Wonder Woman: Season 3

This 1978-79 Season of WONDER WOMAN is my favorite season throughout it's whole 3-year run along with the fact that WONDER WOMAN's 3rd Season was more upgraded and more sophisticated than the first 2 seasons as well with a lot more action and WONDER WOMAN was a very popular TV show back in the late 1970's too, so I don't see how or why this show tanked in the Fall of 1979.Another thing that baffles me about this season is why CBS decided to bring WONDER WOMAN back for 2 more episodes in August and September of 1979 as if WONDER WOMAN was going for a 4th Season and then abruptly cancelled out of the blue in the early Fall of 1979 after "The Phantom Of The Rollercoaster" episode, which was similar to when CBS abruptly cancelled THE INCREDIBLE HULK all of the sudden 2 years later in the mid Fall of 1981 while the Hulk was in the middle of it's Fifth Season and tanked on such short-notice after only 5 episodes during it's 1981-82 Season on CBS due to budget cuts & a change in management at CBS in the Autumn of 1981 after CBS had unofficially announced in July of 1981 that THE INCREDIBLE HULK was being cancelled which therefore made it similar to when CBS had suddenly cancelled WONDER WOMAN in mid September of 1979, because when CBS showed "The Man Who Could Not Die" episode of WONDER WOMAN on it's original air date for the first time on Tuesday August 28, 1979; I was under the impression that WONDER WOMAN was going for a Fourth Season and that "The Man Who Could Not Die" was the Season Premiere to WONDER WOMAN'S 4th Season, but it turned out that it wasn't, because this show had cancelled all of the sudden in the early Autumn of 1979 after showing us "The Phantom Of The Rollercoaster Ride" episode for the very first time on Tuesday September 11, 1979 which was the last time WONDER WOMAN was shown on CBS since the ratings apparently weren't high enough to kick off a 1979-80 Season, unlike THE INCREDIBLE HULK.Therefore CBS had probably already had WONDER WOMAN's cancellation underway in the Summer of 1979 just like CBS already did for THE INCREDIBLE HULK in the Summer of 1981 when nobody even knew THE INCREDIBLE HULK was about to be axed, except THE INCREDIBLE HULK actually had an abbreviated season during its short-lived 5th Season run, despite the Hulks remaining strong ratings since creator(Ken Johnson)had to compromise with CBS by making the Hulks last season only half a season before THE INCREDIBLE HULK's cancellation in mid November of 1981, but THE INCREDIBLE HULK still outlasted WONDER WOMAN and still got better ratings than WONDER WOMAN did, despite the fact that Wonder Woman(Lynda Carter) had a lot more powers & quite a bit more advantages than the Hulk(Lou Ferrigno)ever did, despite the fact that the special-effects on THE INCREDIBLE HULK were the most expensive ones on TV at the time which were even more expensive than the special-effects used on WONDER WOMAN.Something else about WONDER WOMAN's Third Season that baffles me is Wonder Woman explains to Skip(Clark Brandon)in "The Boy Who Knew Her Secret" episode that Diana Prince's next assignment will be permanently moved to L.A. where Diane Prince ends up moving to in the following episode "The Man Who Could Not Die" along with the fact that Diana's faithful fellow IADC agent Col. Steve Trevor(Lyle Wagner) was temporarily cut out of the cast and crew, but then Steve abruptly returns in the following episode "The Phantom Of The Rollercoaster" and Diana and the Inter Agency Defense Command are so-called back in Washington, DC as if she never relocated to Los Angeles or left D.C. in the first place and as if Steve Trevor never even departed from the show either, which was quite strange.Something else I noticed about this 1978-1979 Season was Wonder Woman stopped using her invisible jet, despite the fact that it was really a Wonder Woman doll in the distant scenes, Trevor has spent a lot less time out in the field and more time in the office instead, plus Wonder Woman wasn't using her different voice impersonations like she used in the 1st Season either.Overall; this season also takes me back to memory lane to the Fall of 1978 when I used to watch WONDER WOMAN at 8PM and then THE INCREDIBLE HULK at 9PM followed by DALLAS at 10PM; since all 3 of them were part of CBS's Friday night line-up at one time which gave me 2 more things to look forward to every Friday as well, but in the Winter of 1979 CBS had moved WONDER WOMAN to Saturdays back in