The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew TV Show first aired on January 31st, 1977, with the Hardy Boys episode: The Mystery of the Haunted House. The next week Nancy took over with The Mystery of Pirate's Cove. The same pattern would continue for almost two seasons. Halfway through the second season, Janet Louise Johnson took over for Pamela Sue Martin as Nancy, and she no longer appeared in separate episodes of her own. For the third, the show would be re-titled The Hardy Boys Mysteries, and Nancy disappeared completely.
Some of the episodes are actually good, many are completely corny, and chances are you'll laugh as least once, whether it's from Nancy flipping Frank (played by Parker Stevenson) or one of Joe's (played by Shaun Cassidy) lame jokes. Is it the best the portrayal of the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew? Probably not, though it depends on the person you talk to and which book series they're comparing it to.
See, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew TV Show is modeled after the casefile series. Obvious similarities are the Fancy (Frank Hardy plus Nancy Drew) theme leaked into the "supermystery" shows, the death of Joe's girlfriend in the first episode of the third season, and the agency that Frank and Joe start working for in season three. It's also got the general air of the casefiles, designed for a slightly older audience, and with too many moments that make our favorite sleuths sound like idiots.
It's an interesting edition to the collection, and I'd have to recommend it, though beware, you can't take it too seriously. At the very least it's fueled more discussions over Frank vs. Joe and Fancy vs. Jancy (Joe Hardy and Nancy Drew) than anything else out there. ^.^
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