The Incredible Hulk
originally aired on CBS
The Incredible Hulk is an American television series based on the Marvel Comics character the Hulk. The series aired on the CBS television network and starred Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner, a widowed physician and scientist who is presumed dead. Banner's anger triggers his transformation into a 7-foot-1-inch-tall (2.16m), 330-pound (150kg) green skinned, superhumanly strong creature. Banner travels across the United States under assumed names and finds himself in positions where he helps others in need.
David Banner, M.D., is a physician and scientist employed at California's Culver Institute, who is traumatized by the car accident that killed his wife, Laura. Banner and his research partner, Dr. Elaina Marks, study people who were able to summon superhuman strength during moments of extreme stress. Banner hypothesizes that high levels of gamma radiation from sunspots contributed to the subjects' increase in strength. Banner's anger triggers his transformation into a 7-foot-tall (2.1m), 330-pound (150kg) green skinned, superhumanly strong creature.