Fridays is the name of ABC's weekly late-night live comedy show, which aired on Friday nights from April 11, 1980 to April 23, 1982.
Fridays (Season 2)
Eddie Money (Episode 1)
Air date: 1980-09-05
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Eddie Money performs ""Running Back"" and ""Trinidad""
Kim Carnes (Episode 2)
Air date: 1980-09-12
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Kim Carnes (1st appearance) - ""Cry Like A Baby"" and ""More Love""
The Cars (1st appearance) (Episode 3)
Air date: 1980-09-19
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --The Cars perform ""Touch and Go,"" ""Shoo Be Doo"" and ""Gimme Some Slack""
Al Jarreau (Episode 4)
Air date: 1980-10-03
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Al Jarreau (1st appearance) - ""Spain"" and ""Distracted""
Ted Nugent (Episode 5)
Air date: 1980-10-10
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Ted Nugent performs ""Scream Dream"" and ""Paralyzed""
Split Enz (Episode 6)
Air date: 1980-10-17
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Split Enz performs ""I Got You"" and ""I Hope I Never""
Dire Straits (Episode 7)
Air date: 1980-10-31
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Dire Straits performs ""Skateaway"" and ""Romeo and Juliet""
Devo (2nd appearance) (Episode 8)
Air date: 1980-11-07
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Devo - ""Whip It"" and ""Uncontrollable Urge""
The Busboys (Episode 9)
Air date: 1980-11-14
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: The Busboys performed ""KKK,"" ""Johnny Soul'd Out"" and ""Minimum Wage"" from their 'Minimum Wage Rock & Roll' album.
Heart (Episode 10)
Air date: 1980-11-21
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Heart performs ""Bebe-La-Strange"" and ""Tell It Like It is""
November 28, 1980 (Episode 11)
Air date: 1980-11-28
Runtime: 90 min
Pat Benatar (Episode 12)
Air date: 1980-12-05
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Pat Benatar sings ""Hit Me With Your Best Shot"" and ""Hell Is For Children""
Steve Forbert (Episode 13)
Air date: 1980-12-12
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Steve Forbert performs ""Romeo's Tune,"" ""Lonely Girl"" and ""Get Well Soon""
Rockpile (Episode 14)
Air date: 1980-12-19
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Rockpile performs ""Teacher Teacher""
George Carlin / George Thorogood & the Destroyers (Episode 15)
Air date: 1981-01-09
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --George Thorogood & the Destroyers perform ""Can't Stop Lovin'""
Shelley Winters / The Plasmatics (Episode 16)
Air date: 1981-01-16
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --The Plasmatics perform ""Living Dead"" and ""Butcher Baby""
Henny Youngman / REO Speedwagon (Episode 17)
Air date: 1981-01-23
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --REO Speedwagon perform ""Don't Let Him Go"" & ""Keep On Lovin' You""
Valerie Bertinelli / Jim Carroll Band (Episode 18)
Air date: 1981-02-06
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Valerie Bertinelli (host) --Jim Carroll Band - ""People Who Died"" (and possibly ""Wicked Gravity"" & ""Day and Night"")
Michael McKean & David L. Lander / Kool & The Gang (Episode 19)
Air date: 1981-02-13
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Michael McKean & David L. Lander (co-hosts, in character as ""Lenny & Squiggy"") --Kool & The Gang - ""Celebration,"" ""Take It To The Top"" & an instrumental song
Andy Kaufman / Sir Douglas Quintet (Episode 20)
Air date: 1981-02-20
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Andy Kaufman (host) - the infamous fistfight episode --Sir Douglas Quintet performs ""You're Gonna Miss Me,"" ""Mendocino"" + 2 more songs
Billy Crystal / Randy Meisner (Episode 21)
Air date: 1981-02-27
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --On tape: Andy Kaufman appears in a videotaped apology.
David Steinberg / Marshal Tucker Band (Episode 22)
Air date: 1981-03-13
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Marshall Tucker Band perform ""Heard it in a Love Song"" and ""This Time I Believe""
Father Guido Sarducci / Jefferson Starship (Episode 23)
Air date: 1981-04-03
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Don Novello (host, in character as Father Guido Sarducci) --Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson, the singing duo ""Dawn,"" appear with Sarducci. --Jefferson Starship perform ""Find Your Way Back"" and ""Jane""
Madeline Kahn / Frankie & The Knockouts (Episode 24)
Air date: 1981-04-10
Runtime: 90 min
Mark Hamill / Jimmy Buffett (Episode 25)
Air date: 1981-05-08
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform ""Margaritaville"" and ""It's My Job""
George Hamilton / Gary U.S. Bonds (Episode 26)
Air date: 1981-05-15
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: --Gary U.S. Bonds performs ""This Little Girl,"" ""Way Back When"" and ""Jole Blon""

Seasons

Episodes 13

Episodes 26

Episodes 21

Episodes 6