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.
Air date: 1987-09-26
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sonny's in love and plans to marry if his fiancee can get to the church on time. Meanwhile, Howard prepares for a visit from his high-school sweetheart.
Air date: 1987-10-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: As the staff prepares for a wedding reception, Nancy dozes off and has a bizarre dream about her own marriage, ten years in the future to Sonny.
Air date: 1987-10-10
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: When Ellen, Jan's daughter, has a date with a senior, all the waitresses worry. Meanwhile, Howard asks Nancy for $900 to pay back a loan shark.
Air date: 1987-10-17
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Dot's in charge of a children's play ""Little Red Riding Hood"" but when the cast is quarentined with the chicken pox, the restaurant staff is asked to fill the roles.
Air date: 1987-10-24
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Dot is thrilled about her new part on a soap opera until she realizes her character is in imminent danger of being killed off.
Air date: 1987-10-31
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Nancy has just the solution to Howard's mid-life crisis: she invites him to a square dance, and she won't take no for an answer.
Air date: 1987-11-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Nancy is having a bad week: hotel management wants her to search the waitresses' lockers, and Howard wants her to back off.
Air date: 1987-11-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: When singer Jack Jones checks into the hotel for a few days, he strikes up a friendship with Nancy and invites her to Las Vegas for a long weekend.
Air date: 1987-11-21
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: When a jealous Howard follows Nancy to Las Vegas, he's horrified to find her gambling at a blackjack table with a lounge lizard named Chick.
Air date: 1987-11-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sonny's dreading an impending visit from his mother: she's never forgivin him for becoming a lounge singer instead of a classical pianist.
Air date: 1987-12-12
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Dot doesn't get quite the response she had hoped for after placing an ad in the personals column.
Air date: 1987-12-19
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The prison pen pal whom Amy has been writing too has surprising news for her, he's getting out of prison. The even bigger news is that he wants to spend the rest of his life with her.
Air date: 1987-12-26
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sonny manages to infuriate an entire table of feminists while Dot starts dating one of Amy's ex-boyfriends.
Air date: 1988-01-02
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: After seeing Howard flirting with a much younger woman, Nancy begins considering having a face lift.
Air date: 1988-01-16
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Dot has a monumental case of jitters on the opening night of her new play on account of her journalist boyfriend is assigned to review her performance.
Air date: 1988-01-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Richie hits the big money which lands Jan in a mink coat. However, is his sudden success short lived?
Air date: 1988-01-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Nancy's cousin, Grace, stops by for a visit but that's not the only surprise for Nancy, her cousin is covered from head to toe in tatoos.
Air date: 1988-02-06
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Jan has hopes of reuniting her divorced parents but there is one hitch in her plan, her father is newly engaged.
Air date: 1988-02-13
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ginger's grandmother shows up on Ginger's doorstep, complaining that her son won't let her drive anymore. Meanwhile, Sonny decides to make a music video in the restaurant.
Air date: 1988-02-20
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: When Dot's friend comes to Hollywood seeking fame and fortune, Dot gets her a job in the restaurant washing dishes.
Air date: 1988-02-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sonny sees red when Amy finally agrees to go on a date, but not with him but with his friend Louie. Meanwhile, Ginger is dreading her blind date with an egg salesman named Wilbur.
Air date: 1988-04-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ginger's efforts to campaign for her favorite senator makes front-page news when she's photographed sitting on his lap.
Air date: 1988-04-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sonny becomes an instant hero after saving a choking victim by administering the Heimlich maneuver. Meanwhile, Nancy and Howard contemplate taking seperate vacations.
Air date: 1988-05-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ginger's in quandry: her perfect boyfriend wants to tie the knot, but she's not ready to settle down.
Air date: 1988-05-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The waitresses wax philosophic when a journalist interviews them about the pros and cons of their careers.
Air date: 1988-05-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Jan feels that her relationship with Richie is in a rut, so to spice it up, she borrows a blond wig from Dot. However, the results are not exactly what she intended. Meanwhile, a TV is installed in the lounge.
