Lindsay Wagner: The Inner Strength and True Beauty of “The Bionic Woman”
A Classic TV Retrospective
They were TV’s super-powered female prime-time legends of the ‘70s.
From the combined show years between 1976 to 1979, Lindsay Wagner portrayed the cybernetic Jaime Sommers in The Bionic Woman initially on ABC then NBC in its third season, while Lynda Carter played the Amazonian Diana Prince/Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman first seen on ABC then CBS in its third year.
In 2016, The Bionic Woman screens on COZI-TV, and Wonder Woman airs on ME-TV, as both shows celebrate their benchmark 40th Anniversary.
Similar, but different — in style, content, and presentation — these twin heroines of the small screen remain beloved by many, as further evidenced by the recent DC/Dynamite Comics decision to team the supreme duo for an all-new comic series set in the ‘70s.
Written by the Andy Mangels (of Star Wars, Star Trek, The X-Files), the highly-anticipated new combined take will feature illustrations by up-and-coming artist Judit Tondora, following the similar success of DC Comics’ Batman ’66 crossovers with Wonder Woman ’77, The Avengers, and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Into this Bionic-Wonder midst, Carter this year joined the cast of Supergirl, now seen on The CW, following its debut…
