
It's a Living
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 f...
It's a Living
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.
It's a Living
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 f...

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Episode 1: Pilot
The series opens with innocent Vicki contemplating going out on a date with a pilot. She's even mor...
Episode 2: The Intruder
While her husband and children are away on a camping trip, Lois has Jan stay overnight due to the fa...
Episode 3: Roomies
Vicki's plans are ruined when tenants change their minds about moving out of an apartment which is t...
Episode 4: Fallen Idol
Vicki's father comes to town for a visit and Vicki is worried about his reaction to the skimpy outfi...
Episode 5: The Lois Affair
After having a big argument with her husband, Lois runs into her high school sweetheart who wants to...
Episode 6: Super-Mom
Jan wants to be able to afford to pay for ballet lessons for her daughter, so she picks up a second...
Episode 7: Cassie's Punctured Romance
Cassie is reluctant to stay with her latest boyfriend since falling in love is something that she is...
Episode 8: Up On the Roof
The staff must stay calm when a fire breaks out in the hotel a few floor below the restaurant. They...
Episode 9: Making the Grade
Jan makes a mistake when she accepts her economics professor's offer to go out on a date. However,...
Episode 10: Our Man Barry
Dot and Vicki begin dating the same man which only aggravates the situation at the restaurant where...
Episode 11: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Lois learns that an invitation to speak to her daughter's class about working mothers was prompted b...
Episode 12: Kids
Jan and Lois have a ongoing debate over the discovery of a girlie magazine in the possesion of Lois'...
Episode 13: You're Not Old, You're Fired
Nancy is unexpectedly fired from her hostess position at the restaurant. Her firing is not the only...
Episode 1: Boys of Summer
The staff becomes infected with baseball fever, after a baseball team invades the restaurant.
Episode 2: All My Son
Sonny is surprised when a woman from his past surprises him with news that she's been thinking about...
Episode 3: Of Mace and Men
After Maggie is mugged, the waitress go to lengths to protect themselves and begin carrying mace. H...
Episode 4: The Wedding
A wedding being held at the restaurant is interrupted when the groom spots an old flame across the r...
Episode 5: Second Time Around, Almost
Jan's ex-husband re-enters her life and fans an old flame in Jan, that she thought went out years ag...
Episode 6: Off the Top
The entire staff gets disheartening news when it is announced that the restaurant has been sold and...
Episode 7: Mann is Mann
Sonny's brother, Buddy, flies into town and instantly disrupts Sonny's life when he moves in with hi...
Episode 8: Jealousy or Mildred Fierce
The girls and especially Nancy make strenuous efforts to keep Dennis from falling apart when his wif...
Episode 9: Young Love
A romance develops between 33 year old Jan and Maggie's 23 year old brother.
Episode 10: The Garden of Countess Natasha
Dot's new play opens and the rest of the staff have no good reviews to give her.
Episode 11: Falling in Love Again
Maggie is consumed with guilt after she begins a romance with a man, who happens to be the first man...
Episode 12: Horsing Around
Gambling fever strikes after Jan overhears a tip from a jockey eating at the restaurant and her and...
Episode 13: Strange Bedfellows
Dot's in the hospital with a relentless cheery roommate while the hotel is swamped with WWII veteran...
Episode 14: A Farewell to Arm
On the day of the biggest date of her life, Jan literally gets stuck at Maggie's garage sale.
Episode 1: Harassed
New to the big city, Amy begins receiving a series of threatening messages from a stalker, something...
Episode 2: Cassie's Cowboy
Cassie falls in love with a cowboy who is a millionaire and is shocked when she learns she also has...
Episode 3: Amy Big Girl Now
Amy gets a surprise visit from her father who has come to California to take his little girl back to...
Episode 4: Desperate Hours
Terrorists from a Third World country take the restaurant hostage.
Episode 5: I Write the Songs
Sonny thinks he has struck gold with a record company and quits his job at the restaurant in a big w...
Episode 6: Jan's Engagment
Jan hits it off with a fan repair man who whisks her off her feet. Their relationship goes faster t...
Episode 7: From Russia with Love
A Russian, while visiting California, defects and locks himself in Cassie's locker, claiming he love...
Episode 8: The Prom Show
A prom is scheduled to take place at the restaurant but when the entertainment doesn't show up, Dot...
Episode 9: The Wedding Show
Jan and Richie's wedding may be postponed when the judge fails to appear and it seems that the honey...
Episode 10: Hail to the Chef
The President may visit the restaurant and everyone passes the security check, that is except Howard...
Episode 11: Eleven Angry Men and Dot
Dot serves jury duty and becomes the hold out juror. Meanwhile, Nancy and the other waitresses must...
Episode 12: Gender Gap
A sex discrimination suit is brought against the restaurant which forces Nancy to hire a obnoxious w...
Episode 13: Jealous Wife
Cassie's one night stand is a dream for her but it turns into a nightmare when she is publicly humil...
Episode 14: The Doctor Danny Show
During a date, Nancy suffers a hernia and when her physician discovers it, he insists that she have...
