Still, Invasion of the Body Snatchers). [...] |
Date and Issue: Number 36, July, 1980.
