I remember, how much NBC advertised it, in the months prior to first airing. So when I was 11, on Friday night September 16, 1966, after watching a forgettable "Man From Uncle" I kept the TV on NBC for the 9:30 start of T.H.E. Cat.
I was very impressed, enthralled and excited by the action and the nature of the show. I recall that the action sequences looked like they were filmed with a hand held camera, putting the viewer right in the middle of it. I recall the action was so fast, it was sometimes hard to discern right away. All of this made the show seem more exciting. I remember that the initial episode had a climatic sequence of T.H.E. Cat taking on unbeatable opposition and tremendous obstacles and overcoming them all while they amped up T.H.E. Cat's theme song.
The next day, I told everyone I knew about this gem. But, no one saw it. No one seemed to want to watch it, no matter how much I liked it. Across America people missed this hidden gem. The show was cancelled after one season.
But that never swayed me from believing it was one of the best shows ever.
I was very impressed, enthralled and excited by the action and the nature of the show. I recall that the action sequences looked like they were filmed with a hand held camera, putting the viewer right in the middle of it. I recall the action was so fast, it was sometimes hard to discern right away. All of this made the show seem more exciting. I remember that the initial episode had a climatic sequence of T.H.E. Cat taking on unbeatable opposition and tremendous obstacles and overcoming them all while they amped up T.H.E. Cat's theme song.
The next day, I told everyone I knew about this gem. But, no one saw it. No one seemed to want to watch it, no matter how much I liked it. Across America people missed this hidden gem. The show was cancelled after one season.
But that never swayed me from believing it was one of the best shows ever.