Wonder Woman
Skateboard Wiz
TV Flash files “Skateboard Wiz” as hour 44 of 60 in the TV Flash guide — Wonder Woman (1975–1979) on ABC/CBS, season 3, episode 8, aired 1978-11-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E08: listed hour 44 of 60 in the Wonder Woman guide, hour 8 of 24 in season 3. It aired 1978-11-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Time Bomb” (S03E07). Next is “The Deadly Dolphin” (S03E09).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A teen skateboard wiz gets mixed up with a mobster who wants to turn the girl's home town into a gambling mecca.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Skateboard Wiz sit in the Wonder Woman guide?
S03E08 is listed hour 44 of 60 — hour 8 of 24 in season 3, season 3 episode 8.
When did Wonder Woman S03E08 air?
Skateboard Wiz aired 1978-11-24 and is listed at 60 minutes.
WWII season or the modern CBS years?
Start with Carter's ABC WWII-period hour for the origin sparkle, then the CBS modernization if you want the later franchise run. The spin is the constant.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Lynda Carter spins into the live-action Wonder Woman a generation kept: patriotic swimsuit glory, golden lasso, WWII ABC season then modern CBS years. Female superhero as viable disco-decade franchise. Sincerity, style, and a twirl that became Halloween permanent.
ABC, then CBS, put a female superhero in a patriotic swimsuit and proved the character could hold a network hour in the disco decade. Wonder Woman (1975–1979 as a franchise run) gave Lynda Carter three seasons, 60 episodes — a short window, not a cinematic universe. Stanley Ralph Ross filtered William Moulton Marston's DC icon through 1970s sparkle. Lyle Waggoner played Steve Trevor across eras; Debra Winger appeared as Drusilla/Wonder Girl. The transformation twirl became a national image before gifs existed.…
Filed against
- Lynda Carter as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
Lynda Carter spun into a generation’s Halloween as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman — patriotic swimsuit glory, golden lasso, WWII ABC season then modern CBS years, female superhero as a viable disco-decade franchise. Sincerity, style, a twirl…
- Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor
Lyle Waggoner stood tall through The Carol Burnett Show’s sketch detonations — movie parodies, the charwoman, Conway’s corpse-making ad-libs — then put on Steve Trevor’s uniform for Wonder Woman’s patriotic swimsuit glory. CBS variety as…
- Debra Winger as Drusilla / Wonder Girl
Debra Winger’s Drusilla spun Wonder Woman as Wonder Girl — Lynda Carter’s live-action Amazon a generation kept, patriotic swimsuit glory, golden lasso, WWII ABC season then modern CBS years. Kid-sister voltage in a disco-decade franchise.…