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Message: <blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 986538" data-attributes="member: 426">While the actress portraying the lead character had an intriguing look, the show did not work well. Even with the banjo-laden theme song, it was still better than the a new version that was done some years back on ABC.  (199, 200?)  In that one, an SUV fell into a crevice, drives through something that looked like it was stolen from the Time Tunnel, and enter a modified version of the Land of the Lost.  Naturally, they found trees whose sap produced something which could be burned by an SUV's engine.Of course, the question arises to the worst show of a given era.  For the period from 1979 through the early 1980s, I would argue that Buck Rogers was worse than Battlestar Galactica.  (Okay, it was better than Galactica: 1980, but what wasn't.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> )  The only semi-redeemable episode featured Mark Lenard (Sarek, Spock's father on Star Trek) in a guest role.  This was an example of a decent actor making the best of a poorly written script.  Even with this handicap, Lenard made Gil Gerard seem like a stiff.There were some Saturday morning programs that were part of a series.  I forget the series, but here are some of the serials they ran in the 1970s.  I consider it a great pity that the television signals that carried these shows have spread out to some of the nearer stars.  (Heaven help us if anyone picks them up.)  I like to say that children's programming in the 1970s and 1980s were the dumping ground of ideas that even the people behind Buck Rogers and Galactica: 1980 said were too bad for prime time."Electro-Woman and Dyna Girl"-- a younger Deirdre Hall and someone else were part of a superhero team using technology to shock people.  Quite dreadful."Sasquatch and Wildboy"  A young man raised by Bigfoot.  For some strange reason, Bigfoot was afraid to cross flowing water."Monster Squad" -- I believe this was an NBC program in the 1970s.  Essentially, an inventor revives Count Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstein's monster and reforms them so they can fight crime.Prime time series that I also recall:Auto Man -- A computer specialist at a police department created a holographic virtual detective who was smart and quite smug.  I believe Desi Arnaz, Jr. portrayed the scientist in this 1980s series.Manimal --  A 1980s series about a magician who could transform into different animals.  The same animals were used throughout the show.Human Target -- A very short lived Rick Springfield drama based on a DC Comic character who was skilled in disguises.  1980s or very early 1990s, I believe.Swamp Thing -- Very cheap production values.Nightman -- Another production, possibly the last, from B-TV show king Glen Larson.  I want to say this ran in the late 1990s or early 2000s.  It centered on a musician who was the son of a retired cop.  The musician gains limited psychic abilities from a lightning bolt and a powered battle suit from an inventor. I believe this was based on a Marvel comic.Other modern day clunkers --Mutant X -- Not very good in my opinion.Andromeda -- Shows the wisdom of NOT letting Kevin Sorbo take creative control of a show.  Good premise, but bad execution.  (Some attractive actresses for Mark to ... enjoy their acting talent. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Lexa Doig plays D&D, but I think she is dating Michael Shanks of Stargate: SG-1.  Sorry, Mark.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> )</blockquote>

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