In addition to infomercials, a local cable channel has been airing TV shows from the 50's, 60's and 70's. I was pleased to see Honey West in rotation in the early morning weekend hours.
Honey West lasted for only one season 1965 - 1966. By 1965, James Bond had appeared in four films and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was in its second season. Honey West was one of the first detective/spy shows starring a woman.
I loved Honey West. When my cousin Cindy and I placed spy (I think we called it U.N.C.L.E.) I was Honey West.
Honey was revolutionary. The other action shows had male leads who had to rescue the hapless female guest stars. Any time a woman was chased, she inevitably fell and twisted. sprained or broke her ankle--leaving her helpless in the face of danger--until our hero saved the day.
Honey changed all that. She was as beautiful and sexy as the hapless guest stars, but more importantly, she was smart and had a black belt in judo. She could take care of herself. Take that sexist TV trope: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwistedAnkle
Honey was soon eclipsed by Emma Peel of The Avengers which premiered in the US in 1966. I have to admit that Emma was cooler and more bad-ass than Honey and The Avengers was a better show.
But Honey was my first and I'll never forget her.
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