The Bold Ones

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The Bold Ones (in German about "The Courageous" or "The Brave") is an American wheel series that was broadcast from 1969 to 1973 by NBC . It consisted of the four series The Bold Ones: The New Doctors , The Bold Ones: The Lawyers , The Bold Ones: The Protectors and The Bold Ones: The Senator .

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Wheel Series

In the late 1960s, NBC in particular began in collaboration with Universal Television with the wheel series concept, which was then regarded as novel . In order to get more time for the production of the individual series episodes, a weekly broadcast slot was served by several production teams, which were then broadcast alternately. This was first tried in 1968 in the series The Name of the Game , in which three main characters took turns in different departments of a publishing house. The Bold Ones started in 1969, combining three series from different genres under one title. The Bold Ones is thus referred to as the "first wheel series".

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors , a hospital series starring EG Marshall , David Hartman and John Saxon , started on September 14, 1969 . The Bold Ones: The Lawyers series with the main actors Burl Ives , Joseph Campanella and James Farentino followed on September 21 . The third series, a crime series, premiered on September 28th: Leslie Nielsen and Hari Rhodes in The Bold Ones: The Protectors . The Bold Ones: The New Doctors continued on October 5th .

With The Bold Ones , the system had become so well established that NBC started other wheel series, including 1971 NBC Mystery Movie , which went into its first year with A Sheriff in New York , Columbo and McMillan & Wife and became the most successful wheel series. Even The People at Shiloh Ranch was switched to The Name of the Game system for the ninth and final season in 1970 .

Further story of the series

The first season was moderately successful. Nevertheless, it was decided afterwards to discontinue The Bold Ones: The Protectors , which had slightly lower ratings than the other two series. For the second season, The Bold Ones: The Senator with Hal Holbrook , Michael Tolan and Sharon Acker was started instead . Despite good reviews, this series was also canceled after one season. After the third season, The Bold Ones: The Lawyers ended. From 1972, the focus was on the series with the best ratings, The Bold Ones: The New Doctors . But already after January 16, 1973 this was also given up. After a final episode on May 4, 1973, The Bold Ones ended.

Opening credits

Although the series of The Bold Ones had nothing to do with each other, they shared the opening credits . For example, before each episode there was an opening credits showing the main cast of all series. In the first season, an introductory text was also spoken in the opening credits. The names of the main actors and then a short sentence about the series were named, for example "EG Marshall, John Saxon, David Hartman: Doctors expanding the horizons of a new medicine" ... Doctors who broaden the horizons of a new medicine ' . The other two sets were "Lawyers defending justice in the nation's court rooms" , lawyers who defend the law in the courts of the nation ' and ' Public servants enforcing the laws of a challenging society " , public servants who enforce the laws of challenging society ' . At the end “These are the Bold Ones” was added.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Hal Erickson: Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows: Factual and Fictional Series About Judges, Lawyers and the Courtroom, 1948–2008 . McFarland & Company, Jefferson 2009, ISBN 978-0-7864-5452-5 , pp. 46–48 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed April 16, 2017]).
  2. ^ A b c d e Wesley Hyatt: Emmy Award Winning Nighttime Television Shows, 1948–2004 . McFarland & Company, Jefferson 2006, ISBN 978-0-7864-2329-3 , The Senator, pp. 231–232 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed April 16, 2017]).
  3. ↑ a b Stephen Bowie: The Senator courted controversy in an age of escapism. In: The AV Club. June 24, 2015, accessed April 16, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Herbie J. Pilato: Dashing, Daring, and Debonair: TV's Top Male Icons from the 50s, 60s, and 70s . Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham 2016, ISBN 978-1-63076-053-3 , The Doctors, the Defenders, and the Dependables, pp. 267–268 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed April 16, 2017]).