Steampunk television series

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Chapters: The Flintstones, Doctor Snuggles, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., The Wild Wild West, Tin Man, Sherlock Hound, Sonic Underground, Ciné si, Riese: Kingdom Falling, Future Boy Conan, Legend, The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra, Jack of All Trades, The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, The Insensitive Princess, Q.E.D.. Excerpt: The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., often referred to as just Brisco or Brisco County, is an American western television series created by Jeffrey Boam and Carlton Cuse, which ran for 27 episodes on the Fox network starting in the Fall 1993 season. Bruce Campbell played the title character, a Harvard-educated lawyer-turned-bounty hunter, who is hired by a group of wealthy industrialists to track and capture John Bly and his gang. Brisco is joined by a colorful group of supporting characters, including Julius Carry as bounty hunter Lord Bowler and Christian Clemenson as stick-in-the-mud lawyer Socrates Poole. The series is set in 1893, and while ostensibly a western, it routinely includes elements of the science fiction and steampunk genres. A large number of episodes involve the mysterious Orb, a Macguffin which is possibly from the future or even outer space. Actor John Astin played Professor Wickwire, an inventor who provides Brisco assistance with anachronistic technology, such as diving suits, motorcycles, rockets, and airships. During its broadcast run, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. garnered a small but dedicated following and was well-received by critics. However, the show suffered from low ratings and was cancelled at the end of its first season. Carlton Cuse co-created The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. and served as the show's Executive Producer.Carlton Cuse worked with Jeffrey Boam writing the story and script for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. That movie brought Fox executive Bob Greenblatt to Boam and Cuse and he was enthusiastic about developing a television show. Greenblatt suggested a stylistic revival of the Saturday matinee movie serials, similar to what was done with the Indiana Jones films. Cuse started watching old serials and noticed that many fell into two genres: westerns and science fiction. This gave Boam and Cuse the idea to combine the genres together. They made a creative decision to emulate the style of the serials. Each