The ’70s series was allowed to expire in order to make room for sitcoms.
The initial Wonder Woman TV series was canned by CBS because they wanted to turn toward more affordable sitcom-style programming. This was despite the strong ratings and reception from fans and viewers at home.
This was Warner Bro’s first standalone DC adaptation.
It’s hard to believe that there was ever a first in the world of superheroes that we are currently living in. However, the 1975 Wonder Woman series was the first standalone DC character adapted by Warner Brothers into television format. The reason? Warner Brothers and DC fell into the same ownership group in the early ’70s, thus paving the way for the opportunity.