Episode 15: Jewel Heist
A visiting princess becomes the target of terrorists who plan to make off with her extravagant diamo...
Episode 16: The Jerks
The girls are forced to stay late and take inventory. This leads each girl to tell a story about th...
Episode 17: Oddest Couple
Cassie, desperate for a new place to live, temporarily moves in with Sonny, and the rumors fly.
Episode 18: Dot's Puppy
Dot gets a noisy puppy after her cat dies and Sonny quits rather than miss a date with a roller derb...
Episode 19: Dinner with Deedee
Jan is not looking forward to a visit from an old friend who has always outclassed her in every aspe...
Episode 20: Jump
Cassie questions a man for the reason why he constantly refuses to leave her a tip only to discover...
Episode 21: America's Sweetheart
Dot's relationship with a cartoonist makes the papers when he uses her as a model for a new characte...
Episode 22: Mann Act
Sonny contemplates his final days after dating a mobster's moll. The mobster found out and has made...
Episode 1: The Roof Show
On a night when everyone wants to leave early, the majority of the staff systematically becomes trap...
Episode 2: The Bar
Amy is feeling lonely so to pick up her spirits, the girls take her out to a singles bar. However,...
Episode 3: The Reunion Show
Newly married Jan is set to attend her high school reunion and is thrilled that she will get to see...
Episode 4: Surprise
Jan's birthday is coming up but Amy has not such a nice surprise for Jan, after she becomes convince...
Episode 5: Nancy's Sister
Nancy is not to pleased with a visit from her sister, Gloria, and things don't improve when Nancy be...
Episode 6: Night at the Iguana
After their car breaks down, while on a trip to Las Vegas, Sonny and the girls check into a hotel....
Episode 7: Family Feud
Divorcees are coming out of the wood work when Dot's mother and Jan's father come for a visit and hi...
Episode 8: The Dot and Howard Show
After going out one evening to a social event, Dot and Howard begin a series of dates that everyone...
Episode 9: Farewell, My Sonny
The hotel hosts a murder mystery but things turn surprisingly real when Sonny becomes the prime susp...
Episode 10: Critic's Choice
A long time rival and food critic of Howard's visits the hotel which puts Howard's job and relations...
Episode 11: Richie's Sculpture
Richie's new sculpture is a smash success and agrees to let it be displayed in the restaurant. His...
Episode 12: Sonny's Oil (a.k.a.) The Oil Show
Sonny strikes oil and with the help from a shady investor, tries to convince the girls to go in on a...
Episode 13: Nancy's Birthday Party
Nancy drops heavy hints about her upcoming birthday and expects a party to be thrown. Meanwhile, Jan...
Episode 14: The Evictables
Thanks to Jan's advice, Ginger is evicted from her apartment after withholding the rent to force the...
Episode 15: Ginger's Baby
Ginger babysits for a friend who later strands Ginger with the baby who takes him to work. Meanwhil...
Episode 16: Bachelor Party
Howard's naive niece visits and begins dating Sonny. Something Howard is determind to put an end to...
Episode 17: Amy's Rusty
Amy feels guilty for being unwed so she decides to reunite with an old flame. Meanwhile, Dot sells...
Episode 18: Dot's Priest
Dot is slightly unnerved by an old boyfriend who's becoming a priest and is questioning his commitme...
Episode 19: The Dickie Doodle Show
Jan Murray plays a former children's show host whose fan club dinner clashes with Nancy's meeting wi...
Episode 20: The Howie Show
South Pacific natives arrive to worship the person they consider a supreme being, Howard. Meanwhile...
Episode 21: The Dot Quits Show
Dot quits to become a full-time unemployed actress. Meanwhile, Sonny writes a musical based on Atti...
Episode 22: The Two Guys Show
Ginger weighs the merits of two boyfriends while Howard weighs offers from other restaurants.
Episode 23: A Romantic Comedy
A romantic evening alone in the hotel is anything but for Jan and Richie, who weather interruptions...
Episode 24: Manhandling
Fur flies after Ginger buys Jan's car and Amy asks Dot to act as a go-between with a handsome new em...
Episode 25: Nancy's Shrink
Nancy reviews her relationships with her employees during a visit to her psychiatrist.
Episode 1: Till Death Do Us Part
Sonny's in love and plans to marry if his fiancee can get to the church on time. Meanwhile, Howard...
Episode 2: Her Back to the Future
As the staff prepares for a wedding reception, Nancy dozes off and has a bizarre dream about her own...
Episode 3: No, My Darling Daughter
When Ellen, Jan's daughter, has a date with a senior, all the waitresses worry. Meanwhile, Howard a...
Episode 4: Sweet Charity
Dot's in charge of a children's play ""Little Red Riding Hood"" but when the cast is quarentined wit...
Episode 5: Killing of Sister Dot
Dot is thrilled about her new part on a soap opera until she realizes her character is in imminent d...
Episode 6: The Date Show
Nancy has just the solution to Howard's mid-life crisis: she invites him to a square dance, and she...
Episode 7: Search and Strike
Nancy is having a bad week: hotel management wants her to search the waitresses' lockers, and Howard...
