The Wonder Woman TV Never Saw: Who’s Afraid of Diana Prince?

Llama Mama | November 16, 2009

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In 1967, hoping to capitalize on the success on their TV series Batman starring Adam West and Burt Ward, Greenway Productions filmed a five-minute screen test written by Stanley Ralph Ross and Larry Siegel, not even a full-length pilot episode, to pitch a comedic Wonder Woman program to the network.
Unlike Batman which treated its heroes [...]

The Batgirl That TV Never Saw

Action Flick Chick | November 3, 2009

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During the second season of the Batman television series starring Adam West and Burt Ward, executive producer William “Bill” Dozier asked DC Comics editor for a female bat-heroine he might add to the program. Collaborating with artist Carmine Infantino and author Gardner Fox, Schwartz created Commissioner Gordon’s previously unmentioned daughter Barbara who became Batgirl when [...]