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Airs Next: ABC at Thursday 8:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: Ended    Premiered: December 15, 1983    Last Aired: April 2, 1984
Show Category: Action/Adventure
Automan
"On a scale of 1 to 10, think of me as... an 11." Thus begins the life of Automan and his creator, Walter Nebicher. A policeman by day and computer programmer on the side, Nebicher (Desi Arnaz, Jr.) creates a sophisticated computer program he calls Automan, the world's first fully automatic man. Only able to run at night due to his power consumption, Automan (Chuck Wagner) has a helper...
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Last episode: Death By Design
When a ruthless crime syndicate kills one of Jack's best friends, Automan poses as a vigilante cop by the name of Mad Dog who is out for justice.
Aired: Monday April 2, 1984
11. Zippers Mar 26, 1984 0 Reviews 10.00
10. Murder, Take One Mar 19, 1984 0 Reviews 9.38
9. Murder MTV Mar 12, 1984 0 Reviews 9.12
8. Renegade Run Mar 5, 1984 0 Reviews 8.50

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Cast

 
William Conrad - Narrator
Desi Arnaz Jr. - Walter Nebicher
Robert Lansing - Lt. Jack Curtis
Gerald S. O'Loughlin - Captain E.G. Boyd
Chuck Wagner - Automan
Heather McNair - Roxanne Caldwell
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5.8
Mediocre
"Informative"
Mega-nerd/cop Walter creates a crime fighting partner with a shiny metallic body (except his head for some reason), a computer-like intelligence (IE: Not that smart) and a floating discoball called "cursor" that can create functional machines.
Continue » Posted Jan 31, 2007 9:07 am PST

bdllbo
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10.0
Perfect
"Off the wall"
"Off the wall" certainly doesn't begin to describe this short-lived show.
Continue » Posted Jan 7, 2007 4:54 pm PST

twilightboy
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8.0
Great
"Guilty pleasure"
A nerd with a walking computer cop fighting crime
Continue » Posted Nov 25, 2006 7:44 pm PST

CAPNDEL
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2.2
Terrible
"Complete waste of time"
who came up with this
Continue » Posted May 24, 2006 1:56 pm PST

vonda2499
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9.9
Superb
"Cutting edge"
bring it back. this was great tv. plus people will finally know what i was talking about
Continue » Posted Mar 18, 2006 7:03 am PST
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Show: Automan
Popularity Rank: 1,364 of 17,545
Ratings Rank: 4,048 of 17,545  ( 7)
Show Reviews: 9
People Tracking: 102
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7.1 Good 121 votes
Rating Statistics:
good: 36 (30%)
great: 23 (19.2%)
perfect: 15 (12.5%)
fair: 12 (10%)
Other: 34 (28.3%)
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