Episode 8: The Vegas Show (1)
When singer Jack Jones checks into the hotel for a few days, he strikes up a friendship with Nancy a...
Episode 9: The Vegas Show (2)
When a jealous Howard follows Nancy to Las Vegas, he's horrified to find her gambling at a blackjack...
Episode 10: The Sonny's Mother Show
Sonny's dreading an impending visit from his mother: she's never forgivin him for becoming a lounge...
Episode 11: Strictly Personal
Dot doesn't get quite the response she had hoped for after placing an ad in the personals column.
Episode 12: A Pen Pal for Your Thoughts
The prison pen pal whom Amy has been writing too has surprising news for her, he's getting out of pr...
Episode 13: Twelve Angry Women
Sonny manages to infuriate an entire table of feminists while Dot starts dating one of Amy's ex-boyf...
Episode 14: Skin Deep
After seeing Howard flirting with a much younger woman, Nancy begins considering having a face lift.
Episode 15: Everyone's a Critic
Dot has a monumental case of jitters on the opening night of her new play on account of her journali...
Episode 16: Take Back Your Mink
Richie hits the big money which lands Jan in a mink coat. However, is his sudden success short live...
Episode 17: The One About the Tattooed Lady
Nancy's cousin, Grace, stops by for a visit but that's not the only surprise for Nancy, her cousin i...
Episode 18: Daddy's Little Girl
Jan has hopes of reuniting her divorced parents but there is one hitch in her plan, her father is ne...
Episode 19: Ginger's Grandmother Show
Ginger's grandmother shows up on Ginger's doorstep, complaining that her son won't let her drive any...
Episode 20: Dot's Hope
When Dot's friend comes to Hollywood seeking fame and fortune, Dot gets her a job in the restaurant...
Episode 21: The Amy and Louie Show
Sonny sees red when Amy finally agrees to go on a date, but not with him but with his friend Louie....
Episode 22: Ginger and the Senator
Ginger's efforts to campaign for her favorite senator makes front-page news when she's photographed...
Episode 23: Healings, Nothing More Than Healings
Sonny becomes an instant hero after saving a choking victim by administering the Heimlich maneuver....
Episode 24: The No Guys Show
Ginger's in quandry: her perfect boyfriend wants to tie the knot, but she's not ready to settle down...
Episode 25: The Waiting Game
The waitresses wax philosophic when a journalist interviews them about the pros and cons of their ca...
Episode 26: Tune In, Tune Out
Jan feels that her relationship with Richie is in a rut, so to spice it up, she borrows a blond wig...
Episode 1: Pistol Packin' Mama
Roomates, Ginger and Amy, may be no more after Ginger discovers Amy keeps a gun, something Ginger re...
Episode 2: The Nancy and Roscoe Show
Nancy and Howard's marriage is put to the test when Nancy falls for Howard's old navy buddy.
Episode 3: The Jan's Pregnant Show
Richie's aspiration to move to North Dakota is put to a halt by Jan who announces she's pregnant.
Episode 4: Never Trust Anyone Under 40
Louie throws Sonny a surprise 40th birthday party that ages Howard a few years.
Episode 5: The New Guy Show
Ginger encounters the unexpected when she telephones a wedding photographer for a date. Meanwhile,...
Episode 6: Rear Window
Dot's habit of neighbor watching entangles her in what appears to be a woman's murder.
Episode 7: You Do Voodoo
Jan tries to ward off a developer's plans to build a mini-mall in her neighborhood and Ginger uses a...
Episode 8: The Amy and Bobby Show
Amy dates a man who wants to take her on the road to salvation. Meanwhile, Howard unknowingly buys...
Episode 9: Dot Casts Off
Dot accepts a job as a casting assistant and has a difficult task of auditioning a friend.
Episode 10: A Very Scary It's a Living
Dot has been cast in a slasher movie and she studies up by watching a batch of slasher films. This...
Episode 11: The Ginger's Mother Show
Ginger's successful career oriented mother comes for a visit and Ginger is reluctant to discuss her...
Episode 12: Mike Fright
Sonny feels threatened when a temporary replacement turns out to be a success.
Episode 13: He Never Sang for His Father
Sonny is ecstatic when his sexy hairdresser agrees to move in with him. However, getting to first b...
Episode 14: Just Say Yes
Amy anguishes over what she should do with her Valentine's Day present from Bobby Lee, the key to hi...
Episode 15: Wedding, Wedding
Amy and Ginger decide to have a double wedding at the restaurant.
Episode 16: The Dark at the Top of the Top
Nancy is in favor of the new hotel manager's ideas that is until she's replaced with Dot.
Episode 17: My Little Red Book
Sonny finds a little black book that leads him to intrigue and a red-hot lady.
Episode 18: Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Phil sets Sonny up with a new singing partner while Dot employs a marriage broker.
Episode 19: A Very Special It's a Living
Jan goes into premature labor and with her life and the baby's life in danger, she has a dream about...
Episode 20: The Sonny and Dot Show
Dot and Sonny are both feeling lonely, so thet stay late at the restaurant to cry on each other's sh...
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