Press coverage of the series was mostly promotional fluff, regurgitating (and sometimes garbling) ITC publicity. This selection presents some of the more interesting pieces.
See also: Art In Print section (illustrated articles)
1973 Press | Early press reports from 1973 |
Broadcasting magazine | US trade magazine, coverage from 1973 |
Pittsburgh | by Win Fanning Press in Pittsburgh, US, 21 March 1975 |
Hopes high for new space series | by Bill Musselwhite Preview from Calgary, 1 April 1975 |
Son of Star Trek |
by Richard K Shull Indianapolis News - 19 April 1975 |
New sci fi series |
by John N Goudas syndicated news report, 4 May 1975 |
Something new for space fanatics | by Jay Sharbutt US syndicated news report, 29 May 1975 |
Space 1999 Gamble | by Robert Musel US syndicated news report, 23 July 1975 |
Press in Toledo | Press from 24 July 1975 and later |
Space Gives Webs Big Sci-Defy Scare | Variety, 30 July 1975 |
British Threat | by Bob Thomas US syndicated news report, 12 August 1975 |
Mission Stars | by Kenneth Stoffels Milwaukee Sentinel, 15 August 1975 |
New sci-fi series to debut on WLWI | Anderson Herald Bulletin, Indiana, 23 August 1975 |
Space 1999 previews unisex world | St Petersburg Times, Florida, 1975 |
A lavish blast-off into Space: 1999 |
by Tom Shales Washington Post - August 29, 1975, pp. B1, B16 |
Stars Excited About Space Series | by Jerry Renninger Palm Beach Post, 30 August 1975 |
Spacing out the networks | Time Magazine, September 1, 1975, page 26. |
A big one the networks ignored | New York newspaper, September 1975 |
An outer space answer to Earthquake | by Jay Sharbutt US syndicated news report, 3 September 1975 |
Space: 1999 Worth the Cost? | by Perry Fulkerson St Petersburg Evening Telegraph, 5 September 1975 |
Fasten your seat belts! | by Terence O'Flaherty San Francisco Chronicle - Friday, 5 September, 1975 |
Story line? We'll see | by Sherry Woods, Jack Anderson Miami News, Miami Herald, 13 August/ 11 September, 1975 |
Space 1999 May Fill A Void | by John Hanauer US syndicated news report, 18 September, 1975 |
Lavish Visual Effects in 'Space: 1999' Series | by John J. O'Connor New York Times, 19 September, 1975 |
Sci Fi Fans Await New Series, 'Space 1999' | by Dick Kleiner US syndicated news report, 22 September, 1975 |
Philadelphia interviews | Philadelphia Bulletin and Philadelphia Inquirer, September- October, 1975 |
For sci-fi fans | by Lee Winfrey US syndicated news report, October, 1975 |
Barbara Bain interview | Lubbock Avalanche Journal, 5 October, 1975 |
TV Enters the Space Age | The Cleveland Press, 31 October, 1975 |
Space: 1999 Proves Big Competition to Networks | by Lee Margulies US syndicated news report, 30 November, 1975 |
TV Guide | Various Space: 1999 articles from TV Guide |
Spaced out | by Harry F. Waters Newsweek, October 20, 1975 |
Space: 1999 is a 1976 smash for Landau, Bain | by Lee Winfrey Chicago Tribune, Tuesday, October 21, 1975 |
Sailing along on a moon-base way | by Benjamin Stein Wall Street Journal - November 7, 1975, p. 16 |
New Space: 1999 is disappointing | by Richard K. Shull Indianapolis News - 20 December 1975 |
Taking A Ride on the Moon | Landau-Bain profile by Sherry Romeo Unidentified 1975 article p48-49 |
Son Of Star Trek Blasts Off | Account of a visit to the SFX studio. 1975 |
Landau and Bain put some space between them | Midnight - 1975 |