The Avengers

Shown in Great Britain for more than five years (debuting in 1961) before it caught on in America, ``The Avengers'' is a secret-agent thriller that almost bests James Bond. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - and adventurous citizen Emma Peel repeatedly saved the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters). Emma Peel, in her leather boots and mini-skirts, is now considered one of the most liberated women on 60's television.

Premiere:

Mar 28, 1966

Original Network:

ABC