The Man and the Challenge is a 36-segment half-hour television adventure/science fiction series which ran new episodes on NBC from September 12, 1959, to June 11, 1960. It starred George Nader as Dr. Glenn Barton, a research scientist for the Institute of Human Factors, an agency that conducted experiments designed to measure human endurance for the United States government. The series was produced by Ivan Tors. Nader's costars included Jack Ging as Dan Wright, Michael Masters as Bill Locke, the Canadian-born Joyce Meadows as Lynn Allen, and Michael Keith as Matt Adams. The episodes focused on various individuals setting world records of strength, endurance, and mastery of various difficult skills. The program also featured appearances by Bethel Leslie as Eleanor Beck in "The Early Warning", Ted Knight, as Dr. Herter in the episode "Daredevils", and Raymond Bailey, in the role of Dr. Kramer on the series opener "The Sphere of No Return". Joining Knight in that segment was Paul Burke.
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The adventures of the 10-year-old son of a government scientist.
Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his true family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.
A broker with a hidden agenda plots to steal a scientist's research, yet a mutual attraction develops between them.
Happy-go-lucky Wubbzy bounces his way into wacky, fun-filled adventures in the town of Wuzzleburg with his best friends: inventor Widget, book-smart Walden, and sweet-as-can-be Daizy.
The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals—a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans. Magnus seeks to protect this threatened phenomena as well as unlock the mysteries behind their existence.
British scientist Peter Brady, while working on an invisibility formula, suffers a tragic accident which turns himself invisible. Unfortunately, there is no antidote, so, while working on a method to regain his visibility, he undertakes missions for his government stopping bad guys.
The adventures of brilliant but befuddled scientist Wayne Szalinski, whose often-misguided projects wreak havoc on his family and friends.
Declan Dunn has a fascination with mystical phenomena that began when he was buried under an avalanche and given up for dead. After he miraculously survived, he committed his life to investigating miracles and the absolute proof of their existence. Now a professor of Anthropology at a leading Oregon university, Declan has the training, support staff and the opportunity to study the uncanny, inexplicable phenomena people call "miracles". With the help of Peggy, a skeptical psychiatrist, and Miranda, a research student, the three embark on a quest to explain what science cannot.
Blake and Mortimer is an animated television series, based on the Blake and Mortimer comic book by Edgar Pierre Jacobs. The series was directed by Stéphane Bernasconi, and produced by Ellipse, and shown in 1997. The first nine stories were used in this series, as well as four brand new stories, devised by the creators: The Viking's Bequest, The Secret of Easter Island, The Alchemist's Will, and The Druid. New writers, mostly connected to the production company as writers, dialogists or translators, were asked to come up with original plotlines which used the characters of Jacobs' stories, respected the magical/scientific Universe, but rang interesting changes.
Hank and Dean Venture, with their father Doctor Venture and faithful bodyguard Brock Samson, go on wild adventures facing megalomaniacs, zombies, and suspicious ninjas, all for the glory of adventure. Or something like that.
Thanks to a dousing in a top-secret chemical from an overturned truck, teenager Alex Mack is given amazing powers that make her the envy of her sister and best friend... and the target of a search by the chemical company, which wants to find her at all costs.
The sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world's geniuses and their families to this rustic town for years where innovation and chaos have lived hand in hand. U.S. Marshal Jack Carter stumbles upon this odd town after wrecking his car and becoming stranded there. When the denizens of the town unleash an unknown scientific creation, Carter jumps in to try to restore order and consequently learns of one of the country's best kept secrets.
Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation...or total annihilation.
Follow the adventures of the Calico, an ocean going research vessel under the command of Captain Carl Majors and his crew, scientist Dr. Quinn Darien, her teenage nephew Pete, first mate Brock, and the protector of the ship, Godzilla.
Following an unparalleled series of meteor fireballs plummeting toward Earth, a renowned scientist, his assistant, and an on-target conspiracy theorist race against time to expose a government cover-up, reveal the truth, and prevent a massive meteor from destroying the planet.
When astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. The world’s population waits for further contact with bated breath. They do not have to wait long. Within days, mankind is all but wiped out by a devastating attack; pockets of humanity are left in an eerily deserted world. As aliens hunt and kill those left alive, the survivors ask a burning question – who are these attackers and why are they hell-bent on our destruction?
The Powerpuff Girls is a animated television series about Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three kindergarten-aged girls with superpowers, as well as their "father", the brainy scientist Professor Utonium, who all live in the fictional city of Townsville, USA. The girls are frequently called upon by the town's childlike and naive mayor to help fight nearby criminals using their powers.
As Kiryu Sento prepares for the proxy battle against Kamen Rider Grease, Nariaki Utsumi appears and offer his help.
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.
Cold Lazarus is a four-part British television drama written by Dennis Potter with the knowledge that he was dying of pancreatic cancer. Forming the second half of a pair with the television serial Karaoke, it is Potter's sole science fiction work. In a bleak, synthetic 24th-century dystopian Britain, scientists work on reviving the mind of 20th-century writer Daniel Feeld, whose head was frozen after Feeld's death shortly after the events of 'Karaoke'. Progress has not been made, so discontinuation is considered, but media mogul David Siltz, who has been spying on the project, envisages a fortune from broadcasting Feeld's memories on TV.
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36 episodes • 1959
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sphere of No Return | Sep 12, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Maximum Capacity | Sep 19, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Odds Against Survival | Sep 26, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Sky Diving | Oct 3, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Experiments in Terror | Oct 10, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Invisible Force | Oct 17, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Escape to Nepal | Oct 24, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Border to Border | Oct 31, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Trial by Fire | Nov 7, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 10 | White Out | Nov 14, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Breaking Point | Nov 28, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Jungle Survival | Dec 5, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 13 | I've Killed Seven Men | Dec 12, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Man Without Fear | Dec 19, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Visitors | Dec 26, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Storm | Jan 1, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Killer River | Jan 9, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Rodeo | Jan 23, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Windowless Room | Jan 30, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Nightmare Crossing | Feb 6, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Lure of Danger | Feb 13, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Recovery | Feb 20, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Buried Alive | Feb 27, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Recondo | Mar 3, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Flying Lab | Mar 12, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Hurricane Mesa | Mar 19, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Astro Female | Mar 26, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 28 | The Extra Sense | Apr 2, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Man in a Capsule | Apr 9, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 30 | The Dropper | Apr 23, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 31 | High Dive | Apr 30, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Daredevils | May 7, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Shooter McLaine | May 21, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Early Warning | May 28, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Breakoff | Jun 4, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Highway to Danger | Jun 11, 1960 | 0.0 |