An Analysis of the Cultural Dismissal of Wonder Woman
a heavy ?’” ( Beauty , Brawn , and Bulletproof Bracelets ), it was dropped by ABC and replaced by Blansky ’ s Beauties and Fish ( Brown 22 Jan . 1977 ). After its initial season at CBS ( Kenion “ New Shows ;” New York Times News Service ), it became one of only four out of 14 new series to continue on that network for the following year of 1978-1979 (“ Networks Intensify ”). It would eventually outlast both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman (“ Ratings Zonked ”), and was used as one of the network ’ s “ established hits ” to support the new show The Dukes of Hazzard ( Brown 6 Dec . 1978 ). Yet the second and third seasons had very poor ratings ( Brown 21 Sept . 1977 ; Kenion “ ABC in the Lead ”; Kenion “ ABC ’ s Old ;” Morrison ). By the end of 1978 , CBS shifted its focus to comedies ( Brown 6 Dec . 1978 ). CBS ultimately dropped both Wonder Woman after three seasons ( two on its network ) and The Amazing Spider-Man after two , purportedly to avoid “ an overload ” of comic book programming on the network , keeping The Incredible Hulk , which ran for another three seasons and three television movies ( Brown 14 May 1979 17 ).
Carter was a vocal supporter of feminism , portraying Wonder Woman as “ very much a woman with feeling ” ( Pike 12 ), and speaking about beauty pageants and the Equal Rights Amendment ( Beck 7 Nov . 1975 ; Christy ). Cramer claimed to have received letters from girls and women who “ never thought I could have a life like that , and , I ’ ve thought about going into the service , or writing to the FBI , or thinking that there are all these jobs out there and all those things that I could do with my life that I never thought were possible . I mean to me , that was one of the most exciting things about the show ” ( Beauty , Brawn , and Bulletproof Bracelets ). This author as of yet has not found contemporary pieces analyzing Wonder Woman ’ s philosophy of justice in the series .
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