Ended · 1980–1989

It's a Living

Comedy

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.

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Seasons & episodes

Season 1 · 13 episodes

S01 E01 · Pilot1980-10-30
S01 E02 · The Intruder1980-11-06
S01 E03 · Roomies1980-11-13
S01 E04 · Fallen Idol1980-11-27
S01 E05 · The Lois Affair1980-12-11
S01 E06 · Super-Mom1980-12-18
S01 E07 · Cassie's Punctured Romance1981-01-01
S01 E08 · Up On the Roof1981-01-08
S01 E09 · Making the Grade1981-01-15
S01 E10 · Our Man Barry1981-01-22
S01 E11 · R-E-S-P-E-C-T1981-01-29
S01 E12 · Kids1981-07-21
S01 E13 · You're Not Old, You're Fired1981-08-04

Season 2 · 14 episodes

S02 E01 · Boys of Summer1981-10-24
S02 E02 · All My Son1981-10-31
S02 E03 · Of Mace and Men1981-11-07
S02 E04 · The Wedding1981-11-14
S02 E05 · Second Time Around, Almost1981-11-28
S02 E06 · Off the Top1981-12-05
S02 E07 · Mann is Mann1981-12-12
S02 E08 · Jealousy or Mildred Fierce1982-01-02
S02 E09 · Young Love1982-01-09
S02 E10 · The Garden of Countess Natasha1982-02-12
S02 E11 · Falling in Love Again1982-02-19
S02 E12 · Horsing Around1982-02-26
S02 E13 · Strange Bedfellows1982-06-04
S02 E14 · A Farewell to Arm1982-06-11

Season 3 · 22 episodes

S03 E01 · Harassed1985-09-28
S03 E02 · Cassie's Cowboy1985-10-05
S03 E03 · Amy Big Girl Now1985-10-12
S03 E04 · Desperate Hours1985-10-19
S03 E05 · I Write the Songs1985-10-26
S03 E06 · Jan's Engagement1985-11-02
S03 E07 · From Russia with Love1985-11-09
S03 E08 · The Prom Show1985-11-16
S03 E09 · The Wedding Show1985-11-23
S03 E10 · Hail to the Chef1985-12-21
S03 E11 · Eleven Angry Men and Dot1985-12-28
S03 E12 · Gender Gap1986-01-11
S03 E13 · Jealous Wife1986-01-18
S03 E14 · The Doctor Danny Show1986-02-01
S03 E15 · Jewel Heist1986-02-15
S03 E16 · The Jerks1986-02-22
S03 E17 · Oddest Couple1986-03-01
S03 E18 · Dot's Puppy1986-04-12
S03 E19 · Dinner with Deedee1986-05-03
S03 E20 · Jump1986-05-10
S03 E21 · America's Sweetheart1986-05-17
S03 E22 · Mann Act1986-05-24

Season 4 · 25 episodes

S04 E01 · The Roof Show1986-09-27
S04 E02 · The Bar1986-10-04
S04 E03 · The Reunion Show1986-10-11
S04 E04 · Surprise1986-10-18
S04 E05 · Nancy's Sister1986-10-25
S04 E06 · Night at the Iguana1986-11-01
S04 E07 · Family Feud1986-11-08
S04 E08 · The Dot and Howard Show1986-11-15
S04 E09 · Farewell, My Sonny1986-11-22
S04 E10 · Critic's Choice1986-12-06
S04 E11 · Richie's Sculpture1986-12-20
S04 E12 · Sonny's Oil (a.k.a.) The Oil Show1987-01-03
S04 E13 · Nancy's Birthday Party1987-01-10
S04 E14 · The Evictables1987-01-17
S04 E15 · Ginger's Baby1987-01-24
S04 E16 · Bachelor Party1987-01-31
S04 E17 · Amy's Rusty1987-02-07
S04 E18 · Dot's Priest1987-02-14
S04 E19 · The Dickie Doodle Show1987-02-21
S04 E20 · The Howie Show1987-02-28
S04 E21 · The Dot Quits Show1987-03-07
S04 E22 · The Two Guys Show1987-05-02
S04 E23 · A Romantic Comedy1987-05-09
S04 E24 · Manhandling1987-05-16
S04 E25 · Nancy's Shrink1987-05-23

Season 5 · 26 episodes

S05 E01 · Till Death Do Us Part1987-09-26
S05 E02 · Her Back to the Future1987-10-03
S05 E03 · No, My Darling Daughter1987-10-10
S05 E04 · Sweet Charity1987-10-17
S05 E05 · Killing of Sister Dot1987-10-24
S05 E06 · The Date Show1987-10-31
S05 E07 · Search and Strike1987-11-07
S05 E08 · The Vegas Show (1)1987-11-14
S05 E09 · The Vegas Show (2)1987-11-21
S05 E10 · The Sonny's Mother Show1987-11-28
S05 E11 · Strictly Personal1987-12-12
S05 E12 · A Pen Pal for Your Thoughts1987-12-19
S05 E13 · Twelve Angry Women1987-12-26
S05 E14 · Skin Deep1988-01-02
S05 E15 · Everyone's a Critic1988-01-16
S05 E16 · Take Back Your Mink1988-01-23
S05 E17 · The One About the Tattooed Lady1988-01-30
S05 E18 · Daddy's Little Girl1988-02-06
S05 E19 · Ginger's Grandmother Show1988-02-13
S05 E20 · Dot's Hope1988-02-20
S05 E21 · The Amy and Louie Show1988-02-27
S05 E22 · Ginger and the Senator1988-04-23
S05 E23 · Healings, Nothing More Than Healings1988-04-30
S05 E24 · The No Guys Show1988-05-07
S05 E25 · The Waiting Game1988-05-14
S05 E26 · Tune In, Tune Out1988-05-28

Season 6 · 20 episodes

S06 E01 · Pistol Packin' Mama1988-10-15
S06 E02 · The Nancy and Roscoe Show1988-10-22
S06 E03 · The Jan's Pregnant Show1988-10-29
S06 E04 · Never Trust Anyone Under 401988-11-05
S06 E05 · The New Guy Show1988-11-12
S06 E06 · Rear Window1988-11-19
S06 E07 · You Do Voodoo1988-11-26
S06 E08 · The Amy and Bobby Show1988-12-03
S06 E09 · Dot Casts Off1988-12-10
S06 E10 · A Very Scary It's a Living1989-01-07
S06 E11 · The Ginger's Mother Show1989-01-14
S06 E12 · Mike Fright1989-01-21
S06 E13 · He Never Sang for His Father1989-01-28
S06 E14 · Just Say Yes1989-02-11
S06 E15 · Wedding, Wedding1989-02-18
S06 E16 · The Dark at the Top of the Top1989-02-25
S06 E17 · My Little Red Book1989-03-04
S06 E18 · Matchmaker, Matchmaker1989-03-11
S06 E19 · A Very Special It's a Living1989-03-18
S06 E20 · The Sonny and Dot Show1989-04-08

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