with a star like Robert Culp, older viewers may have given it a chance, along with younger viewers who were the main fans of the genre. I think a possible answer may have been to include a series like "Spectre" as part of a rotating "Mystery Movie" type of show along with some more standard detective /thriller series. Sam Smith performed the Title Theme Tune, 'Writing's on the Wall. The film was released on October 26, 2015, in the UK, November 6 in the US. In addition, "Star Trek" itself was still at that time considered a relative failure despite the beginnings of its resurgence. Spectre is the twenty-fourth film in the Eon Productions James Bond series, the fourth outing for Daniel Craig, the second film in the series to be directed by Sam Mendes and the direct sequel to Skyfall. The failure of ABC's "Night Stalker" and "The Sixth Sense" also didn't help. I believe it was a concern about not having enough plots to sustain a weekly series, expensive location shooting and f/x, and a continuing lack of support for the genre led to their demise. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. This was later redone as "Planet Earth" on ABC, which also aired "Baffled!" with Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy as a clairvoyant race car driver(!). A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. Daniel Craig returns for a fourth round as James Bond in this exciting yarn, which sees him investigating the nefarious organization SPECTRE (despite being 007s longtime foes, this is the groups. CBS had another of Gene's creations,"Genesis II". Renowned criminologist and occult investigator, William Sebastian recruits his old friend, Dr. Stefan Zurcher began looking for appropriate locations in Switzerland, Austria, Italy and France, 12 months before shooting commenced. With Robert Culp, Gig Young, John Hurt, Gordon Jackson. It was also the first time Aston Martin and the Bond production team collaborated on creating a new car designed specifically for the film with the DB10. "The Questor Tapes" was a Gene Roddenberry concept. Spectre marked the first time Bond has filmed in Rome, Italy. NBC had this film, and also "The Norliss Tapes" with Roy Thinnes. the 1970's saw a lot of supernatural/sci-fi themed TV movies which were obviously intended as series pilots. Concerning the question of why "Spectre" did not become a series, i would like to give my 2 cents.
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