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Get clued in to these spy legends
By Robert Bianco, USA TODAY
The Bourne Ultimatum and TNT's fact-and-fiction miniseries The Company arrive this weekend. But over the years, TV viewers have preferred their spy series with a healthy dose of fantasy. Robert Bianco's historical spy-lights:
Casino Royale
(CBS, 1954). James Bond's dramatic debut was not on the big screen but in this episode of the anthology series Climax! Barry Nelson played an Americanized "Jimmy" Bond, outsmarting Peter Lorre's Le Chiffre.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
(NBC, 1964-68). TV's spy fling began in earnest with this tongue-in-cheek, guest-star-heavy adventure starring Robert Vaughn and David McCallum as two agents battling the evil criminal organization THRUSH. NBC later launched a spinoff, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., but by then, the joke was over.
Secret Agent
(CBS, 1965-66). The far-more-serious British series Danger Man ran here as Secret Agent, starring Patrick McGoohan, who gained spy/conspiracy immortality in CBS' 1968-69 follow-up-of-sorts, The Prisoner. Secret Agent was not a great show, but boy, what a great theme song.
I Spy
(NBC, 1965-68). Despite the title, the spying didn't matter much. What mattered was the comic, historic interplay between stars Robert Culp and Bill Cosby — the first black man to star in a dramatic series.
Get Smart
(NBC, 1965-69; CBS, 1969-70). Don Adams and Barbara Feldon were Max and Agent 99 in this Mel Brooks spy spoof that gave birth to a thousand catchphrases and gimmicks. Shoe phones. Cones of silence. "Sorry about that, Chief." A true comic classic — and soon to be a movie starring Steve Carell.
Mission: Impossible
(CBS, 1966-73). The most successful spy series of them all followed a band of super-secret agents as they conned bad guys around the world. It launched an '80s TV remake, a string of successful films and a thousand imitators.
It Takes a Thief
(ABC, 1968-70). Robert Wagner was the thief in this entertaining, lighthearted twist on Mission: Impossible. He stole, but only when the government told him to.
Alias
(ABC, 2001-06). The genre was reborn in this complex, robustly entertaining fantasy from J.J. Abrams, who later directed one of the Mission films. Jennifer Garner was the multi-costumed young agent who never quite knew whom to trust or what to wear.
The Agency
(CBS, 2001-03). Like The Company, The Agency tried to take a more serious look at the workings of the CIA. Viewers were not in the mood for serious spies, and the show failed.