Supertrain



comedy-dram] series, aired as a [[Midseason Replacemen] in 1979 by [[NB]. An attempt at emulating [[AB]'s success with [[The Love Boa], Supertrain [[Follow the Leader|was essentially the same show, with the Pacific Princess'' swapped out for the titular "Supertrain", [[Cool Train|a super-broad gauge, nuclear-powered bullet trai] that could cross the United States from coast to coast in 3 days.

The show was an abject disaster for NBC, which had produced the series by itself and spared no expense in building both the elaborate sets and the complex, fragile model trains (one of which crashed during production and had to be replaced at great cost). Worse yet, once the series premiered, viewers simply weren't interested; attempts to Retool the series by adding more suspense elements failed, and the series left the air in July 1979 after running only 5 months.

It's often been named the biggest flop in US television history, not just because of the derivative content, but because it also came so close to [[Creator Killer|taking NBC down with i]. It's never been released to syndication or home video, and this is unlikely to change anytime soon.


 * [[Bigger on the Insid]: Apparently.
 * [[Camp Ga]: The train's hairstylist, right down to the hairdryer belt holsters.
 * [[Cool Trai]: The main reason for the show's huge budget.
 * [[Dramed]
 * [[Follow the Leade]: A pretty shameless ripoff of [[The Love Boa].
 * [[Just Train Wron]: See above.
 * Precap: As appropriate for its era. Had the benefit of showcasing the numerous celebrity guest stars for each episode.
 * [[Strangers on a Train Plot Murde]: One episode featured a literal "Strangers on a Train" plot with [[Dick Van Dyk] as the psycho who suggests a murder swap with another passenger.
 * [[The Seventie]: The WHAT-ies? I can't hear you over the Disco Funk!
 * Shockingly enough.

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