
It's a Living (1980)
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Richard Stahl as Howard Miller
Episodes 93
Cassie's Cowboy
Cassie falls in love with a cowboy who is a millionaire and is shocked when she learns she also has to like him to be with him.
Read MoreAmy Big Girl Now
Amy gets a surprise visit from her father who has come to California to take his little girl back to Texas and away from her new city life.
Read MoreDesperate Hours
Terrorists from a Third World country take the restaurant hostage.
Read MoreI Write the Songs
Sonny thinks he has struck gold with a record company and quits his job at the restaurant in a big way.
Read MoreJan's Engagment
Jan hits it off with a fan repair man who whisks her off her feet. Their relationship goes faster then she expected when he suddenly proposes.
Read MoreFrom Russia with Love
A Russian, while visiting California, defects and locks himself in Cassie's locker, claiming he loves her.
Read MoreThe Prom Show
A prom is scheduled to take place at the restaurant but when the entertainment doesn't show up, Dot takes over as the entertainment committee. Meanwhile, Jan has second thoughts about her engagement to Richie.
Read MoreThe Wedding Show
Jan and Richie's wedding may be postponed when the judge fails to appear and it seems that the honeymoon may be a threesome.
Read MoreHail to the Chef
The President may visit the restaurant and everyone passes the security check, that is except Howard.
Read MoreEleven Angry Men and Dot
Dot serves jury duty and becomes the hold out juror. Meanwhile, Nancy and the other waitresses must deal with Dot's absence from work.
Read MoreGender Gap
A sex discrimination suit is brought against the restaurant which forces Nancy to hire a obnoxious waiter.
Read MoreJealous Wife
Cassie's one night stand is a dream for her but it turns into a nightmare when she is publicly humiliated by the man's wife in the restaurant.
Read MoreThe Doctor Danny Show
During a date, Nancy suffers a hernia and when her physician discovers it, he insists that she have it operated on immediately. However, an old phobia about hospitals surfaces and she flat out refuses treatment. Meanwhile, Amy tries to get the girls to go in on a shady vacation property venture.
Read MoreJewel Heist
A visiting princess becomes the target of terrorists who plan to make off with her extravagant diamond necklace. However, Dot accidentally intercepts a drugged napkin intended for the princess.
Read MoreOddest Couple
Cassie, desperate for a new place to live, temporarily moves in with Sonny, and the rumors fly.
Read MoreDot's Puppy
Dot gets a noisy puppy after her cat dies and Sonny quits rather than miss a date with a roller derby queen.
Read MoreDinner with Deedee
Jan is not looking forward to a visit from an old friend who has always outclassed her in every aspect of life.
Read MoreJump
Cassie questions a man for the reason why he constantly refuses to leave her a tip only to discover he works for the IRS and serves her with an audit. Meanwhile, Dot's latest boyfriend makes a public appeal for her love, keep seeing him or he will jump from the roof.
Read MoreAmerica's Sweetheart
Dot's relationship with a cartoonist makes the papers when he uses her as a model for a new character in his comic strip.
Read MoreThe Roof Show
On a night when everyone wants to leave early, the majority of the staff systematically becomes trapped on the roof, leaving Amy, Nancy and Howard to deal with a mob of customers.
Read MoreThe Reunion Show
Newly married Jan is set to attend her high school reunion and is thrilled that she will get to see her old boyfriend, one who still holds a torch for her and her for him. Meanwhile, Nancy tries a new trick to lure Howard home.
Read MoreNancy's Sister
Nancy is not to pleased with a visit from her sister, Gloria, and things don't improve when Nancy becomes convinced that Gloria is trying to take Howard away from her.
Read MoreNight at the Iguana
After their car breaks down, while on a trip to Las Vegas, Sonny and the girls check into a hotel. A hotel that is run by a mysterious man and his unseen mother.
Read MoreFamily Feud
Divorcees are coming out of the wood work when Dot's mother and Jan's father come for a visit and hit it off.
