Search The NBC TV Show 1973 Search was an science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. The show only ran for 23 episodes, not including the two-hour pilot film originally titled Probe. The show was created by Leslie Stevens ( The Outer Limits (1963–1965) and Stoney Burke (1962–63)) and produced by Stevens, Robert Justman, John Strong and Anthony Spinner. The high concept was described as "science fiction in today's world" and the e