The Six Million Dollar Man
In 1975, a two-part episode entitled "The Bionic Woman", written for television by Kenneth Johnson, introduced the lead character Jaime Sommers (played by Lindsay Wagner), a professional tennis player who rekindled an old romance with Austin, only to experience a parachuting accident that resulted in her being given bionic parts similar to Austin. Ultimately, her body "rejected" her bionic hardware and she died. The character was very popular, however, and the following season it was revealed that she had actually survived, having been saved by an experimental cryogenic procedure, and she was given her own spin-off series, "The Bionic Woman". This spin-off ran until 1978 when both it and "The Six Million Dollar Man" were simultaneously cancelled, though the two series were on different networks when their final seasons aired.
The Bionic Woman
Two novels adapting various episodes were published to coincide with the series: "Welcome Home, Jaime" and "Extracurricular Activities", both by Eileen Lottman. The UK editions of these two books were credited to "Maud Willis" and were retitled "Double Identity" and "A Question of Life", respectively. Although the closing credits of every episode says the series was based upon Martin Caidin's 1972 novel, "Cyborg", this only refers to the bionics concept, the characters of Rudy Wells and Oscar Goldman, and the occasional appearance by Steve Austin; Jaime Sommers does not appear in any of Caidin's novels.