Live Action, Original Superheroes on TV
What if you were given superpowers (on a typically low budget)? These are shows with characters not originally appearing in comic books.
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- CreatorKen LipmanTommy LynchStarsLarisa OleynikMeredith BishopDarris LoveAlexandra "Alex" Mack develops powerful abilities after a chemical factory accident. She struggles to balance her ordinary life with extraordinary misadventures as a result.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellStarsWilliam KattConnie SelleccaRobert CulpA teacher is asked to be a superhero using a special alien suit with powers he can barely understand or control.
- CreatorFred Fox Jr.Brian LevantStarsDerek McGrathJerry O'ConnellWanda CannonThe adventures of a superpowered teen and his scientist friend.
- CreatorDonald R. BoyleGlen A. LarsonStarsSimon MacCorkindaleMelody AndersonReni SantoniA suave and elegant university professor, who can shape-shift into any animal, fights crime along with a female New York detective and his right-hand man.
- DirectorEric LaneuvilleStarsCarl LumblyBobby HoseaGina TorresA brilliant, wheelchair-bound scientist invents a form of exo-skeleton called the Mechanically Augmented Neuro Transmitter Interception System (M.A.N.T.I.S.) that turns him into a superhero and gives him the ability to fight the crime wave that is engulfing his city.
- CreatorSam HammSam RaimiStarsCarl LumblyRoger ReesChris GartinA paralyzed African-American scientist builds a powerful exo-skeleton in order to walk again, and uses his new abilities to fight crime.
- CreatorTim KringStarsJack ColemanHayden PanettiereMilo VentimigliaCommon people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiJon Harmon FeldmanStarsMichael ChiklisJulie BenzKay PanabakerThe Powells are a typical American family living in Pacific Bay, California, whose members gain special powers after their plane crashes in the Amazon.
- CreatorTom WheelerStarsDavid LyonsKeith DavidSummer GlauVince Faraday is a cop who has been framed for murder, leading him to fall off the grid and become the super hero known only as "The Cape."
- 19891h 36mNot Rated5.9 (1.2K)TV MovieDirectorAlan J. LeviStarsLindsay WagnerLee MajorsRichard AndersonThe Bionic Woman and the Six Million Dollar Man reunite, with a few younger bionic assistants, and try to catch a bionic spy.
- CreatorKenneth JohnsonStarsMichelle RyanMiguel FerrerMolly PriceA reimagining of the popular 1970s TV series about a female athlete who is given bionic strength.
- CreatorKenneth JohnsonStarsLindsay WagnerRichard AndersonMartin E. BrooksAfter fully recovering from her nearly fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.
- DirectorRichard IrvingStarsLee MajorsBarbara AndersonMartin BalsamAfter an astronaut and test pilot is catastrophically mutilated in a test plane crash, he is rebuilt and equipped with nuclear powered bionic limbs and implants.
- StarsLee MajorsRichard AndersonMartin E. BrooksAfter a severely injured test pilot is rebuilt with nuclear-powered bionic limbs and implants, he serves as an intelligence agent.
- 19871h 38mNot Rated6.3 (1.1K)TV MovieDirectorRay AustinStarsLindsay WagnerLee MajorsTom SchanleyNine years after his retirement from the government, Colonel Steve Austin must again team up with Jaime Sommers to stop a terrorist group. Complicating matters for Austin are his estranged son Michael, who struggles for his father's acceptance as he graduates from flight school, and Jaime, who must cope with her and Steve's past. When Michael is severely injured in a crash, Steve must make the same decision about fitting him with bionics that he had to make with Jaime years ago after her accident.
- CreatorChris FedakJosh SchwartzStarsZachary LeviYvonne StrahovskiJoshua GomezWhen a computer geek inadvertently downloads critical government secrets into his brain, both the CIA and the NSA assign an agent to protect him and exploit his newfound skills.
- CreatorJoe RubyKen SpearsStarsDeidre HallJudy StrangisNorman AldenThe adventures of two female superheroes.
- CreatorHoward OvermanStarsNathan Stewart-JarrettJoe GilgunIwan RheonA group of young offenders doing community service gets struck by lightning during a storm and start to develop superpowers.
- CreatorSilvio HortaStarsChristopher GorhamPhilip Anthony-RodriguezJudith ScottNSA computer technician Jake Foley is transformed into a secret agent after he is accidentally infected with nanobots, based on nanotechnology that reduce the size of a computer to the molecular level, which give him superhuman powers.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsDesi Arnaz Jr.Chuck WagnerHeather McNairA computer-generated superhero and his human creator fight crime in the city.
- DirectorRichard IrvingStarsDavid AckroydAnne SchedeenA MartinezA professor, who has been paralyzed in an attack by mob hitmen, builds a suit that enables him to walk and fight crime.pilot
- DirectorBen StillerStarsJack BlackOwen WilsonRon SilverAstronaut on the run with special powers and his talking motorcycle must deal with a malevolent artificial life form that's possessing people and turning them into dust, as well as NASA's hitman and real life actor Ron Silver.Unaired pilot
- CreatorBryan MooreChris PetersonStarsWilliam BrentSpencer BoldmanKelli BerglundA scrawny 14-year-old, having discovered his inventor stepdad has three bionic, super-powered teens living cloistered in a secret lab beneath their home, brings them out into the world.
- CreatorMichael SeitzmanStarsJosh HollowayMeghan OryJohn BillingsleyA high-tech intelligence operative, enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain, aids an elite government cyber-security agency in special missions.
- CreatorCraig SweenyStarsJake McDormanJennifer CarpenterHill HarperAn average 28-year-old man who gains the ability to use the full extent of his brain's capabilities is hired by the F.B.I. as a consultant.
- CreatorTim KringStarsJack ColemanZachary LeviRobbie KayA year ago, a terrorist attack in Odessa, Texas left the city decimated. Blamed for the tragic event, those with extraordinary abilities are in hiding or on the run from those with nefarious motives.
- StarsAislinn PaulHenry ZebrowskiGreta OnieogouFive years after the public became aware of the existence of evolved humans - or "EVOs." Said public is not entirely supportive of these EVOs. In fact, few people fall into the middle ground.
- DirectorCorey AllenStarsScott BakulaEllen BryJoey CramerWhen a man is exposed to an alien gas, he acquires the ability to heal instantly and survive any injury or toxin.
- DirectorNicholas SgarroStarsBob NeillTim O'ConnorVic MorrowA man whose father was an alien from another planet inherits his father's supernatural powers. He is assigned to guard a beautiful Indian princess who is on a state visit to America.
- 1981–198346mTV-145.9 (126)TV EpisodeDirectorTony MordenteStarsWilliam KattRobert CulpConnie SelleccaThe aliens tell Ralph to find a suitable replacement for himself when his secret identity is revealed to the world. Much to Bill's disgust he selects a woman to be his successor.
- StarsG. BeaudinKevin CastroRobin Mary FlorenceTypical teenager Sam Collins (Matthew Lawrence) and his friends secretly fight virus monsters by transporting themselves into the computer.