''Get Smart'' is an American

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to the original 1965–1970 NBC/ CBS sitcom ''

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'' 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 ( Andy Dick), 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 (

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) as they try to stop KAOS from controlling the world's economy. Joining Zach and 66 is Trudy ( Heather Morgan), an accident prone spy, and Agent 0, a master of disguise.

Characters

Main

* Maxwell "Max" Smart ( Don Adams) Chief of spy organization CONTROL *Zachary "Zach" Smart ( Andy Dick) Max's son and the star agent of CONTROL *Agent 66 (

) Zach's partner * Agent 99 ( Barbara Feldon) D.C. Congresswoman *Trudy ( Heather Morgan) CONTROL's dimwitted secretary

Recurring

*The KAOS Chairwoman ( Marcia Mitzman Gaven) *Agent 9 (Gabrielle Boni)

Episodes

Production

Conception

The relative success of the

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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

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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 current four major American television networks, although several TV shows in the 1940s and 1950s aired on NBC, CBS, ABC, and DuMont. The different versions of ''Get Smart'' did not all feature the original lead cast intact. 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 ''

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'', 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".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tumi_MoKC58

Home media

The complete series was released on DVD on June 3, 2008, by

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in anticipation of the release of the 2008 film ''

'' starring

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References

External links

Get Smart ! Model '95 (by Sergio Tiraferri)Groucho Reviews: Get Smart
* {{Get Smart 1990s American single-camera sitcoms 1995 American television series debuts 1995 American television series endings American English-language television shows American sequel television series American spy television series Television series by Sony Pictures Television Television series by HBO Independent Productions Television shows set in Washington, D.C. Adaptations of works by Mel Brooks Fox Broadcasting Company sitcoms