February of 1979 and had briefly moved THE INCREDIBLE HULK to Wednesdays in January of 1979, but then CBS changed their minds and abruptly ended up moving THE INCREDIBLE HULK back to Friday nights back in March of 1979.In addition to what made WONDER WOMAN's Third Season intriguing; I liked seeing interesting guest stars like*The late British veteran actor(Roddy McDowell) in the "Fine Art Of Crime" episode*Singer Leif Garrett in the "My Teen Idol Is Missing" episode during singer Leif Garrett's sex symbol days*Famous DJ celebrity(Wolfman Jack) in the "Disco Devil" episode*Football celebrity(Dick Butkus) in "The Girl With The Gift For Disaster" episode*Singer Rick Springfield in the "Amazon Hot Wax" episode before his co-starring days on GENERAL HOSPITAL and before his teen idol days when the song JESSE'S GIRL was a big hit on the radio*Nicholas Coster in "The Deadly Dolphin" episode before his co-starring days on the soap opera SANTA BARBARA*Eric Braeden in the "Skateboard Whiz" episode before his co-starring days as the high-strung Victor Newman on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS*Tim O'Connor in "The Starships Are Coming" episode before his co-starring days as Dr. Elias Huer on BUCK ROGERS*Ted Schackelford and Joan Van-Ark in the "Time Bomb" episode before their co-starring days on KNOTTS LANDING and THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS*Jared Martin in the "Phantom Of The Rollercoaster" episode before his co-starring days on DALLAS*Charles Haid in "The Girl For The Gift For Disaster" episode before his co-starring days as Officer Andrew Renko on HILL STREET BLUES*Del Monroe in "The Richest Man In The World" episode after his co-starring days on VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA*Charles Brill in the "Going, Going, Gone" episode before his co-starring days as Capt. Lipschitz on SILK STALKING*Ed Begley, Jr. in "The Fine Art Of Crime" episode before his co-starring days on ST. ELSEWHERE*Peter Mark-Richman in the "Gaults Brain" episode before his co-starring days on SANTA BARBARA*Craig Nelson in the "Deadly Sting" episode before his co-starring days as Hayden on COACH*John Reilly in the "Skateboard Whiz" episode before his co-starring days on GENERAL HOSPITAL*James Sloyan in "The Girl With The Gift For Disaster" episode before his co-starring days on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS*Ken Tigar in the "Stolen Faces" episode before his co-starring days on DAYS OF OUR LIVES, DALLAS, & DYNASTYTherefore, WONDER WOMANs 1978-79 Season had the best guest stars throughout it's 3-year run as well among other things.As a matter of fact, something else I've noticed about WONDER WOMAN, especially in it's 3rd Season was a lot of guest stars who've been on WONDER WOMAN had also been on THE INCREDIBLE HULK too.For instance Jared Martin, John Reilly, Rick Springfield, Del Monroe, Albert Popwell, Jennifer Darling, Peter-Mark Richman, Paul Tuerpe, Charles Brill, Henry Darrow, Dick O'Neill, Denny Miller, Christine Belford, Frank Doubleday, Taffee O'Connell, John O'Connell, Michael Baseleon, Nicholas Coster, Bradford Dillman, David White, Frank Marth, Brenda Benet, Art Metrano, George Caldwell, etc. all guest starred on THE INCREDIBLE HULK after having a guest starring role on WONDER WOMAN, which was quite interesting, despite the fact that THE INCREDIBLE HULK lasted longer than WONDER WOMAN did, due to the fact that THE INCREDIBLE HULK had better ratings.I also used to think it was so neat how Wonder Woman would bend steel like clay, transform into swimsuit fashion, transform into motorbike fashion, etc., plus I had discovered later that the amusement park that they had used in real life for the "Phantom Of The Rollercoaster" episode was actually filmed at "Six Flags Magic Mountain" in Valencia, CA; since "Magic Mountain" is owned by Warner Bros., which is why they had to use "Magic Mountain" for an amusement park setting instead of "Universal Studios" in Hollywood, since WONDER WOMAN was a Warner Bros. incorporated show like THE DUKES OF HAZZARD, MATT HOUSTON, FRIENDS, SUDDENLY SUSAN, etc.This season also takes me all the way back to memory lane when CBS's motto was "Turn Us On", since that was the motto on CBS from September of 1978 thru August of 1979, plus it's so nice being able to watch these episodes complete & uncut without all those deleted scenes & added commercials you got when WONDER WOMAN was shown in reruns on ME-TV, The Sci-Fi Channel, and FX.

