The Hunted Lady

The Hunted Lady is a 1977 American TV movie starring Donna Mills as a woman who goes on the run. It was a pilot for a TV series that never eventuated but screened as a stand-alone film.[1]

Production

The success of Charlie's Angels in the 1976-77 ratings season prompted all the American TV networks to feature more sexy young women in action-orientated roles, either adding them to existing programs or introducing new shows that focused on them. NBC picked up The Bionic Woman from ABC and also added young female characters to the 1977-78 seasons of Baa Baa Black Sheep and BJ and the Bear. They introduced several new shows with female sex symbol leads such as Quark, The Roller Girls and Who's Watching the Kids?, as well as commissioning pilots for several series which were direct imitations of Charlie's Angels: The Secret War of Jackie's Girls, The Hunted Lady and Cover Girls.[2]

Reception

It was the 28th highest rated show of the week.[3]

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References
  1. Television This Week: OF SPECIAL INTEREST New York Times 27 Nov 1977: 133.
  2. Hilmes p 231
  3. CBS gains, but ABC still leads by a whisker Deeb, Gary. Chicago Tribune 8 Dec 1977: a12.

Notes
  • Hilmes, Mary (2007). NBC: America’s Network. University of California Press.
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