Read MoreThe Dot and Howard Show
After going out one evening to a social event, Dot and Howard begin a series of dates that everyone becomes convinced that Dot and Howard's relationship has turned into something other then platonic.
Read MoreFarewell, My Sonny
The hotel hosts a murder mystery but things turn surprisingly real when Sonny becomes the prime suspect in a murder.
Read MoreCritic's Choice
A long time rival and food critic of Howard's visits the hotel which puts Howard's job and relationship with Nancy in jeopardy.
Read MoreRichie's Sculpture
Richie's new sculpture is a smash success and agrees to let it be displayed in the restaurant. His success crumbles, however, when Jan allows the sculpture to be sold to a tourist, only later Jan learns it isn't his sculpture.
Read MoreSonny'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 an oil investment.
Read MoreNancy's Birthday Party
Nancy drops heavy hints about her upcoming birthday and expects a party to be thrown. Meanwhile, Jan and Richie fight and Sonny pleads to join Dot's car pool.
Read MoreThe Evictables
Thanks to Jan's advice, Ginger is evicted from her apartment after withholding the rent to force the landlord to repaint it. Ginger then moves in with Amy, who lives in a ""No Men Allowed"" apartment building, but Ginger's love-life soon conflicts with that rule.
Read MoreGinger's Baby
Ginger babysits for a friend who later strands Ginger with the baby who takes him to work. Meanwhile, Sonny car-sits for a friend, but picks up the wrong the wrong car, one that belongs to a gangster.
Read MoreBachelor Party
Howard's naive niece visits and begins dating Sonny. Something Howard is determind to put an end to.
Read MoreAmy's Rusty
Amy feels guilty for being unwed so she decides to reunite with an old flame. Meanwhile, Dot sells skin care products.
Read MoreDot's Priest
Dot is slightly unnerved by an old boyfriend who's becoming a priest and is questioning his commitment.
Read MoreThe Dickie Doodle Show
Jan Murray plays a former children's show host whose fan club dinner clashes with Nancy's meeting with a vice president from the restaurant chain.
Read MoreThe Howie Show
South Pacific natives arrive to worship the person they consider a supreme being, Howard. Meanwhile, Nancy challenges the waitresses to a contest.
Read MoreThe Dot Quits Show
Dot quits to become a full-time unemployed actress. Meanwhile, Sonny writes a musical based on Attila the Hun and Ginger's footwear fetish spreads to Amy.
Read MoreThe Two Guys Show
Ginger weighs the merits of two boyfriends while Howard weighs offers from other restaurants.
Read MoreA Romantic Comedy
A romantic evening alone in the hotel is anything but for Jan and Richie, who weather interruptions from the restaurant staff.
Read MoreManhandling
Fur flies after Ginger buys Jan's car and Amy asks Dot to act as a go-between with a handsome new employee.
Read MoreNancy's Shrink
Nancy reviews her relationships with her employees during a visit to her psychiatrist.
Read MoreTill Death Do Us Part
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.
Read MoreHer Back to the Future
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.
Read MoreNo, My Darling Daughter
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.
Read MoreSweet Charity
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.
Read MoreKilling of Sister Dot
Dot is thrilled about her new part on a soap opera until she realizes her character is in imminent danger of being killed off.
Read MoreThe Date Show
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.
Read MoreSearch and Strike
Nancy is having a bad week: hotel management wants her to search the waitresses' lockers, and Howard wants her to back off.
Read MoreThe Vegas Show (1)
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.
Read MoreThe Vegas Show (2)
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.
Read MoreThe Sonny's Mother Show
Sonny's dreading an impending visit from his mother: she's never forgivin him for becoming a lounge singer instead of a classical pianist.
Read MoreStrictly Personal
Dot doesn't get quite the response she had hoped for after placing an ad in the personals column.
Read MoreA 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 prison. The even bigger news is that he wants to spend the rest of his life with her.
Read MoreTwelve Angry Women
Sonny manages to infuriate an entire table of feminists while Dot starts dating one of Amy's ex-boyfriends.
