Ark II

Ark II

1976
Ark II
Ark II

Ark II

6.9 | en | Sci-Fi

Ark II is an American live-action science fiction series, aimed at children, that aired on CBS, beginning in 1976, as part of its Saturday morning line-up. Only 15 half-hour episodes of Ark II were ever produced; however, these episodes were re-run by the CBS television network for several years.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP15  Orkus
Dec. 18,1976
Orkus

When the Ark crew comes across a community where people seemingly live forever, Ruth and Adam begin aging rapidly.

EP14  Don Quixote
Dec. 11,1976
Don Quixote

The Ark is attacked by a man calling himself Don Quixote who believes the Ark is a ""white dragon"" he must slay.

EP13  The Balloon
Dec. 04,1976
The Balloon

The Ark II crew helps a community who is battling a mysterious epidemic.

EP12  The Mind Group
Nov. 27,1976
The Mind Group

The Ark crew meet a group of children with mysterious mental powers.

EP11  The Lottery
Nov. 20,1976
The Lottery

The Ark II crew aids a rich community which face a shortage of food and water after squandering their resources.

EP10  The Drought
Nov. 13,1976
The Drought

During a drought, Fagin and his band of scavengers called the Flies, return and capture the Ark looking for a 20th century device they believe can make it rain.

EP9  Robin Hood
Nov. 06,1976
Robin Hood

A boy who does not like the way his fellow villagers are being treated, tries to help them by joining the crusade of a character calling himself Robin Hood.

EP8  The Rule
Oct. 30,1976
The Rule

The Ark II crew encounters a settlement which exiles it's sick and elderly as useless because they are deemed unable to contribute.

EP7  The Cryogenic Man
Oct. 23,1976
The Cryogenic Man

When an old time capsule containing a cryogenically frozen man is opened, the man awakens determined to rebuild his financial empire.

EP6  The Tank
Oct. 16,1976
The Tank

The crew of Ark II must stop an old army tank that is reeking havoc in the region.

EP5  Omega
Oct. 09,1976
Omega

Jonah risks his life to save Samuel after Samuel is taken over by a computer with the ability to control minds.

EP4  The Robot
Oct. 02,1976
The Robot

When Samuel builds a robot to help the Ark II crew with their mission, the robot starts acting on it's own ideas.

EP3  The Wild Boy
Sep. 25,1976
The Wild Boy

The crew of Ark II must save a wild boy who is being hunted like an animal by local tribes.

EP2  The Slaves
Sep. 18,1976
The Slaves

After finding a group of people who believe in slavery, Jonah is captured and himself enslaved. Then it is up to Ruth, Samuel and Adam to free them and expose the leader as a fraud.

EP1  The Flies
Sep. 11,1976
The Flies

When a group of children scavengers known as the Flies obtain some toxic canisters, Ark II must recover and dispose of them.

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Released: 1976-09-11 | Released Producted By: Filmation Associates , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Ark II is an American live-action science fiction series, aimed at children, that aired on CBS, beginning in 1976, as part of its Saturday morning line-up. Only 15 half-hour episodes of Ark II were ever produced; however, these episodes were re-run by the CBS television network for several years.

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Lou Scheimer , Helen Hunt

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StuOz The world as we know it has come to an end and two duds, a young woman and a talking chimp are in a fancy space age bus attempting to re- start the human race.I watched all 15 episodes as a child in the 1970s and I re-watched all 15 episodes in 2014 (on YouTube). Made by the makers of Shazam! (1974), I still like this show after all these years.I almost view Ark II as a sister show to Shazam! as both shows deal with a large vehicle, with two or three people inside, driving around helping people in need. However, Shazam! is set in the 1970s and Ark II is set in earth's distant future.If you are a fan of the Planet Of The Apes TV series (1974), Star Trek (1966) and Lost In Space (1965) you will get a blast out of Ark II as the series has cross overs to those shows.Both Shazam! and Ark II also have very good music scores playing over the shows that are so good you end up playing the scores in your head days after watching the episodes.It is too bad Ark II has only 15 short 23 minute episodes as after watching the whole series back to back...the whole thing sort of comes and goes too fast.Also, during the whole 15 episodes we never find out anything about the three leads as they never make much small talk, they never talk much about earth's past, they never fall in love, they just follow the storyline of the scripts and never make personal comments. This is not a bad thing as many shows these days have too much characterization but this does give Ark II an empty feeling after watching the whole series.Ark II might not be perfect and the opening episode with Jonathan Harris is rather poor and empty, but the series has some treasures. My favourite episode is called - The Tank - which involves a lad driving around the countryside in a not so deadly tank.
powersroc This Saturday morning TV series was set in the 25th century of earth.The world has been ravaged by wars & ecological pollution.One group of survivors who were technologically superior wanted to help out the rest of humanity.An immense vehicle called Ark II was constructed to go out into the world with a highly trained team & bring aid,comfort,& education to those less fortunate.Critics have found this show moralistic,preachy,& cornball.It could be those things at times,but I'm a sucker for a show that is about helping other people with no hidden agenda by the good guys.The Ark II group risked their lives each week in a world that could be hostile & unknown.They carried no weapons,tho they had hand held devices that could temporarily blind an opponent.As with many Sat a.m. series we were saddled with a kid sidekick & an animal,Adam the chimp.Neither a plus to the show.The Ark was futuristic & formidable looking,with hi-tech labs & gadgetry onboard.They also had use of a jet-pack.There was plenty of location filming that gave the series a sense of really being out in the world.It was not a perfect show & did not have the mature scripts we would come to see on such later Sat morning shows as Captain Power & Hypernauts.But it was a series that said there is both good & evil within mankind,here was a community that wanted to perform positive,humane works to benefit others.It spoke to our nobler nature,instead of being just another action/adventure program with little thought behind it.Can we ever have too many of these kind of shows?
Chowdah I loved this show when I was a kid. Basically the premise was a group of scientists were driving around in the land rover vehicle from "Damnation Alley"(repainted white). They fended off bad guys and post apocalyptic disasters while helping people rebuild after a nuclear holocaust (at least I think it was nuclear).This show had to have been the inspiration for the Role Playing Game "The Morrow Project", which basically used the same premise.Filmation Trivia: This was one of many live action Saturday Morning TV shows put out by Filmation in the late 70s. Filmation made a name for itself by making both filmed and animated kid shows. Some of their more famous filmed shows included: Captain Marvel, Isis, Run Joe Run, Space Academy (whose spiffy Star Trek the Motion Picture like costumes were recycled from Ark II) and its spinoff, Jason of Star Command. Filmation is probably most famous for their He-Man & the Masters of the Universe cartoon from the 80s.
robert2507 This is a great 70's classic that everyone should have seen when they were growing up at that time. If you like futuristic movies, you will love this. Kind of like "Earth 2" and "Damnation Alley".