Only three villains from the original comic books made their way to the TV show.
The Wonder Woman TV series took a pretty marked departure from the comic book lore. Despite airing for several seasons the Wonder Woman show would only pull in three villains from the comic books: Baroness Paula Von Gunther, Morgana, and Fausta Grabels. Every other major villain was ignored.
Lynda Carter was up against an eye popping amount of candidates for Wonder Woman.
Hollywood is notoriously rough and things get especially tough when a major character like Wonder Woman is being cast. Apparently over 2,000 actresses auditioned for the part of Wonder Woman. We listed some of the bigger names above. Linda Carter was lucky and talented enough to win the part. Never tell her the odds, right?