I just love Lynda Carter as Wonderful Woman. She is so beautiful and charming. The stunts are not much, but I think such series are funnier when the special effects are corny and implausible. That has been said about various films, such as King Kong and Jurassic Park. Actually my favorite scenes are the ones where Wonder Woman is wearing her sexy costumes and looking like a million dollars. The stories themselves are ok for a comic book series, mostly not so overwhelming, but ok. And generally everything seems to work out for most of the characters in the end. I wish it had had more episodes like Lois and Clark. It might have lasted longer if it had the same scriptwriters as the ones for the Superman series. But it is ok too in its way. I watch my favorite episodes often, especially the ones where Wonder Woman looks especially beautiful.

We received the tape on time. Amazon is fast delivery their packages. We have enjoyed Watching Wonder Woman. I watched it back in the 70's. Love it. Now my special needs daughter loves her too. She watches her all the time. Thanks so much.

I was a bit skeptical when I bought this (and season one) based on scant memory and reviews....I am pleasantly surprised at how GOOD this series was (so much so I'm going to buy season 2).First off: the theme song, how can anyone NOT like the main theme? "Wonder Woman, the whole world's waiting for you..." putting "satin tights" in the lyrics was brilliant!second: there was obvious dynamic chemeistry between Diana Prince (Lynda Carter) and Steve Trevor (Lyle Waggoner)...The cheesy campiness of the 70's...love it!! the "spin" of Diana Prince to make her into Wonder Woman...the tight fitting outfits (each season coming out with a new one made me smile even more. I don't know which I loved more, the original outfit, the Swimsuit Wonder Woman outfit, or the one with her full cape and regalia).I love one scene where she needs to chase criminals down on a motorcycle, Prince changes into Wonder Woman and actually has on a helmet, safety elbow pads (HAHAHAHAHA, since when did Wonder Woman need safety gear?. the "special effect" noises of her "leaps"....hehehehe.In all seriousness the dialogue in season three is far crisper with lines like: Diana Prince talking to Steve and another male IADC agent "Believe me, you are very female." Diana's quip: "I was the last time I checked, at birth."classic humor!The transformation of Wonder Woman's powers to this particular series was a smooth transaction and quite believable. The acting by everyone, in partciular, Lynda Carter made Wonder Woman/Diana Prince far more respectable, realistic than Adam West's Batman. They added a good bit of humor, campiness with the serious tone of the show to make it more than watchable.Even the plots and plot devices were sometimes amazingly intelligent. Villains would use decoys, "real" traps or even try and KILL Diana Prince without all the usual stupidity involved.Episode guide:1: My teenage Idol is Missing2: Hot Wheel3: The Deadly Sting4: The Fine Art of Crime5: Disco Devil (ok, this was a tad cheesy)6: Formicida7: Time Bomb8: Skateboard Wiz (the only bad episode in the group)9: The Deadly Dolphin10: Stolen Faces (Well done!, worth getting this episode alone)11: Pot of Gold12: Gault's Brain13: Going, Going Gone14: Spaced Out15: The Starships are coming16: Amazon Hot Walk17: The Richest Man in the World18: A date with Doomsday19: The Girl with a Gift for Disaster20: The Boy Who knew her Secret Part 1 (finally, you would think a superhero would be revealed someitme)21: The boy who knew her secret Part 222: the man who could not die**23: the phantom menace part 124: the phantom menace part 2** there seemed to be transitional plot issues in this episode, but I won't spoil it for viewers.**The interviews with Lynda Carter is a nice touch, and she's a classic beauty whom no one can replace. Lynda is right, I liked Wonder Woman now and then because she's not like the other "superheroes": she's not ridiculous with her powers, and she's human/mortal enough to be humble.I hope the new Wonder Woman will get some slack, you cannot compare this one with the new version--though inevitable comparisons will arise.thanks to this, I have a renewed interest in superheroes and pray that the new Wonder Woman will be half as good as this one is! Any fan of superheroes and heroines will definitely want to buy this set!

WHY ONLY FOUR STARS - WELL OBVIOUSLY THE WONDER WOMAN SERIES HAS DATED SOMEWHAT. THAT TO BE EXPECTED - THE LATE 1970's SAW CHANGE IN TV ENTERTAINMENT, FOR THE FAN AND THE PURIST WONDER WOMAN IS FOR YOU.

Great quality, attractive price, well packaged. Linda Carter is the perfect Wonder woman

Great series. Just as good as when I first saw it many moons ago.

received the product very quickly through the post and are very happy with it and would like to send my thanks

was a great gift for Xmas and arrived well in time cant thank you enough for a good DVD many thanks