What Might've Been: Bring 'em Back Alive (1982)

 Big game hunter Frank Buck was a big star in the 30's. He adapted his own memoir into a feature film, the first in a series. So it made sense nearly 50 years later that his exploits would be adapted for a new generation.

Bring 'em Back Alive was another victim of poor network scheduling. CBS placed it on Tuesdays in 1982, opposite Happy Days & Laverne & Shirley. NBC would enter the fray in the winter with The A-Team, and that finished Alive.

Bruce Boxleitner (ex-How The West Was Won) was cast as Buck. Film star Ron O'Neal ("Super Fly"), Clyde Kusatsu, & Cindy Morgan co-starred. Kusatsu, in particular, had a successful career as a character actor in television, even dabbling in comedy (Family Matters) during his career.

Let's take a look at a sample.

Boxleitner was part of a production company attached to the series. He would rebound a couple of years later with Scarecrow & Mrs. King, also for CBS.

My folks watched the show. I didn't. I would say they liked it, only to move off to The A-Team in January. Rating: B.