Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)

Land of the Lost
The title sequence and the logo
Genre
Created byDavid Gerrold (uncredited)
Developed bySid & Marty Krofft
and Allan Foshko
Starring
Theme music composerLinda Laurie
ComposersJimmie Haskell
Michael Lloyd
(arranged by John D'Andrea) (season 2)
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes43 (list of episodes)
Production
Running timeabout 27 min per episode
Production companySid & Marty Krofft Television Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 7, 1974 (1974-09-07) –
December 4, 1976 (1976-12-04)
Related
Land of the Lost (1991 remake series)
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Land of the Lost is a children's adventure television series created (though uncredited) by David Gerrold and produced by Sid and Marty Krofft, who co-developed the series with Allan Foshko.[1] It is a live-action show mixed with stop-motion animated dinosaurs, originally aired on Saturday mornings from 1974 to 1976,[2] on the NBC television network.[3] CBS used it as a summer replacement series from June 22 to December 28, 1985, and June 2 to September 5, 1987.[4] It has since become a 1970s American cult classic.[5][6] Krofft Productions remade the series in 1991, and adapted it into a feature film in 2009.

  1. ^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 279–280. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
  2. ^ White, Marcia (June 4, 2009). "'Land of the Lost' groovy '70s TV show, new Will Ferrell movie". Lehigh Valley Live. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  3. ^ "Prime Time TV Schedule (1967 Season)". getty.net. Archived from the original on June 1, 2009.
  4. ^ Alex McNeil. Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present. 4th Edition. New York: Penguin, 1996, 462. McNeil states that Rick Marshall is a forest ranger, a likely assumption, but never specified in dialogue.
  5. ^ Clodfelter, Tim (August 5, 2004). "Kids vids (review of Land of the Lost: The Complete First Season)". Winston-Salem Journal. p. 33.
  6. ^ Mark, Rahner (July 2, 2004). "Nicole Kidman and Jude Law sure are purty". Seattle Times. p. H22.