Two of the most beloved heroines of 1960s and 1970s television are coming back to weekday afternoons. FETV announced on October 6 that I Dream of Jeannie and The Bionic Woman will join its daytime lineup on Monday, November 2. Parade and TV News Check both reported the news.
I Dream of Jeannie will air at 2 p.m. Eastern. The Bionic Woman follows at 3:10 p.m. Eastern. According to the network, both shows will run uncut.
Barbara Eden’s ‘I Dream Of Jeannie’ Magic
I Dream of Jeannie premiered on NBC in 1965 and ran for five seasons and 139 episodes. Barbara Eden starred as the bottle-bound genie who blinked her way into trouble. Larry Hagman played astronaut Tony Nelson, the master who could never quite keep her a secret.
Eden turned 95 on August 23. She is still meeting fans and is booked for the Hollywood Show in Burbank on October 23, according to Remind Magazine and Roster Con. She has also been sharing memories lately, including the story of how she gave Pat Boone his first kiss outside his marriage.
‘The Bionic Woman’ Returns
The Bionic Woman premiered in 1976 as a spinoff of The Six Million Dollar Man. Lindsay Wagner played Jaime Sommers, the tennis pro rebuilt with bionic parts after a skydiving accident. The role won Wagner an Emmy for lead actress in a drama. She was born on June 22, 1949, and is now 77.
For viewers who once raced home from school to catch reruns, the timing feels familiar. A genie at two and a bionic agent after that sounds like the perfect afternoon all over again.
Both Classic Shows Had Surprising Beginnings
Fans revisiting I Dream of Jeannie may notice something different about its earliest episodes. The entire first season was filmed in black and white, even though color television was becoming increasingly popular. Barbara Eden revealed to People in 2025 that the decision was partly financial, as producers were concerned about production costs while she was pregnant.
Eden filmed the first 13 episodes while expecting her son, Matthew, who was born in August 1965. Beginning with the second season, Jeannie’s magical adventures were presented in full color.
The Bionic Woman had its own unusual television history. After two successful seasons on ABC, the network canceled the series in 1977, only for NBC to rescue it for a third and final season. Interestingly, ABC also canceled Wonder Woman that year, and CBS subsequently picked up the Lynda Carter series. That meant two of television’s best-known female action heroes found new homes at rival networks in the same season. Nearly five decades later, Jaime Sommers is getting another chance to demonstrate her extraordinary abilities to weekday audiences.
