The Bionic Woman
Sanctuary Earth
TV Flash files “Sanctuary Earth” as hour 52 of 58 in the TV Flash guide — The Bionic Woman (1976–1978) on ABC/NBC, season 3, episode 16, aired 1978-02-11, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E16: listed hour 52 of 58 in the The Bionic Woman guide, hour 16 of 22 in season 3. It aired 1978-02-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Martians Are Coming, the Martians Are Coming” (S03E15). Next is “Deadly Music” (S03E17).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Sanctuary Earth sit in the The Bionic Woman guide?
S03E16 is listed hour 52 of 58 — hour 16 of 22 in season 3, season 3 episode 16.
When did The Bionic Woman S03E16 air?
Sanctuary Earth aired 1978-02-11 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need The Six Million Dollar Man first?
Helpful for Jaime's introduction, not required for Wagner's hour. Oscar Goldman and crossovers connect the universe; this series stands as its own action hit.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Lindsay Wagner's Jaime Sommers flips the Six Million Dollar template with warmth, steel, and an Emmy in the bargain. Tennis pro, bionic rebuild, federal agent — female-led network action that stood alone in ratings and merch. Slow-mo franchise essential, not a side dish.
So about the group chat that still files Jaime Sommers as Steve Austin's girlfriend: tennis pro, bionic rebuild, federal agent — Lindsay Wagner flipped the Six Million Dollar template with warmth and steel, and the hour stood alone in ratings and merch. (I said spoiler-free. The franchise soap is gossip. The missions are the show.) The Bionic Woman (ABC/NBC, 1976–1978) ran three seasons, 58 episodes, after Jaime's introduction opposite Austin. Kenneth Johnson carried the language; Richard Anderson's Oscar Goldman…
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- Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers
Lindsay Wagner’s Jaime Sommers flipped The Six Million Dollar Man’s template into The Bionic Woman — tennis pro, federal agent, slow-mo franchise that stood alone in ratings and merch. Warmth, steel, family-hour cyborg adventure with its…
- Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman
Richard Anderson’s Oscar Goldman handed the missions on The Six Million Dollar Man and kept the clipboard when The Bionic Woman stood alone — OSI as a two-show office, slow-mo as a national language. Lee Majors rebuilt; Lindsay Wagner…
- Martin E. Brooks as Dr. Rudy Wells
Martin E. Brooks’s Dr. Rudy Wells rebuilt the franchise from the lab bench — Steve Austin’s slow-mo origin on The Six Million Dollar Man, then Jaime Sommers’s stand-alone Bionic Woman hour. Oscar Goldman hands the missions; Wells hands…
- Lee Majors as Steve Austin
Lee Majors’s Col. Steve Austin made The Six Million Dollar Man a national slow-motion language — 1970s catalog cyborg adventure, better-stronger-faster as a family-hour religion. The Bionic Woman and The Fall Guy kept the jawline in…