The Men (TV series)
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The Men was an umbrella title
for three adventure series aired in the United States
by ABC
as part of its 1972-73 lineup
.
The Men comprised Assignment Vienna
, Jigsaw
, and The Delphi Bureau
. The common element in each of the series was that its hero was a rugged individualist
, working essentially alone with little or no supervision on matters of vital interest. The program was originally aired on Thursday nights with each element appearing in a regular rotation, every third week, but when the program was moved to Saturday nights in January 1973 the elements began to be aired with several episodes of the same element appearing in consecutive weeks.
Wheel series
A wheel series is a term applied in the broadcast television industry to a television program in which two or more regular series are rotated with the same time slot...
for three adventure series aired in the United States
United States
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by ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
as part of its 1972-73 lineup
1972-73 United States network television schedule
This was the television schedule on all three United States television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1972. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football....
.
The Men comprised Assignment Vienna
Assignment Vienna
Assignment Vienna is a drama television series aired in the United States by ABC as an element in its 1972-73 wheel series The Men.Assignment Vienna told the story of Jake Webster , an American expatriate in Vienna who was the operator of Jake's Bar & Grill, an American-style establishment near the...
, Jigsaw
Jigsaw (US TV series)
Jigsaw is a short-lived television crime drama program, aired on the ABC network as an element of the wheel series The Men as part of its 1972-73 lineup. It was the only element of The Men not to be produced by Warner Bros...
, and The Delphi Bureau
The Delphi Bureau
The Delphi Bureau was a dramatic television series aired in the United States by ABC as one of three elements of The Men, a wheel series shown as part of its 1972-73 schedule....
. The common element in each of the series was that its hero was a rugged individualist
Individualism
Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or social outlook that stresses "the moral worth of the individual". Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires and so value independence and self-reliance while opposing most external interference upon one's own...
, working essentially alone with little or no supervision on matters of vital interest. The program was originally aired on Thursday nights with each element appearing in a regular rotation, every third week, but when the program was moved to Saturday nights in January 1973 the elements began to be aired with several episodes of the same element appearing in consecutive weeks.