The Greatest American Hero

The Greatest American Hero (1981)


  • Genre: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Crime
  • Creator: Stephen J. Cannell
  • First Air Date: 1981-03-18
  • Last Air Date: 1983-03-03
  • Total Seasons: 3
  • Total Episodes: 43
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 60 min.
  • Networks: ABC
star 7.252/10
From 103 Ratings

Summary

The chronicles of  teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.

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The Greatest American Hero Seasons

Season 0

First Air Date:
10 Episodes

Season 1

First Air Date: 1981-03-18
8 Episodes

Season 2

First Air Date: 1981-11-04
22 Episodes

Season 3

First Air Date: 1982-10-29
13 Episodes

The Greatest American Hero Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1The Greatest American Hero (1)45 min
Season 1Episode 2The Greatest American Hero (2)45 min
Season 1Episode 3The Hit Car45 min
Season 1Episode 4Here's Looking at You Kid45 min
Season 1Episode 5Saturday on Sunset Boulevard45 min
Season 1Episode 6Reseda Rose45 min
Season 1Episode 7My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys45 min
Season 1Episode 8Fire Man45 min
Season 1Episode 9The Best Desk Scenario45 min
Season 2Episode 1The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball45 min
Season 2Episode 2Operation Spoil Sport45 min
Season 2Episode 3Don't Mess Around with Jim45 min
Season 2Episode 4Hog Wild45 min
Season 2Episode 5Classical Gas45 min
Season 2Episode 6The Beast in Black45 min
Season 2Episode 7The Lost Diablo45 min
Season 2Episode 8Plague45 min
Season 2Episode 9A Train of Thought45 min
Season 2Episode 10Now You See It...45 min
Season 2Episode 11The Hand-Painted Thai45 min
Season 2Episode 12Just Another Three Ring Circus45 min
Season 2Episode 13The Shock Will Kill You45 min
Season 2Episode 14A Chicken in Every Plot45 min
Season 2Episode 15The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea45 min
Season 2Episode 16It's All Downhill from Here45 min
Season 2Episode 17Dreams45 min
Season 2Episode 18There's Just No Accounting...45 min
Season 2Episode 19The Good Samaritan45 min
Season 2Episode 20Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory45 min
Season 2Episode 21Who's Woo in America45 min
Season 2Episode 22Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell45 min
Season 3Episode 1Divorce Venusian Style45 min
Season 3Episode 2The Price is Right45 min
Season 3Episode 3This is the One the Suit Was Meant For45 min
Season 3Episode 4The Resurrection of Carlini45 min
Season 3Episode 5The Newlywed Game45 min
Season 3Episode 6Heaven is in Your Genes45 min
Season 3Episode 7Live at Eleven45 min
Season 3Episode 8Space Ranger45 min
Season 3Episode 9Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo45 min
Season 3Episode 10Wizards and Warlocks45 min
Season 3Episode 11It's Only Rock and Roll45 min
Season 3Episode 12Desperado45 min
Season 3Episode 13Vanity, Says the Preacher45 min
Season 3Episode 14The Greatest American Heroine45 min

  • William Katt

    as Ralph Hinkley

  • Robert Culp

    as Bill Maxwell

  • Connie Sellecca

    as Pam Davidson

  • Faye Grant

    as Rhonda Blake

  • Michael Paré

    as Tony Villicana

  • Jesse D. Goins

    as Cyler Johnson

  • Don Cervantes

    as Paco Rodriguez
Production Stephen J. Cannell Producer

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