The Six Million Dollar Man is an American
television series about a former astronaut with
bionic implants working for a fictional government office known as OSI. The series is based on the
Martin Caidin novel
Cyborg, which was the proposed title of the series during pre-production. Following three television movies aired in 1973,
The Six Million Dollar Man aired on the
ABC network as a regular series for five seasons from 1974 to 1978. The title role of
Steve Austin was played by
Lee Majors, who subsequently became a
pop culture icon of the 1970s. A spin-off series,
The Bionic Woman, ran from 1976 to 1978 (and, in turn, was the subject of
a remake in 2007). Three television movies featuring both eponymous characters were also produced between 1987 and 1994.