Automan
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Automan is a U.S. television series produced by Glen A. Larson. It ran for only 13 episodes on ABC in 1983.
Premise
Automan is about police officer and computer programmer Walter Nebicher (Desi Arnaz, Jr.), who creates an "automatic man" (Chuck Wagner) able to leave the computer and solve crimes. Automan has a sidekick named Cursor, which can generate a car, plane, or helicopter, all of which can defy the laws of physics. Automan and Cursor are only able to become corporeal at night, due to needing a large amount of power to run. The show also stars Heather McNair and Robert Lansing.
The series is loosely, and unofficially, based on the ground-breaking 1982 film Tron.