The 1995 version of Get Smart started airing on January 8 1995 and it only lasted for 7 episodes. Only about 5 million people saw each episode and that put the show in the 133rd ratings position for the year. The low ratings would have eventually killed off the show but here's an interesting item from the IMDb Trivia page:
This springtime replacement series was essentially canceled before its first episode even aired. A Fox executive let it slip that the network had no plans of picking the series up after its initial run.
I don't think I saw it back then but I might have. Sadly most things are forgettable when you cover them up with time.
Don Adams and Barbara Feldon return as Maxwell Smart and Agent 99. Andy Dick plays their son Zach Smart. He was in the research department but Max makes him an agent. Agent 99 has retired but she's still in government service, she's Congresswoman Smart. That gives her lots of contact with Control, other than just dropping in for lunch.
Elaine Hendrix plays Agent 66, she's Zach's new, reluctant, partner. Like his dad Zach is a bit clumsy and inattentive. Lucky for him Agent 66 is more than capable to keep his ass alive. That's the new gun bra she's wearing. They all have a lot of gadgets on the show.
Only a couple of the other semi-regulars from the original series turn up for a one off part. Bernie Kopell was Max's oldest, and most regular, enemy, KAOS agent Siegfried. Sadly there's no King Moody as Shtarker. Dave Ketchum, the ever hidden Agent 13, pops up in a bowl of coleslaw to lend a hand at a dinner party infected with KAOS agents bent on some naughty business.
The plots are similar enough to the old show and the acting about as good. The writing for the characters is ok but there just aren't enough good jokes. I got a laugh or two from each episode. I wasn't sorry to see it, I'd even watch them again but not as soon as I would watch the original series over.
Here's another interesting tidbit from the IMDb Trivia page:
When this series aired on Fox, it was only the second time a live-action TV series had aired on four different mainstream TV networks (the first was Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950)). The original series seasons 1-4 aired on NBC, season 5 aired on CBS, the 1989 reunion movie Get Smart, Again! (1989) aired on ABC, and this new series, as previously mentioned, aired on Fox. Since then, no other live-action television series has accomplished this feat.
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