A special-ed teacher, an FBI agent, and a UFO? That's right, you've guessed it -- The Greatest American Hero. This show was first aired in 1981, and was both a comedy and a drama. A special "power suit" that only works on him is given to the teacher by the aliens, and he is paired up with the gumshoe FBI agent who keeps them both busy with his scenarios. The suit of "unearthly powers" gives the power of strength, flight, invisibilty, flames, telekenesis, vision of events without being there, pr…
A special-ed teacher, an FBI agent, and a UFO? That's right, you've guessed it -- The Greatest American Hero. This show was first aired in 1981, and was both a comedy and a drama. A special "power suit" that only works on him is given to the teacher by the aliens, and he is paired up with the gumshoe FBI agent who keeps them both busy with his scenarios. The suit of "unearthly powers" gives the power of strength, flight, invisibilty, flames, telekenesis, vision of events without being there, pr…
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Seasons (3)
Season 1
18 Mar 1981 – 6 May 1981 · 9 episodes
1The Greatest American Hero (1)18 Mar 1981
2The Greatest American Hero (2)18 Mar 1981
3The Hit Car25 Mar 1981
4Here's Looking at You Kid1 Apr 1981
5Saturday on Sunset Boulevard8 Apr 1981
6Reseda Rose15 Apr 1981
7My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys29 Apr 1981
8Fire Man6 May 1981
9The Best Desk Scenario6 May 1981
Season 2
4 Nov 1981 – 28 Apr 1982 · 22 episodes
1The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball4 Nov 1981
2Operation Spoil Sport11 Nov 1981
3Don't Mess Around with Jim18 Nov 1981
4Hog Wild25 Nov 1981
5Classical Gas2 Dec 1981
6The Beast in Black9 Dec 1981
7The Lost Diablo16 Dec 1981
8Plague6 Jan 1982
9A Train of Thought13 Jan 1982
10Now You See It...20 Jan 1982
11The Hand-Painted Thai27 Jan 1982
12Just Another Three Ring Circus3 Feb 1982
13The Shock Will Kill You10 Feb 1982
14A Chicken in Every Plot17 Feb 1982
15The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea24 Feb 1982
16It's All Downhill from Here3 Mar 1982
17Dreams17 Mar 1982
18There's Just No Accounting...24 Mar 1982
19The Good Samaritan31 Mar 1982
20Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory7 Apr 1982
21Who's Woo in America14 Apr 1982
22Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell28 Apr 1982
Season 3
29 Oct 1982 – 13 Feb 1986 · 14 episodes
1Divorce Venusian Style29 Oct 1982
2The Price is Right5 Nov 1982
3This is the One the Suit Was Meant For12 Nov 1982