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Bionic Woman Fans Take What They Can Get, Even Mistakes

The incredibly optimistic Bionic Woman forum on the official NBC website celebrates the fact that the show still hasn’t been cancelled – it was officially announced as not cancelled in December, in an unusual PR move – with the only new footage they’ll see of Michelle Ryan anytime soon: fan-shot bloopers. The fan goodwill goes…

10 Worst Futures Of 2007

Which visions of the future made us crave Lasik surgery the most in 2007? Hint: they involved wimpy cyborgs, blah parasites, boring plagues and “time-famine.” Click through to read our picks for the most underwhelming futures of the past year, in both scifi and futurist predictions. (Note: We’re not judging these things on their own…

Bionic Woman Breaks Down

It’s semi-official. NBC has pulled the plug on Bionic Woman. In totally unrelated news, NBC is having to repay tons of money to advertisers because its fall ratings were so disappointing. [SpoilerTV]

Bionic Baddie Vs. The Blogger

Just over a week ago at a Battlestar Galactica fan convention in Burbank, Katee “Starbuck” Sackhoff did a little over-sharing. According to LiveJournal user Roadrunner, she fired a few salvos at Bionic Woman, saying she wouldn’t be back on the show even if it returned post-strike. Then she dissed the show and its low ratings…

Spa with Sis or Save the World from Nuke-Nutty North Korea?

Speculation runs rampant that tonight’s episode, the last in the can before the writer’s strike, will also be the last ever for the troubled Bionic Woman. As the show opens, Jaime and the Berkut gang are down at the corner tavern holding an old-fashioned wake for Antonio. “I slept with him once. It was amazing,”…

Knight Rider TV Movie Could Suck Less Than You Think

More details on the Knight Rider TV movie have leaked out. The TV movie revolves around a secret organization that sounds exactly like the Berkut Group from Bionic Woman. The Knight Foundation (named after Michael Knight, David Hasselhoff’s character on the original show) has a super vague mission: correcting the mistakes of covert military contractors.…

Bionic Woman 1.0 Wasn’t Afraid to Be Tough

In this clip from the original 1970s run of the Bionic Woman, you’ll discover something that’s missing in the new show. No, it’s not baggy grey sweat suits. Star Lindsay Wagner may look unathletic here (not that I could do any better), but she clearly takes pleasure showing off her bionic abilities. We never see…

Other NBC Shows Could Teach Bionic Woman A Few Things

Our truncated TV season will soon draw to a close. Luckily, all of the network TV shows seem to be drawing all of their loose ends together towards some sort of climax/cliffhanger, judging from this week’s episodes. All except one: Bionic Woman. Minor spoilers follow. If you were going to judge from the above promo…

I Want A Bionic Perm!

There’s no better way to unwind after a tough mission than with a makeover at the Bionic Beauty Salon, circa 1976. After all, you may be a cyborg, but you’re still a lady. P.S. You can see more toys spawned by the original Bionic Woman at Bug Eyed Monster.

I Spy With My Bionic Eye

Which of Jaime Sommers’s bionic body parts are available to today’s consumers? The December 2007 of Laptop magazine compares and contrasts. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty.

Battlestar Galactica Rocks Our Saturday Night

Battlestar Galactica finally returns to TV for just one night. This Saturday, the Sci-Fi Channel airs the long-awaited Battlestar Galactica: Razor airs at 9:00 PM. We’ll have our own reviews, plus detailed coverage, later in the week. For now, suffice to say that it feels like what it is: the show time-traveling back to its…

Bye-bye, Bionic Woman?

The Bionic Woman is the latest victim of the Hollywood writer’s strike—and not a minute too soon. This week’s dating-and-dictators episode landed the ailing series almost at the bottom of the Nielsen ratings, a fall cushioned only by a worse performance by The CW’s Gossip Girl. Will Bionic Woman return post strike? Hard to tell,…

Dating, Dinner, and . . . Dictators

Even though Jaime almost loses a tail because she’s yakking with Tom during working hours, the Berkut Group assigns her and Antonio to protect President Rudan of the (faux) African nation of Imara from an assassination threat. Rudan’s a ruthless dictator who’s killed thousands of his own people, but if he is killed during his…

Bionic Woman Doesn’t Know How to Use An iPhone

Given the central role technology plays on the show, you’d think the Bionic Woman’s prop master would pay special attention to detail when it comes to gadgetry handled by its characters. Alas, eagle-eyed iPhone owners noticed last week’s bad guy using the sleek new toy upside down. No wonder Sarah Corvus’s circuitry is falling apart.…

Cast Members of Old and New Bionic Woman Snipe at One Another

Original bionic woman Lindsay Wagner is apparently not a fan of the show’s new incarnation, which she finds “kind of dark and broody and violent”—and not in a good way. “It’s not at all what we were doing. We were doing a show for kids intentionally and making it fun in such a way that…

TV Guide’s Brian Ausiello has an awesome chart of how long your favorite TV shows can stay on the air during the writer’s strike. Bottom line: Heroes has four eps left, Chuck has six remaining and Smallville has a whopping eight. But poor Bionic Woman only has three more episodes in the can.

Olivia Munn Goes Lesbionic Woman (Slightly NSFW)

What do you get when you combine our favorite AppleTV licker with our favorite robotic woman TV show? A parody video by G4’s Munn that features her making out with another lovely lady for a whole ten seconds. Are you ready for this jelly? The video’s slightly NSFW if you work with Martha Stewart. https://gizmodo.com/apple-tv-licked-by-olivia-munn-246707…

Bionic Woman’s Greatest Enemy Is Apathy

Audiences would rather watch Kitchen Nightmares than sit through an hour of Jaime Sommers’ domestic life. Last night’s Bionic Woman pulled in just 6.5 million viewers, down from the 13.6 million who watched the series debut. It’s obvious BW’s particular blend of escapism and soap isn’t working. But do TV audiences want more escapism, stronger…

The 50 Million Dollar Dame: Jaime Does The Rules.

The Berkut Group and the CIA are forced to team up this week in order to retrieve a compromising list of agents stolen by arms dealer Victor Booth. This allows Jaime to partner with the CIA agent of her choice, and wouldn’t you know, it’s Tom. Mm mm mm. It’s official: I love the chemistry…

Take the Bionic Aptitude Test

Here’s NBC’s Bionic Aptitude Test. High scorers get access to … something. Don’t ask me what—all I got was a snarky “The Accident Must’ve Been Worse Than We Expected” splashed across the bottom of my screen. I’m 17% bionic. Bionic Woman: How Bionic Are You? [Jump the Shark]