Having enlisted in the Air Force in early 76, I missed seeing these when they originally aired and only saw snippets here and there in reruns. The DVD set arrived quickly and for the most part worked fine. I do have four or five episodes that skipped scenes or froze (paused) unexpectedly - very frustrating but in keeping with other reviews. Seems these are a hit and miss with some buyers getting good ones, while some get entire disks that don't read. Nonetheless I highly recommend this DVD set for anyone that enjoyed the many great shows and sitcoms of the 60's and 70's. Better yet, opt for the new Blue Ray editions just released, though I've read some negative reviews on those too. Most involve read/skip issues same as mine. As for Wonder Woman specifically, I'm hooked! I specifically like the first season over the "new" version (seasons II and III) that takes place in the 70's (too bad there were only 14 episodes set during WWII). Biggest problem with "The New Adventures of Wonder Woman" apart from the horrible scripts and 70's actors with bad teeth, are the blundering studio execs that broke the conflict/love/tension relationship between Diana Prince, Wonder Woman, and Steve Trevor. This dynamic was crucial to the show - Diana had clearly fallen for Steve Trevor but was conflicted with her responsibilities as Wonder Woman. Steve Trevor has clearly fallen for Wonder Woman and couldn't see that the perfect woman (Wonder Woman) was sitting right in front of him, e.g., Diana!! This conflict between the three characters was one of the pillars of the show, but when Wonder Woman moves to the 70's it's made absolutely clear in the first episode of season II (The Return of Wonder Woman) that neither Diana nor Wonder Woman had any "interest" in the "new" Steve Trevor, e.g., Steve Trevor Junior. In fact, the studio execs seemed compelled to make that clear when they have the robot Trevor makes a play for Diana in her apartment during the above episode. So, now what? With the love/romance/conflict gone what becomes of Trevor? Seems he's now just another bumbling IADC agent, or the conduit for introducing the hunky guest star in subsequent episodes such as Ron Ely, Ted Shackelford and others. I'm confident this is the reason the show did not do as well in its second and third season after which it was quietly cancelled. Not sure what was going through the minds of the studio execs and script writers as the Trevor character was written out altogether at the end of season III (Lyle Waggoner isn't even credited in episode 22, The Man Who Could Not Die). By then I think someone realized that CBS had so badly screwed up the show that it was decided not to run a 4th season in which, I assume, Waggoner was to be replaced by Bob Seagren who played the leading man in the above episode. Appears they planned for an indestructible Seagren to pair up with Wonder Woman to become semi-immortal superheroes. All that was missing was the cave and butler! But perhaps studio execs are not totally to blame as there are rumors that, somewhere during season II, Lynda Carter woke up one morning and realized she was now a "big star" and that she could carry the show by herself. She then, allegedly, went all deva and pressured studio execs and script writers to minimize Waggoner's character and to eventually write him out of the show altogether. Hopefully that's not true but regardless, the change in script direction proved disastrous for the show and drove its eventual cancelation.
Review of Wonder Woman
