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Don't care Dianna Riggs was hotter than all of them

Me, as someone habe lived in the States as well as in Europe, neither that the Americans tried to copy the format, interesting clip I just know that Roddenberry had tried to imitate DOCTOR WHO with his failed STAR TREK - Pilot Episode - ASSIGNMENT EARTH. THE NEW ABENTERS had been well done Liked them as much as the classical show

You could never replace Mrs. Peel or Steed. Diana Rigg was one of a kind and the reason I took Kung Fu.

I watched the original series and the New Avengers in the 1970s ! I liked the original series a lot ; but the New Avengers introduced new characters and concepts, and also showed some classic British actors like “ Christopher Lee ( Better known as Dracula 🧛 from the Hammer Film Studios) Peter Cushing ( Better known as Professor 👨‍🏫 Van Helsing and Dr. Frankenstein also from the same film studio ). Not playing the same old characters; but rather newer characters, more interesting, and more dangerous, deadly, and menacing characters! Of course, what I really liked was the series musical theme composed by Laurie Johnson. Unforgettable and classic!

Grew up on The Avengers. Loved it & Diana Rigg. Why Hollywood insists on recycling rather than being, at least, a little original is perplexing.

Rather liked the New Avengers, the English reboot. The American version was as bad as the American version of the Repair Shop. Quinn Martin did a lot of pilots, some were pretty good, some good but still didn't make it, some just awful but lord we could use that kind of creativity on tv now!!!

OMG….i saw this on tv when i was a kid and for some reason or other, it stands out in my mind. Not because it was any good (I can’t remember much about it) but I do recall thinking that Morgan Fairchild and Granville Van Dusen had to be the most over the top names. I had no idea it was an Avengers remake…

Why do Americans feel the need to remake everything? And ruin it.

The local Fox station played reruns of the British series late (1-2am) Monday-Friday in during the mid 90s. Working as a second shift supervisor, I came to fall in love with the show. Especially any episode with D Riggs.

I think I will give this one a miss. The classics are classics for a reason........anything else is a shoddy poor second rate copy.

Was a preteen during the 70s. Remember watching Avengers and really liked it. Frankly never heard of a spinoff series? Most like had a limited run.

Wow thanks so much for this. I am American and have never heard of this. Absolutely fascinating. It does look pretty bad as a show, but great history,

Diana Rigg will alwaya be in the pantheon. But Morgan Fairchild aint chopped liver😅

I don't recall ever seeing this pilot. Late night in Chicagoland area there was a "The NEW AVENGERS" show that came on near the end of 1978 from time to time as a re-edited 2 hour specials. In the version that I used to watch Patrick Macnee played "Major The Hon. John Wickham Gascoyne Beresford Steed" (crazy that I remember this still). I suspect they piggybacked 2 episodes from the first season for the American audience.

they are both made from polyethylene

"Honey West" was a "Avengers" Rip-off as well. It was supposed to cash in on the Emma Peel Hype... Starring Anne Francis as Honey West. The show ran for 1 season in 1965/1966.

Granville “Open all hours “

The dropouts are a good indication of whether the film was repeated when VCRs and tapes were good. Ladykillers was also made worse by the "experts" from Hollywood. I guess I have to declare that as an opinion😉

In The White House.

There was another Avengers like series in 1977 called Hunter with James Franciscus and Linda Evans. It bombed and was quickly pulled with 4 episodes that were unaired.

You forgot "The Fugitive". A Quinn-Martin production.

Then there was "The Avengers" MOVIE, which(at least in MY opinion) was a DREADFUL mess! Again, not a single iota of chemistry between the lead actors, both of whom were as stiff as the proverbial BOARD, and the ONLY character even REMOTELY worth watching was Sean Connery as the villain!

Steed and Mrs.Peel!

. . . . or he was a lawyer . . . .

Even though Mrs. Peel was married, with her husband disappeared, there was always the slightest of tasteful sexual tension between them. They were respectful of each other. It wasn’t until Tarra King came along that there was more open flirtation between the two. There was nothing like that show, before or since.

As a yank, I remember watching the "New Avengers" on CBS latenight movie, and loving it. Never heard of this though.

