Manimal

Biography

Manimal is an American television series consisting of one 90-minute pilot and seven 45-minute episodes, created by Glen A. Larson and Donald R. Boyle and broadcast between September 30 and December 17, 1983 on the NBC network. In France, the series was broadcast from June 26 to August 9, 1985 on FR3. Reruns in La Une est à vous from March 5, 1988 to February 24, 1990 on TF1, then returning from April 1992 to August 1993 in À nous La Cinq on La Cinq and other programs until March 1992, then also from 1993 to 1994 on France 3 and from 1994 to 1996 on Monté-Carlo TMC. In Le mardi c'est permis from July 16, 1996 to August 6, 1996, and from February 15, 1997 to December 29, 1999 on M6 and from September 2000 on France 3. The series' short life is explained by its broadcast opposite Dallas on CBS and fairly harsh criticism from the specialized press.