Billy: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Billy was a CBS comedy series centering on a young man's wildly incredible fantasy world. There is nothing that is too far-fetched for Billy. He dreams of dating Suzanne Somers, being a sports hero like Larry Czonka and being the network boss of Don Adams. He can be a wealthy brat one minute and a howling disc jockey the next. "That's the beauty of the show. He can fantasize about anything and the magic of television is that it can happen. The fantasy pretense is not so hard to believe because everyone fantasizes to some degree especially when things aren't going right", Steve Guttenberg said. The series was based on Tom Courteney's turn-of-the-century British play "Billy Liar", which was later turned into an American musical by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. The writing team were also involved in the series.

Series details

• Title: Billy
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1979-02-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 1979-04-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 42079
• IMDb ID: tt0078573
• TVDB ID: 73422

Cast and credited roles

• Steve Guttenberg — Billy Fisher
• James Gallery — George Fisher
• Peggy Pope — Alice Fisher
• Paula Trueman — Gran
• Michael Alaimo — Norval Shadrack
• Bruce Talkington — Arthur Milliken

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1979-02-26; final listed air date 1979-04-28; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from Billy on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.