"Mother" was played by Patrick Newell. He was a very good actor, but his struggles with his weight affected his career. His doctor advised him many times to lose weight, which he did. But every time he did, he couldn't find work. Casting directors saw him only as "that fat man". When he regained weight, he was in constant work. He died of a heart attack, aged 56. He has the distinction of being the last commanding officer of UNIT seen in 70s Dr Who. He was in a largely forgotten British Sci-fi movie "Unearthly Stranger" where he played a Steed-type character very well. Jean Marsh played a stern secretary in it and the two of them would have made a good pairing for a series of their own. I'm a rarity in that I actually like the Linda Thorsen episodes. I do understand why the previous two series are more popular. The very late addition of Steed's boss changes the dynamic. Although Patrick Newell is one of my favourite actors, the character doesn't add much.

How is it a spin-off of The New Avengers? None of the characters appeared in universe in TNA, did they?

Hey, that's Tommy Flanagan's wife Morgan Fairchild. : )

If it's American then its bound to be crass and tacky. Just like the Americans themselves really?

Wow, it even had Filoli before it was the Carrington mansion on Dynasty. ruclips.net/video/KO3gJXKapcE/видео.html

As an American 🇺🇸 I am embarrassed, they should have hired Brits Actors.

Can you imagine an American remake of 'Look - (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers...' - possibly the greatest TV programme of all time?

I once saw a smutty 007ish movie staring Gareth hunt where he was threatened by a woman …with…deadly tassels….yep.. I think it was called licence to love and kill…once seen never forgotten.

Morgan Fairchild was never about "chemistry" with any cast mates. She was blond, and that was all she was about. Your Texas accent was more personality associated with her words than her entire tepid career.

Hey we’re Americans. We like bland watered down drivel

The 1960's Avengers the only one worth watching. And I'm an American.

Clemens doing this doesn't surprise me in the least - he did The New Avengers, after all - and let's face it, that was pretty rank. The 'martini' line, given the constant downward trend, was, sadly, inevitable.

I forgot about this. I have very vague memories of this show.

The chemistry between Patrick Macnee and his leading ladies, especially Diana Rigg, was an essential part of the show's success. You can't plan for that. You can't factor it in during the planning of the show. It either happens or it doesn't. The Americans perhaps made a mistake in hiring Brian Clemens to write the show. It needed a native who was aware of US culture and sensibilities.

"A conventionally handsome Tom Baker" Lines like that earn subs!

"When I heard our Mrs. Peel was in ladies underwear, I rattled up the stairs, two at a time! " Steed to Emma Peel when she was working undercover at a department store.

thank god I missed that one! Americans really know no boundaries do they?! Are there any British IPs they haven't ruined yet?! I'm guessing Brian Clemens simply cashed the large cheques, probably didn't give a toss lol.

Interesting stuff thanks 👍 I had never heard of this US show. To be fair to the US we in Britain don’t always get it right when we try to make British versions of US shows, game shows being one genre.

... Programme executives will usually bill something new as a new version of a classic series for marketing, hoping to bring in an audience. I remember a low budget fan series by BBV called PROBE as being The British X Files! Bold claim considering the fact it was never an official spin off from the series which inspired it, Doctor Who! Fans will usually try to read too much into these series which either appear similar or are written by the people who created the original series on which it is based.

American viewers will watch British TV but advertisers don't like it and have to tune it. Bunch of no talent gits all of them.

I loved the early Avengers, but slowly I began to go off it. It became far too silly. Later episodes were almost unwatchable. It started with the "MOTHER" introduction. As for the American version, I think that would have been too dreadful for even the American market. Thinking about it, I don't think there has EVER been a better American version of ANY British series and probably will never be. Just looks at the current batch of American films being made. Dreadful and all the same.

You can’t go home and when they americanised this classic British 🇬🇧 masterpiece American version sucked this is a Brit comedy or series leave it alone like trying to make the munsters Chinese u can’t

I really don't get this fashionable notion that Julia is an unrealistic character. She isn't. I've met women like her for Pete's sake. The way she acts and talks rings very true for the type of woman she is. As for Orwell, he was not an Edwardian schoolboy his entire life. He had relationships - hell, he was married for quite some time. He wasn't innocent or naive by any means.

I remember Granville Van Dusen and Morgan Fairchild very well. Thank HEAVENS, I have forgotten this mess ever existed. Geeeesh.