<Tr> <Th> Picture format </Th> <Td> Color </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> September 9, 1966 (1966 - 09 - 09)--March 17, 1967 (1967 - 03 - 17) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Green Hornet is a television series on the ABC US television network that aired for the 1966--1967 TV season starring Van Williams as the Green Hornet / Britt Reid and Bruce Lee as Kato . </P> <P> The single - season series premiered September 9, 1966, and ran through March 17, 1967, lasting 26 episodes; ABC repeated the series after its cancellation by the network, until July 14, 1967, when The Green Hornet had its last broadcast on network television . </P>

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