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Mission: Impossible is an American espionage television series, financed and filmed by Desilu Productions, [1] that aired on CBS from September 1966 to March 1973 for 7 seasons. It was revived in 1988 for two seasons on ABC , and later inspired the series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise beginning in 1996.
Mission: Impossible is an American multimedia franchise based on a fictional secret espionage agency known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). The 1966 TV series ran for seven seasons and was revived in 1988 for two seasons.
The events of the series take place 15 years after the last season of the original Mission: Impossible TV series. After his protégé and successor as leader of the top-secret Impossible Missions Force is killed, Jim Phelps is called out of retirement and asked to form a new IMF team and track down the assassin.
The television series Mission: Impossible was created by Bruce Geller. The original series premiered on the CBS network in September 1966 and consisted of 171 one-hour episodes running over seven seasons before ending in March 1973. [1] A sequel ran from 1988 to 1990. This article lists both broadcast order and production order, which often ...
James "Jim" Phelps (portrayed by Peter Graves, in his Golden Globe-winning role in the first two series, and later by Jon Voight in the 1996 film) was the director of the Impossible Missions Force, or IMF, in seasons two through seven of the initial television series (1967-1973), and all of the second series, taking over the position from ...
Mission: Impossible is a series of American action spy films, based on the 1966 TV series created by Bruce Geller. The series is mainly produced by Tom Cruise , who plays Ethan Hunt , an agent of the Impossible Mission Force (IMF).
The 2015 film, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, uses a pastiche of this opening in homage to the pilot's tape scene, where the team leader enters an unusual shop (an oddities store in the pilot and a vintage record shop in the movie) and asks for an obscure record. It is also the only episode of the series written by creator Bruce Geller.
In an off-book mission, a mob boss who lost money and records as a result of the IMF operation of the sixth season episode "Casino" (S06/E21) holds Jim Phelps hostage for the purpose of using the team to steal a letter from a safe deposit box that can be used to convict him of murder.