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The science fiction television drama series Bionic Woman was created by David Eick under David Eick Production and GEP productions for the NBC television group. The premiere season aired in fall of 2007. Based upon the novel � Cyborg which was written by Martin Caidin, bionic woman is a loose re-creation of the original television drama series of the same name which was written by Kenneth Johnson but depicted in a much more modern setting.
The show was also �executive produced� by David Eick, along with Jason Smilovic best known as the writer of �lucky number slevin� and Laeta Kalogridis best known as the executive producer of the 2009 block buster Avatar.
The entire story skirts around the life of a bartender named Jamie Sommers � played by Michelle Ryan who struggles to make a living in San Francisco, California and be surrogate mother to her high school aged teenager sister, Becca sommers � played by Lucy Kate Hale. Jamie iperation was performed by Will Anthros her boyfriend � played by Chris Bowers.
The operation results in modifications to her body with experimental bionic and prosthetic medical implants added to her anatomy including a bionic right ear, bionic legs, a bionic right arm, and a bionic eye. She is also equipped with �anthrocytes� which are nanomachines that aid her body to heal at faster rate than is humanly possible. Her implants give her augmented speed and strength; Jamie, while recovering from her operation is later recruited by the private governmental organization � Berkut Group, which funded and carried out her saving operation, as an operative. The audience follows Jamie�s twisted fate in her new life and her now altered relationships including that with her rebellious sister Becca.
In the fall of 2008, production on the television series halted due to the strike by the writers� guild of America, and as such NBC removed the show from its schedule in early April 2008. The series was then subsequently cancelled after low television ratings. The series received an undecided reception from critics, with many wishing that the subsequent episodes were as good as the pilot it self.
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