The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)

Action · Crime · Drama

Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.

IMDb rating: 7.1 (14,868 votes)
Episode average: 7.0 -0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): Peacock
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1974)

6.96 avg 13 episodes 7.2 → 6.3 48 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Population: Zero	7.2	396
2	Survival of the Fittest	7.0	293
3	Operation Firefly	6.5	273
4	Day of the Robot	7.8	352
5	Little Orphan Airplane	6.9	251
6	Doomsday, and Counting	6.8	237
7	Eyewitness to Murder	6.9	237
8	Rescue of Athena One	6.9	251
9	Dr. Wells Is Missing	7.1	235
10	The Last of the Fourth of Julys	7.1	242
11	Burning Bright	6.8	283
12	The Coward	7.2	242
13	Run, Steve, Run	6.3	236

Season 2 (1974)

7.01 avg 22 episodes 7.0 → 7.4 48 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Nuclear Alert	7.0	221
2	The Pioneers	6.5	210
3	Pilot Error	6.7	205
4	The Pal-Mir Escort	6.9	211
5	The Seven Million Dollar Man	7.8	286
6	Straight on 'til Morning	7.0	241
7	The Midas Touch	6.7	195
8	The Deadly Replay	7.2	202
9	Act of Piracy	7.0	191
10	Stranger in Broken Fork	6.9	211
11	The Peeping Blonde	7.0	203
12	The Cross-Country Kidnap	6.6	184
13	Lost Love	6.4	182
14	The Last Kamikaze	7.5	212
15	Return of the Robot Maker	7.7	211
16	Taneha	6.7	198
17	Look Alike	7.2	198
18	The E.S.P. Spy	6.8	185
19	The Bionic Woman	7.4	559
20	The Bionic Woman Part II	7.9	257
21	Outrage in Balinderry	6.0	185
22	Steve Austin, Fugitive	7.4	203

Season 3 (1975)

7.08 avg 21 episodes 7.6 → 6.7 46 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Return of the Bionic Woman	7.6	248
2	The Return of the Bionic Woman: Part 2	7.5	226
3	The Price of Liberty	7.0	181
4	The Song and Dance Spy	6.5	155
5	The Wolf Boy	6.4	175
6	The Deadly Test	6.7	159
7	Target in the Sky	7.2	165
8	One of Our Running Backs Is Missing	7.1	199
9	The Bionic Criminal	7.4	184
10	The Blue Flash	7.0	167
11	The White Lightning War	7.1	171
12	Divided Loyalty	6.6	157
13	Clark Templeton O'Flaherty	7.3	163
14	The Winning Smile	7.1	160
15	Hocus-Pocus	7.3	177
16	The Secret of Bigfoot: Part 1	7.8	450
17	The Secret of Bigfoot: Part 2	8.0	252
18	The Golden Pharaoh	6.9	161
19	Love Song for Tanya	6.6	167
20	The Bionic Badge	6.9	168
21	Big Brother	6.7	162

Season 4 (1976)

7.02 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 6.1 59 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Return of Bigfoot: Part 1	7.7	240
2	Nightmare in the Sky	6.9	163
3	Double Trouble	6.2	142
4	The Most Dangerous Enemy	6.8	152
5	H+2+O = Death	6.9	148
6	Kill Oscar: Part 2	8.4	203
7	The Bionic Boy	6.9	255
8	Vulture of the Andes	6.8	138
9	The Thunderbird Connection	6.8	149
10	A Bionic Christmas Carol	6.6	167
11	Task Force	7.4	132
12	The Ultimate Imposter	6.2	154
13	Death Probe: Part 1	8.1	214
14	Death Probe: Part 2	8.0	172
15	Danny's Inferno	7.1	144
16	Fires of Hell	7.2	134
17	The Infiltrators	6.9	143
18	Carnival of Spies	6.7	143
19	U-509	7.1	141
20	The Privacy of the Mind	6.9	137
21	To Catch the Eagle	6.8	140
22	The Ghostly Teletype	6.1	150

Season 5 (1977)

6.97 avg 21 episodes 6.6 → 7.1 62 min avg

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Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sharks: Part 1	6.6	202
2	Sharks: Part 2	6.7	144
3	Deadly Countdown: Part 1	7.2	156
4	Deadly Countdown: Part 2	7.1	141
5	Bigfoot V	7.0	171
6	Killer Wind	6.7	142
7	Rollback	6.5	134
8	Dark Side of the Moon: Part 1	6.7	136
9	Dark Side of the Moon: Part 2	6.9	134
10	Target: Steve Austin	7.1	129
11	The Cheshire Project	7.1	134
12	Walk a Deadly Wing	7.1	126
13	Just a Matter of Time	7.1	148
14	Return of Deathprobe: Part 1	7.0	140
15	Return of Deathprobe: Part 2	7.1	135
16	The Lost Island	6.6	150
17	The Madonna Caper	7.3	127
18	Dead Ringer	6.3	143
19	Date with Danger: Part 1	7.6	137
20	Date with Danger: Part 2	7.6	129
21	The Moving Mountain	7.1	143

The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)

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