Editing Man from Atlantis (section)

==International releases==
''Man from Atlantis'' was the first American television series to be shown in the [[People's Republic of China]] in 1980, with the title translated to ''"The Man from the Bottom of the Atlantic"''.<ref name="china"/> It was at the time when the "[[Gang of Four]]" lost power to [[Deng Xiaoping]], and science research began to get attention, along with economic development. The impact of the series in China was so high that, around the time it started airing, the start time of a concert of a foreign pianist had to be changed. The series aired on Saturday nights; its novelty came at a time when much of television in China was dominated by propaganda.<ref>{{cite web |date=24 March 1980 |title=Man from Atlantis takes China by storm |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19800324-1.2.23.6 |access-date=30 August 2023 |website=The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB)}}</ref> In 2014 academic Nick Stember wrote that multiple people from China who had their childhoods and/or adolescences in the 1980s "still remember [the series] with fondness."<ref name=Stember/>

In [[Brazil]] it was named ''O Homem do Fundo do Mar'' (''The Man from the Bottom of the Sea'' in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]). In [[Portugal]], the title was a direct translation of the original, ''O Homem da Atlântida'', being screened on [[RTP1]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |title=RTP na idade da cor|url=https://museu.rtp.pt/livro/50Anos/Livro/DecadaDe80/RTPNaIdadeDaCor/Pag14/default.htm |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=RTP |date=2007}}</ref> In [[Kuwait]], it was released in the early 1980s in English with [[Arabic]] subtitles. In the [[Netherlands]], the series was broadcast by [[TROS]] broadcasting association, from June 15, 1978 until September 5, 1980. In [[Germany]], the series was broadcast by [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] from 1982 to 1983 and in 1988 by [[RTL plus]] with the title translated to ''Der Mann aus Atlantis''. The show preserved its name in [[France]] as well, where it aired as ''L'Homme de l'Atlantide''. In Turkey, the series also preserved its name and was broadcast as ''Atlantis'ten Gelen Adam''. It was also shown on [[SABC]] in [[South Africa]] in 1979, with the original title.

In the [[United Kingdom]], ''Man from Atlantis'' was shown, in most regions, in an early Saturday evening slot on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] starting 24 September 1977. After airing the four television movies, the series was shown at an earlier time from 5 November 1977, opposite the [[BBC]]'s long-running sci-fi series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', which was then in its 15th season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Day Lewis |first1=Sean |title=Saturday Television and Radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/750606842/ |access-date=13 January 2023 |work=The Daily Telegraph |page=28 |date=5 November 1977}}</ref> Although ''Man from Atlantis'' had not been a ratings/audience-share or demographic success in the US, the series actually beat ''Doctor Who'' during its transmission in the UK (this happened again in 1980–81 when ITV screened ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' against ''Doctor Who''). In [[Italy]], the series was one of the early successes of the then interregional network Telemilano, future [[Canale 5]], that began to air the series on February 11, 1980 under the name ''L'Uomo di Atlantide''. The first TV-film, ''Man from Atlantis'', was released on video in [[Norway]] in the 1980s. In [[Israel]], ''HaIsh MeAtlantis'' (a literal translation of the English title) was shown on [[Channel 1 (Israel)|Channel 1]], the only channel in Israel at that time.