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was thanks to fantasy shows that ABC
gained the battle for the ratings during the mid-seventies. Allegedly ABC used
the Wonder Woman series
as their secret weapon against their competition. In spite of
the erratic politics of the network with the series, Wonder
Woman gained
impressive ratings and there was no choice but to give it a weekly
regular time slot. Nevertheless by the end of the season ABC
showed no interested of renewal for a new season. However this was not
the end of Wonder Woman for CBS
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all, they had no objections about Lynda
Carter's sexy
looks, just the opposite. In fact they exploited this to the maximum
point with a new costume sexier than ever before and with some
inventive additions like the underwater costume for instance. Second,
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stayed on the series, he played
Steve Trevor Jr.,
the son of Mayor Steve Trevor, and he even went along with Diana on
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the beginning of the season Normann
Burton played Joe
Atkinson, who was sort of
Steve and Diana's superior. By episode 9 -"The
Man Who Made Volcanoes"-,
he was "promoted" as well as Steve who was now Diana's superior.
Although the stories were not limited to the Nazis and the
World War II
period and there was much more action, the series lost that magic of
the ABC
years. Lynda's portrayal of Wonder Woman was much more straight and
half of the episode she spent her time jumping, running and showing
off her superpowers. Though Lynda kept on doing some stunts, this
time she had a team of expert stunt-doubles integrated by
Kiffy O'Neal,
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But it seemed all the changes were not really "adequate".
The ratings were not as good as during the ABC
years and the
production company contemplated the idea of recapturing the magic of
the first season. In spite of this, the network renewed Wonder Woman's
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been known as
"The NEW, Original Wonder Woman"
and then just
"Wonder Woman"
during its curious tenure on ABC-TV the past couple of years, this
skein has adopted the handle of
"The New Adventures Of
Wonder Woman"
for its shot on CBS-TV as the Friday at 8 p.m. occupant. In the
process of changing networks, the skein also updated its time frame
from World War II to the present - and added 30 minutes to its debut
show running time to explain its modern-day reincarnation in a
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Lynda Carter still
assays the ageless title character, with Lyle Waggoner again aboard as
her male foil - this time playing the son of her former companion. WW
decided to return to contemporary life as Diana Prince, a prim
secretary, when Waggoner was directed to the Amazons' island in the
Bermuda Triangle by the evil plans of baddies headed by Fritz Weaver and
Jessica Walter. The contemporary setting permitted the introduction
of computer, robot and nuclear gimmicks not available in the
previous episodes, and the script took good advantage of the new
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Nevertheless, "Wonder"
remains a comic book concept brought to life, with its target audience
still primarily young viewers. Carter earnestly plays the title role as
if she fervently believes in the character, which probably is an asset.
Waggoner is properly accident prone and the casting was a notch above
previous outings, with Weaver, Walter and Beatrice Straight cavorting in
supporting roles. |
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Young viewers should accept the more contemporary accent of the skein
and it would appear to have a good chance of giving CBS-TV its test
lead-in on Friday that it had had in a number of seasons. |
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"Variety"
- Television Reviews Copyright (c) September 21, 1977 by Variety,
Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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Available on commercial VHS format on a collector's edition series released by
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Available on commercial DVD format in the 4-DVD
box-set
"WONDER
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INFO: |
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"THE
NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN" is set in present times,
and Wonder Woman returns to man's world after 32
years of retirement. |
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TRIVIA: |
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During this season we first and last see
Joe Atkinson
as played by
Normann
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This is the last season to feature
animated credits,
and the first to feature
live-action
credits.
The
animated opening credits
for the show were changed for a
live-action credits
beginning with
episode 10. |
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The last time we see the
invisible plane
is during the episode
"THE MAN WHO COULD MOVE THE
WORLD". |
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The last time we ever heard of the
Queen
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"The Bermuda Triangle Crisis". |
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The first time we see the underwater Wonder Woman outfit is in episode
"THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE CRISIS". |
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SKILLS
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SPINS:
Wonder Woman spins
64 times during the
second season. |
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LASSO:
Wonder Woman uses her lasso
27 times during the
second season. |
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BRACELETS:
Wonder Woman uses her bracelets
28 times during the
second season. |
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JUMPS:
Wonder Woman jumps
96 times during the
second season. |
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THROWN BADDIES:
Wonder Woman throws
26 baddies during the
second season. |
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MISCELLANEOUS
SKILLS:
Wonder Woman
uses her tiara as a boome-rang, bends a gun, Applies acupuncture
principles which she learned centuries ago, She opens a big safe, breaks
a chain, and breaks the lock of a door, Spins into underwater Wonder
Woman and places a bomb in a submarine, breaks door, she's gassed, bends
steel bars, holds a car, stops a golf cart, breaks thru a wall, stops a
laser beam with her own body, Pulls a police car out of a ditch, Pushes
desk toward guard, kicks down a door, forward flip out of water, uses
bracelet to cut off alarm, somersaults over the lasers outside the
vault, does gymnastics, pulls bars from cell door, ,throws javelins,
breaks out of crate, breaks into safe, leaps through a wall, splits a
gun, stops cars, bends door, catches miniature cannon ball, catches
falling man, crushes smoke bomb ,ties bomb with lasso, leaps over
lasers, deflects laser beams with bracelets, stops tour bus, bends pipe
into wall, brings a girl back to consciousness, breaks out of glass
tube, removes car door handles and steering wheel, stops car with her
foot, breaks free from chains, breaks out of cell. |
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