Lost in Space is a science fiction TV series created and produced by Irwin Allen, filmed by 20th Century Fox Television, and broadcast on CBS. The show ran for three seasons, with 83 episodes airing between September 15, 1965, and March 6, 1968 . Their first TV season was filmed in black and white, but the rest were filmed in color. In 1998, a Lost in Space movie, based on the TV series, was released. Though the TV series concept centered on the Robinson family, many storylines focused primarily on Dr. Zachary Smith , originally an utterly evil would-be killer who became a sympathetic... anti-hero by the end of the first season, providing comic relief to the TV show . The first appearance of a space-faring Robinson family was in a comic book published by Gold Key Comics, The Space Family Robinson, December 1962. The TV series is an adaptation of the novel The Swiss Family Robinson. The astronaut family of Dr.
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| On the air: | September 15, 1965-March 6, 1968 |
| Number of seasons: | 3 |
| Network: | CBS |
| Producer: | Irwin Allen |
| Genre: | Science Fiction |