The powers that be decided to change Buck Rogers into something it was not. They changed the whole premise from an earth base to a traveling space ship plot. It may have worked had they had a better cast and writers, but they did not. The first year they stood apart from Star Trek, the second year they came across as a wanna be.
That could be forgiven had it not been for them getting rid of Mel Blanc. The replacement came across as a poor imitation. Then they introduced a supposedly more advanced robot, Crichton, that was obviously less technologically advanced. They wrote in that this robot also felt superior to humans. Possibly, this was supposed to be a joke, it did not work.
This all combined to ruin the second year and the actors in interviews years later acknowledged that they felt the second year was not very good.
I enjoyed the series over all both years back then. Today, it was very painful to watch the second year.
That could be forgiven had it not been for them getting rid of Mel Blanc. The replacement came across as a poor imitation. Then they introduced a supposedly more advanced robot, Crichton, that was obviously less technologically advanced. They wrote in that this robot also felt superior to humans. Possibly, this was supposed to be a joke, it did not work.
This all combined to ruin the second year and the actors in interviews years later acknowledged that they felt the second year was not very good.
I enjoyed the series over all both years back then. Today, it was very painful to watch the second year.