Next, Wonder Woman sprang to life as a mediocre TV-Movie starring former tennis star Cathy Lee Crosby(best remembered for her stint on That's Incredible!)as a bizarre blonde version of everyone's favorite raven haired Amazon Princess. With no super powers, a modified costume that was a cross between a flight attendant and a gymnast, and a pointless script the project crashed and burned.
Click the camera to see a clip fromAn action clip from Wonder Woman(1974)
Soon after the TV-Movie, Wonder Woman's comic book persona changed from being a glorified Emma Peel knock off and returned to her classic costumed version. The concept for a tv show was revived, Lynda Carter was brought on as the title character, and the show was a hit.
One apocryphal story was that the Lynda Carter version was created to stand in for The Bionic Woman(Another ABC Show), as Lindsay Wagner was accident prone and did her own stunts, often hurting herself.
For whatever reason, the show debuted on ABC on December 18, 1975 as The New Original Wonder Woman to distinct itself from the Cathy Lee Crosby version. The new Wonder Woman was set in the 1942 and the look of the show was copied directly from how the comic book looked in that era. It was excellent for its detail, and was faithful to how the characters were during World War II.
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