Bionic Woman TV Show

These questions have made me often wonder. Why the hits of yesteryears are picked up for a remake. Why they inevitably flop so miserably. With an exception of Doctor Who, but then it’s not a remake, all efforts to bring back a hit show of past usually prove futile. And, if you thought that I am just talking about Bionic Woman TV Show then you are wrong. The second inning of Knight Rider proved to be such a big flop that the show had to be cancelled after just one season.

First of all lets see why creators pick a famous and popular show of past for another run. It’s obvious enough, to cash on its success. Accomplishment of the past is considered to be the passport to success in the future also. But the success itself becomes the nemesis for the new show.

In case of Bionic Woman, the idea of a female superhero with bionic body parts was not only unique but also as fresh as a steaming cake out of oven when the original show was premiered in 1976 on ABC with the title The Bionic Woman. Though the show lasted just 3 seasons, it acquired fame and popularity big enough to spawn merchandise like dolls, lunch boxes, and board games, not to mention novels and comics. But when the show was brought back as reimagined series, in 2007 it fell flat on its face.

One reason of failure of reimagined TV Show was that by the time Bionic Woman based on its more popular predecessor was brought the concept had already lost its uniqueness.

Secondly, popularity of any TV Show in a particular era reflects the interests and taste of that era only. Trends and tastes change with time and generation. So what caught the fancy of people in 1970’s completely failed to impress the Gen X of 2007 when Bionic Woman with Michelle Ryan in the main lead returned to the small screen.

Strike by the Writers Guild of America drove the last nail into the coffin of Bionic Woman. The strike sounded the death knell for many TV shows and unfortunately this show was also one of them.

Michelle Ryan, who walked down the red carpet in a striking red dress at the recent BAFTA TV Awards-2009, is all set to appear in one off drama One Night In Emergency for BBC Scotland with Grey’s Anatomy star Kevin McKidd. This drama is based on the story of a husband’s surreal hunt for his wife in the inner city hospital. Written by Gregory Burke, author of Black Watch, the movie would commence shooting in and around Glasgow. The cast includes Ewen Bremner, Gary Lewis, Sanjeev Kohli and David Hayman and the movie will be directed by Michael Offer who is renowned for his ventures like The Passion and The State Within.

This amazingly talented and extremely gorgeous actress portrayed ‘Jaime Sommers’ in our favorite series Bionic Woman that premiered in 2007, and was based on the original series of the same name of 1970’s.

Though the series ended rather abruptly after airing just a few episodes, we cannot forget the lovely actress who was the protagonist of the show. Ryan was extremely enthusiastic about doing this show and worked very hard for it. So much so, that in an episode named ‘The Education of Jaime Sommers’ (episode 5) she used the Oxford shire accent instead of her natural London accent so that she could do justice to her character. Also, her prior training in professional dance helped her in doing the physically demanding stunts, which were required for the show. You can judge her dedication and professionalism from the fact that she also took training in Krav Maga, a martial art form and sign language to play her part well. No wonder she was disappointed at the cancellation of the show.

As hindsight, she commented that the show was cancelled because it kept changing direction. This came as a huge set back to her and consequently she grew less ambitious about her career. She was once quoted saying, “I’m more go-with-the-flow now”.

Recently, she appeared as “Lady Christina de Souza” in one episode of ‘Doctor who’, on 11 April 2009. She is expected to appear again on this series. She has said about this, “At the moment, when it comes to acting, I’m a bit of a commitment-phobe”. Well! We will surely love to see her in more television shows.

Nay, nay…. No one is disturbing ‘Bionic Woman‘! And, who can do so with a series that has been cancelled just after the first season. Series really had a very bad experience and getting cancelled was completely unfair! Undoubtedly, Bionic Woman was sort of unique shows and the story, it based on, was never seen before on any TV Network. When NBC aired the first episode of the show entitled ‘Pilot’ on September 26, 2007, everyone thought that another great series is making its way through the network. But nothing happened and Bionic Woman said us bye after the eight episodes only!

A series with a very unique plot…. And with one season only and just eight episodes were there. First season finale was entitled ‘Do Not Disturb’ and it was aired on November 28, 2007. In this episode, we saw that Jaime went on a vacation with Becca at a spa resort. Things didn’t go as they initially planned and situation went awry when she was pulled into a deadly game with some other guest at the resort. And, this was an end to ‘Bionic Woman’.

Episodes aired prior to this episode were entitled ‘Pilot’, ‘Paradise Lost’, ‘Sisterhood’, ‘Faceoff’, ‘The Education of Jaime Sommers’, ‘The List’, ‘Trust Issues’ etc. They all were entertaining ones and we enjoyed the show during its first season. But when we came to know about NBC Network’s decision to cancel the show, all fans were disturbed. Well, here we offer you all episodes of series in ready to download format. You can download or can watch online!

Michelle Ryan portrayed the character of Jaime Sommers and the lady did a brilliant job. Her appearance as a hard working lady, who saw a change which no one of us could ever thought, made her a darling actress. And, she became the Bionic Woman….

Series was a production of David Eick Productions in an association with GEP Productions and NBC Universal Television Studio.

What’s it about…

All of us lead a very normal life, being the normal persons that we are. But imagine if some day, out of a blue you are expected to do something you are not at all used to. You get all those almighty, supernatural powers that as a kid you always wanted. If you had powers you would do this, change that etc,etc…. .

Yes, imagine if you really get the powers one day. How would you like to use them????? For good or for bad. But, let me tell you one thing, it is definitely not an easy job to carry the burden of the nation on your shoulders. To fight for the truth and use those powers, only when they are actually required.

Bionic in science fiction, is used to describe a human being who has had some human organs or functions replaced or enhanced by electronically powered parts that give the person superhuman capabilities.

This series is about a woman Jamie, who leads a normal life as a bartender, struggling through her everyday activities, with her rebellious sister, and a loving boyfriend. When one day she met an accident which changes her whole life. The only way to save her life was to implant those bionic implants to her body, which leaves her with those super human qualities. How she gets used to her new body parts and the way she uses the powers is what the series is all about.

The concept of bionic woman is originally taken from the novel “Cyborg” by Martin Caidin, which was published in 1972. The novel was about this pilot, Steeve Austin, who looses his body parts during a plane crash and were later replaced by these bionic parts, which were some kind of weapons used for fighting.

The first television series that was inspired from the novel was “The Six Million Dollar Man”. This television series was also an inspiration to another television series, “The Bionic Woman”, which was aired from 1976-1978.

The 2007, series of “The Bionic Woman”, is a re-imagining of the original series. Though a few changes have been made according to the needs contemporary times, the basic idea still remains the same. About the woman with some sort of supernatural powers, and how she use those powers for good and to make this world a better place to live in.

The latest re-imagining series of “The Bionic Woman” was not that well received and the show has been almost called cancelled after its first season in which only eight episodes were telecasted.

The show received mixed responses from its viewers all over. None of its viewers were completely satisfied with the show, always expecting for something more, something new and something more exciting. Some of its viewers were of the view that the show is just full of fight scenes and could just interest those who were fight crazy. Even the story line could not keep its viewers sticked to it. Some even went ahead to saying that they watched the series only for the fact that it was directed by David Eick, the director of Battlestar Galactica.

Well, whenever a series is reproduced there are certain problems that the show has to face. As it was a famous one earlier, the expectations of the viewers are really high and it gets really important to meet those expectations, to make it a hit one. All are not that lucky as Battlesatr Gallactica. Well anyways good luck to the producers if they plan to reopen the show with another season.