The Six Million Dollar Man
| The Six Million Dollar Man | |
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| Premiere | pilot movie March 7, 1973 series January 18, 1974 |
| Finale | March 6, 1978 |
| Based on | the novel "Cyborg" by Martin Caidin |
| Network | ABC |
| Style | 60-minute sci-fi action drama |
| Company | Harve Bennett Productions (series), Silverton Productions, Inc. (series), Universal Television (movies & series) |
| Seasons | 5 |
| Episodes | 102 + 3 movies |
| Origin | USA |
The Six Million Dollar Man is a sci-fi drama that aired on ABC. It debuted with a pilot movie on the ABC Movie of the Week on March 7, 1973. Two sequel movies, The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War and The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping aired as The ABC Suspense Movie later that year, and the show was picked up as a midseason replacement due to their success.
The Six Million Dollar Man would produce a popular spin-off, The Bionic Woman starring Lindsay Wagner, beginning with a pilot, which aired as a two-part episode of the series. A second episode intended as a pilot, The Bionic Boy, fared much worse.
Over a decade after their respective series ended, Wagner and Lee Majors reunited in a trilogy of TV movies: The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman in 1987, Bionic Showdown in 1989 and, at last, Bionic Ever After? in 1994, in which the two cyborgs were finally married. Also, a short-lived remake of the original Bionic Woman aired on NBC in 2007.
The Six Million Dollar Man was produced by Harve Bennett Productions and Silverton Productions in association with Universal Television. NBCUniversal Television Distribution is the show's distributor.
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Cast
| Actor | Character | Duration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billed Cast | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Lee Majors | Col. Steve Austin | * | * | * | * | * |
| Richard Anderson | Oscar Goldman | * | * | * | * | * |
| Supporting/Recurring Cast | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Alan Oppenheimer | Dr. Rudy Wells | * | * | * | ||
| Martin E. Brooks | * | * | * | |||
Telefilms
| Title | Network | Airdate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Six Million Dollar Man | ABC | March 7, 1973 | ||||
| Wine, Women and War | ABC | October 20, 1973 | ||||
| The Solid Gold Kidnapping | ABC | November 17, 1973 | ||||
Seasons
| Season | Premiere | Finale | # | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | ||||||
| Season One | January 18, 1974 | April 26, 1974 | 13 | |||
| Season Two | September 13, 1974 | April 27, 1975 | 22 | |||
| Season Three | September 14, 1975 | March 7, 1976 | 21 | |||
| Season Four | September 19, 1976 | March 13, 1977 | 24 | |||
| Season Five | September 11, 1977 | March 6, 1978 | 22 | |||
In-Depth
- At a Glance: Additional information about the series
DVD Releases
| Title | Release | Discs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Sets (Region 1) | ||||||
| Pilot TV Movies and Season 1 | November 29, 2011 | purchase | 6 | |||
| Season 2 | October 2, 2012 | purchase | 6 | |||
| Season 3 | February 19, 2013 | purchase | 6 | |||
| Season 4 | October 8, 2013 | purchase | 8 | |||
| Season 5 | February 18, 2014 | purchase | 6 | |||
