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Voyagers!

Voyagers! is a time travel-based television series broadcast in the 1982-1983 season starting on October 3, 1982 starring Jon-Erik Hexum who played the character Phineas Bogg a time traveler and Meeno Peluce who played the character Jeffrey Jones a young boy and sidekick of Bogg. They both travel in time and ensured that history unfolded as we know it. Bogg says “We travel through time to help history along. Give it a push when it’s needed. When the Omni’s Red it means history’s wrong. Our job is to get everything back on track“. The Omni (short for Omnichron) is a small time traveling device used by Bogg to travel in time.

Edited: November 29th, 2009

SPIDER-MAN

Spider-Man is the first live-action TV series based on the popular comic book The Amazing Spider-Man and was shown in the U.S.A. between 1977-1979. It starred Nicholas Hammond as Peter Parker / Spider-Man.

Edited: November 29th, 2009

The Greatest American Hero

The Greatest American Hero is an American superhero drama-comedy TV series which aired for three seasons from 1981 to 1983 in the U.S.A. and starred William Katt as teacher Ralph Hinkley (”Hanley” for the latter part of the first season), Robert Culp as FBI Agent Bill Maxwell, and Connie Sellecca as lawyer Pam Davidson. The show chronicles Ralph’s adventures after he is given a red suit from a group of aliens, which gives him superhuman abilities.

The theme song of this TV series “Believe It or Not” was composed by Mike Post (music) and Stephen Geyer (lyrics) and sung by Joey Scarbury. The theme song became a popular hit during the show’s run. This song debuted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 on June 13, 1981, and eventually peaking at #2 during the weeks of August 15 and August 22, and spending a total of 18 weeks in the Top 40. This is a rare example of a theme or title song of a TV series being more popular than the show itself.

Edited: November 26th, 2009

Equalizer

The Equalizer was an American urban vigilante television series initially broadcast between 1985 and 1989. It starred British actor Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a former secret agent of an unnamed organization, which was often referred to simply as “The Agency” or “The Company”, who tries to atone for past sins by offering, free of charge, his services as a troubleshooter, a protector, and an investigator. People mostly unremarkable, average, unknown and in need find him through a newspaper ad: “Gotta problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer.” In the pilot episode, we discover that the nickname “Equalizer” was bestowed on him by another operative, played by comedian Jerry Stiller.

Edited: November 26th, 2009