It's a Living (1980)
It's a Living is an American sitcom set in a restaurant at the top of the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. The show aired on ABC from October 30, 1980 until June 11, 1982. After the series was cancelled, new episodes aired in first-run syndication from September 28, 1985 to April 8, 1989. The series was created by Stu Silver, Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, and produced by Witt/Thomas Productions, later in association with Golden West Television and Lorimar-Telepictures.
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Episode 1 - The Roof Show
Release Date: 1986-09-27On a night when everyone wants to leave early, the majority of the staff systematically becomes trapped on the roof, leaving Amy, Nancy and Howard to deal with a mob of customers.
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Episode 2 - The Bar
Release Date: 1986-10-04Amy is feeling lonely so to pick up her spirits, the girls take her out to a singles bar. However, each one of the girls encounter a man who is far from Mr. Right.
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Episode 3 - The Reunion Show
Release Date: 1986-10-11Newly married Jan is set to attend her high school reunion and is thrilled that she will get to see her old boyfriend, one who still holds a torch for her and her for him. Meanwhile, Nancy tries a new trick to lure Howard home.
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Episode 4 - Surprise
Release Date: 1986-10-18Jan's birthday is coming up but Amy has not such a nice surprise for Jan, after she becomes convinced that Richie is having an affair with Ginger.
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Episode 5 - Nancy's Sister
Release Date: 1986-10-25Nancy is not to pleased with a visit from her sister, Gloria, and things don't improve when Nancy becomes convinced that Gloria is trying to take Howard away from her.
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Episode 6 - Night at the Iguana
Release Date: 1986-11-01After their car breaks down, while on a trip to Las Vegas, Sonny and the girls check into a hotel. A hotel that is run by a mysterious man and his unseen mother.
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Episode 7 - Family Feud
Release Date: 1986-11-08Divorcees are coming out of the wood work when Dot's mother and Jan's father come for a visit and hit it off.
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Episode 8 - The Dot and Howard Show
Release Date: 1986-11-15After going out one evening to a social event, Dot and Howard begin a series of dates that everyone becomes convinced that Dot and Howard's relationship has turned into something other then platonic.
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Episode 9 - Farewell, My Sonny
Release Date: 1986-11-22The hotel hosts a murder mystery but things turn surprisingly real when Sonny becomes the prime suspect in a murder.
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Episode 10 - Critic's Choice
Release Date: 1986-12-06A long time rival and food critic of Howard's visits the hotel which puts Howard's job and relationship with Nancy in jeopardy.
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Episode 11 - Richie's Sculpture
Release Date: 1986-12-20Richie's new sculpture is a smash success and agrees to let it be displayed in the restaurant. His success crumbles, however, when Jan allows the sculpture to be sold to a tourist, only later Jan learns it isn't his sculpture.
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Episode 12 - Sonny's Oil (a.k.a.) The Oil Show
Release Date: 1987-01-03Sonny strikes oil and with the help from a shady investor, tries to convince the girls to go in on an oil investment.
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Episode 13 - Nancy's Birthday Party
Release Date: 1987-01-10Nancy drops heavy hints about her upcoming birthday and expects a party to be thrown. Meanwhile, Jan and Richie fight and Sonny pleads to join Dot's car pool.
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Episode 14 - The Evictables
Release Date: 1987-01-17Thanks to Jan's advice, Ginger is evicted from her apartment after withholding the rent to force the landlord to repaint it. Ginger then moves in with Amy, who lives in a ""No Men Allowed"" apartment building, but Ginger's love-life soon conflicts with that rule.
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Episode 15 - Ginger's Baby
Release Date: 1987-01-24Ginger babysits for a friend who later strands Ginger with the baby who takes him to work. Meanwhile, Sonny car-sits for a friend, but picks up the wrong the wrong car, one that belongs to a gangster.
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Episode 16 - Bachelor Party
Release Date: 1987-01-31Howard's naive niece visits and begins dating Sonny. Something Howard is determind to put an end to.
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Episode 17 - Amy's Rusty
Release Date: 1987-02-07Amy feels guilty for being unwed so she decides to reunite with an old flame. Meanwhile, Dot sells skin care products.
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Episode 18 - Dot's Priest
Release Date: 1987-02-14Dot is slightly unnerved by an old boyfriend who's becoming a priest and is questioning his commitment.
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Episode 19 - The Dickie Doodle Show
Release Date: 1987-02-21Jan Murray plays a former children's show host whose fan club dinner clashes with Nancy's meeting with a vice president from the restaurant chain.
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Episode 20 - The Howie Show
Release Date: 1987-02-28South Pacific natives arrive to worship the person they consider a supreme being, Howard. Meanwhile, Nancy challenges the waitresses to a contest.
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Episode 21 - The Dot Quits Show
Release Date: 1987-03-07Dot quits to become a full-time unemployed actress. Meanwhile, Sonny writes a musical based on Attila the Hun and Ginger's footwear fetish spreads to Amy.
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Episode 22 - The Two Guys Show
Release Date: 1987-05-02Ginger weighs the merits of two boyfriends while Howard weighs offers from other restaurants.
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Episode 23 - A Romantic Comedy
Release Date: 1987-05-09A romantic evening alone in the hotel is anything but for Jan and Richie, who weather interruptions from the restaurant staff.
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Episode 24 - Manhandling
Release Date: 1987-05-16Fur flies after Ginger buys Jan's car and Amy asks Dot to act as a go-between with a handsome new employee.
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Episode 25 - Nancy's Shrink
Release Date: 1987-05-23Nancy reviews her relationships with her employees during a visit to her psychiatrist.