It's a Living: Story, Cast and Series Facts
It's a Living (1980): Comedy. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
It's a Living takes place at a posh restaurant, Above the Top which is located on the top floor of a California high rise hotel. This series originally began in October of 1980 on ABC and ran for one season. ABC must have had faith in the show for it returned the following season under a new title, Making a Living. After that everyone thought they had seen the last of it, but in 1985, It's a Living restarted production for an additional four seasons which ran in syndication. The stories revolved around the waitresses (who've included: Lois, Jan, Dot, Cassie, Vicki, Maggie, Amy and Ginger) their boss and hostess, Nancy, and the piano man Sonny.
Series details
- Title: It's a Living
- Format: Scripted
- Language: English
- Genres: Comedy
- Premiere date: 1980-10-30
- Final broadcast date listed: 1989-04-08
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: Syndication
- Network country: United States
- Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 7637
- TVDB ID: 77103
Cast and credited roles
- Gail Edwards — Dot Higgins
- Barrie Youngfellow — Jan Hoffmeyer Gray
- Paul Kreppel — Sonny Mann
- Marian Mercer — Nancy Beebe
- Crystal Bernard — Amy Tompkins
- Richard Stahl — Howard Miller
- Sheryl Lee Ralph — Ginger St. James
- Ann Jillian — Cassie Cranston
- Louise Lasser — Maggie McBurney
- Susan Sullivan — Lois Adams
- Wendy Schaal — Vicki Allen
- Earl Boen — Dennis Hubner
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 1980-10-30; final listed air date 1981-08-04.
- Season 2: premiered 1981-10-24; final listed air date 1982-06-11.
- Season 3: premiered 1985-09-28; final listed air date 1986-05-24.
- Season 4: premiered 1986-09-27; final listed air date 1987-05-23.
- Season 5: premiered 1987-09-26; final listed air date 1988-05-28.
- Season 6: premiered 1988-10-15; final listed air date 1989-04-08.
Source and licence
Adapted from It's a Living 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.
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