Get Smart (1995 TV series)


Get Smart is an American sitcom sequel to the original 1965–1970 NBC/CBS sitcom Get Smart starring Don Adams and Barbara Feldon reprising their characters of Maxwell Smart and Agent 99. The series aired Sunday at 7:30 pm on Fox for seven episodes from January 8 to February 19, 1995.

Overview

Maxwell Smart is the Chief of CONTROL, and Agent 99 is a politician. Their bungling son, Zach, one of the twins introduced in the fifth season of the original show, becomes CONTROL's star agent. Zach is teamed with the reluctant Agent 66 as they try to stop KAOS from controlling the world's economy. Joining Zach and 66 is Trudy, an accident prone spy, and Agent 0, a master of disguise.

Characters

Main

  • Maxwell Smart Chief of spy organization CONTROL
  • Zachary "Zach" Smart Max's son and the star agent of CONTROL
  • Agent 66 Zach's partner
  • Agent 99 D.C. Congresswoman
  • Trudy CONTROL's dimwitted secretary

    Recurring

  • The KAOS Chairwoman
  • Agent 9

    Episodes

Production

Conception

The relative success of the 1989 reunion movie Get Smart, Again! eventually prompted the development of a weekly revival of Get Smart, with Don Adams and Barbara Feldon reprising their characters Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 respectively, with Dave Ketchum also reprising his role of Agent 13 and Bernie Kopell reprising his role as Siegfried. Though Zachary Smart's name was revealed in the FOX revival, his twin sister's name remained unrevealed.

Legacy

With the revival series on Fox, Get Smart became the first television franchise to air new episodes on each of the four then-current major American television broadcasting networks. The first four seasons of the original Get Smart series aired on NBC, while the fifth and final season aired on CBS. Get Smart, Again! aired on ABC.

Ending

The show failed to recapture the spirit of the original, and low ratings with an average of 5 million viewers per episode ranked the series 133rd for 1995. There were no high hopes for the series as Andy Dick had already moved on to NewsRadio, which premiered weeks later in 1995 on NBC. Feldon reflected upon the show and its failure as one where it became apparent as soon as she walked on the set that it was something that was "taken out of its time".

Home media

The complete series was released on DVD on June 3, 2008, by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in anticipation of the release of the 2008 film Get Smart starring Steve Carell.