Read MoreEveryone's a Critic
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.
Read MoreTake Back Your Mink
Richie hits the big money which lands Jan in a mink coat. However, is his sudden success short lived?
Read MoreThe 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 is covered from head to toe in tatoos.
Read MoreDaddy's Little Girl
Jan has hopes of reuniting her divorced parents but there is one hitch in her plan, her father is newly engaged.
Read MoreGinger's Grandmother Show
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.
Read MoreDot's Hope
When Dot's friend comes to Hollywood seeking fame and fortune, Dot gets her a job in the restaurant washing dishes.
Read MoreThe 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. Meanwhile, Ginger is dreading her blind date with an egg salesman named Wilbur.
Read MoreGinger and the Senator
Ginger's efforts to campaign for her favorite senator makes front-page news when she's photographed sitting on his lap.
Read MoreHealings, Nothing More Than Healings
Sonny becomes an instant hero after saving a choking victim by administering the Heimlich maneuver. Meanwhile, Nancy and Howard contemplate taking seperate vacations.
Read MoreThe No Guys Show
Ginger's in quandry: her perfect boyfriend wants to tie the knot, but she's not ready to settle down.
Read MoreThe Waiting Game
The waitresses wax philosophic when a journalist interviews them about the pros and cons of their careers.
Read MoreTune In, Tune Out
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.
Read MorePistol Packin' Mama
Roomates, Ginger and Amy, may be no more after Ginger discovers Amy keeps a gun, something Ginger refuses to have in the apartment.
Read MoreThe Nancy and Roscoe Show
Nancy and Howard's marriage is put to the test when Nancy falls for Howard's old navy buddy.
Read MoreThe Jan's Pregnant Show
Richie's aspiration to move to North Dakota is put to a halt by Jan who announces she's pregnant.
Read MoreNever Trust Anyone Under 40
Louie throws Sonny a surprise 40th birthday party that ages Howard a few years.
Read MoreThe New Guy Show
Ginger encounters the unexpected when she telephones a wedding photographer for a date. Meanwhile, Sonny's agent buys him an hour's worth of TV time.
Read MoreRear Window
Dot's habit of neighbor watching entangles her in what appears to be a woman's murder.
Read MoreYou Do Voodoo
Jan tries to ward off a developer's plans to build a mini-mall in her neighborhood and Ginger uses a book of voodoo spells to conjure up a perfect date.
Read MoreThe Amy and Bobby Show
Amy dates a man who wants to take her on the road to salvation. Meanwhile, Howard unknowingly buys Nancy some hot merchandise.
Read MoreDot Casts Off
Dot accepts a job as a casting assistant and has a difficult task of auditioning a friend.
Read MoreA 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 leads her to have a scary dream that takes place at the restaurant.
Read MoreThe Ginger's Mother Show
Ginger's successful career oriented mother comes for a visit and Ginger is reluctant to discuss her career as a waitress with her.
Read MoreMike Fright
Sonny feels threatened when a temporary replacement turns out to be a success.
Read MoreHe Never Sang for His Father
Sonny is ecstatic when his sexy hairdresser agrees to move in with him. However, getting to first base gets a bit hard when his father shows up for a visit. Meanwhile, Jan discovers that someone in her home has been dialing 900 numbers.
Read MoreJust Say Yes
Amy anguishes over what she should do with her Valentine's Day present from Bobby Lee, the key to his hotel room.
Read MoreWedding, Wedding
Amy and Ginger decide to have a double wedding at the restaurant.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreMy Little Red Book
Sonny finds a little black book that leads him to intrigue and a red-hot lady.
Read MoreMatchmaker, Matchmaker
Phil sets Sonny up with a new singing partner while Dot employs a marriage broker.
Read MoreA 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 being visited by a strange Angel of Death.
Read MoreThe Sonny and Dot Show
Dot and Sonny are both feeling lonely, so thet stay late at the restaurant to cry on each other's shoulder.
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