Get Smart (1995 TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Get Smart


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show_name_2 = "Get Smart '95"
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creator =
writer = Gary Apple
Mel Brooks
Lawrence Gay
Buck Henry
director = Nick Marck
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presenter =
starring = Barbara Feldon
Andy Dick
Markus Redmond
Ash Katchum
Don Adams
Elaine Hendrix
Heather Morgan
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country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 7
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executive_producer = Lawrence Gayer
co_exec =
producer = Leo Clarke
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editor = John Murray
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cinematography = John Fleckenstein
camera = Joe Broderick
runtime = 30 minutes (including commercials)
network = FOX
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first_aired = January 15, 1995
last_aired = February 19, 1995
preceded_by = "Get Smart, Again!"
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website = http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/sequels.html
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imdb_id = 0111982
tv_com_id = 3141

"Get Smart" was a short-lived weekly series that aired in 1995 on FOX. The series was a sequel to the original "Get Smart" television series that ran from 1965 to 1970.

Overview

An historical feat for the "Get Smart" franchise

With the revival series on FOX, "Get Smart" became the first television franchise to air new episodes on each of the current four major American television networks, although several TV shows in the 1940s and 1950s aired on NBC, CBS, ABC and DuMont. The different versions of "Get Smart" did not all feature the original lead cast intact. The first four seasons of the original "Get Smart" series aired on NBC, while the fifth and final season aired on CBS. Meanwhile, the 1989 reunion movie "Get Smart, Again!" aired on ABC.

ynopsis

The relative success of "Get Smart, Again!" eventually prompted the development of a weekly revival of "Get Smart" with Don Adams and Barbara Feldon reprising their characters (Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 respectively). Maxwell Smart was now the Chief of CONTROL, his and 99's (now a politician) bungling son, Zach (Andy Dick), becomes CONTROL's star agent. Zach is teamed with the relunctant Agent 66 (Elaine Hendrix), as they try to stop KAOS from controlling the world's economy (after the Cold War, they had to lower their standards). Joining Zach and 66 is Trudy (Heather Morgan), the revival's equivalent of Larabee; Agent 0, a master of disguise. Dave Ketchum reprised his role of Agent 13 in one episode.

Though Zachary Smart's name was revealed in the FOX revival, his sister's name remains as yet unrevealed.

Cancellation

The show failed to recapture the spirit of the original. There weren't high hopes for the series as Andy Dick had already moved on to "NewsRadio", which premiered weeks later in 1995.

References

External links

* [http://members.tripod.com/superagente/95.htm Get Smart ! Model '95 (by Sergio Tiraferri)]
* [http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3072 Groucho Reviews: Get Smart]
* [http://caronia.tvheaven.com/after_smart/gs95.html Get Smart '95 - King of Caronia]