The Invisible Man

The Invisible ManThe TV movie-of-the-week The Invisible Man airs on NBC, starring David McCallum (The Man From UNCLE, Colditz), Melinda Fee, and Jackie Cooper. This is the first TV series to credit Harve Bennett (of The Six Million Dollar Man and Star Trek II) as one of its creators, alongside Steven Bochco, for whom The Invisible Man is his second such credit. The movie achieves a high enough rating to merit a series pickup later in 1975. Read more

Return To Planet Of The Apes: Flames Of Doom

Return To Planet Of The ApesNBC premieres Flames Of Doom, the first episode of Return To The Planet Of The Apes, an animated Saturday morning offshoot of the Planet Of The Apes film/TV franchise. With no solid connecting tissue to the previous Apes sagas, this is Planet Of The Apes for kids, as produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises. Read more Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast

The Invisible Man: The Klae Resource

The Invisible ManNBC airs the first weekly episode of The Invisible Man, starring David McCallum (The Man From UNCLE, Colditz), Melinda Fee, and Craig Stevens (taking over Jackie Cooper’s role from the pilot movie). Robert Alda (Supertrain) and Conrad Janis (Quark) guest star. Read more

Invisible Man: An Attempt To Save Face

The Invisible ManNBC airs the 12th and final episode of The Invisible Man, starring David McCallum, Melinda Fee, and Craig Stevens. Following the show’s cancellation, producer Harve Bennett will retool the series’ concept and reintroduce it, with a different cast, as Gemini Man a few months later. Read more

The Fantastic Journey: Vortex

Fantastic JourneyNBC premieres The Fantastic Journey, a “sci-fi-lite” series featuring such Star Trek veterans as story editor D.C. Fontana and director Vincent McEveety, but dealing mainly with familiar concepts (the lost city of Atlantis, post-apocalyptic futures that look a lot like southern California, etc.). It lasts only ten episodes before it’s cancelled. Read more Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast