EPISODE
SEASON
The Greatest American Hero - Season 1
A teacher is asked to be a superhero using a special alien suit with powers he can barely understand or control.
27 June 1944, Germany
21 January 1918
26 February 1941, Los Angeles County, California, USA
1 January 1944, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
8 November 1956, New York City, New York, USA
14 January 1949, Amityville, New York, USA
17 November 1925, Allenstein, East Prussia, Germany [now Olsztyn, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland]
2 October 1952, New York City, New York, USA
17 May 1956, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
5 May 1952, Atlantic, Iowa, USA
15 November 1939, Miami, Florida, USA
5 May 1942, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
23 March 1963, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
25 July 1933, Topeka, Kansas, USA
27 July 1916, New York City, New York, USA
1 May 1955, Redwood City, California, USA
10 April 1936, Camden, New Jersey, USA
30 January 1938, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
11 June 1973, Encino, California, USA
July 10, 2018
One of the more inspired successes from prolific producer Stephen J. Cannell.
July 31, 2019
You could do worse than the big-hearted, off-the-wall comedy drama of The Greatest American Hero... The feature-length pilot still works fine as a slightly weird standalone movie.
July 18, 2018
Spacemen give schoolteacher William Katt a suit that endows him with superhuman powers... Thereafter Katt, girlfriend Connie Sellecca and FBI agent buddy Robert Culp sputter as often as they soar in this late-season replacement series.
July 10, 2018
Given its relatively mild content and the intriguing characters at its heart, this series is a fun escape from today's heavier dramas.
July 18, 2018
Hero's greatest asset is Culp. While Katt is energetic and charismatic as hell, and Sellecca proves to be an excellent comic actress and foil for the boys, Culp shines as the gung-ho uberpatriot.
April 17, 2020
This William Katt/Robert Culp everyman superhero comedy wasn't the most polished television show of the 1980s, but it had a nice spirit to it.
July 17, 2018
GAH tweaks the superhero genre with an ironic wink but stops just shy of kitsch; there are actually genuine moments of dramatic tension along with the slapstick humor of Katt inevitably crash-landing into a wall, shrub, or Culp.
July 17, 2018
The scripts range from clever to mediocre, but Katt has a winning presence and he and Culp make good foils.
July 18, 2018
The Emmy-nominated two-hour pilot is a fantastic start to the series, focusing tightly on the relationships between the bickering characters and walking a very fine line between the absurd situation and a reasonably realistic world.
July 17, 2018
This is not merely a variation on ''Mork & Mindy.'' It has a devilish little mind of its own.
