A group of aliens gives Ralph Hinkley a red suit that grants him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately Ralph immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.
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The Greatest American Hero Airs: Thursday
The Greatest American Hero Status: Ended
THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO - General Information
Series Premiere: March 18, 1981 Classification: Scripted Genre: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi Network: ABC Airs: Thursday at 07:00 pm Runtime: 45 Minutes
THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO - Season 1 -- 9 Episodes
1x1 -- Mar 18, 1981 -- The Greatest American Hero (1) 1x2 -- Mar 18, 1981 -- The Greatest American Hero (2) 1x3 -- Mar 25, 1981 -- The Hit Car 1x4 -- Apr 01, 1981 -- Here's Looking at You Kid 1x5 -- Apr 08, 1981 -- Saturday on Sunset Boulevard 1x6 -- Apr 15, 1981 -- Reseda Rose 1x7 -- Apr 29, 1981 -- My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys 1x8 -- May 06, 1981 -- Fire Man 1x9 -- May 06, 1981 -- The Best Desk Scenario
THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO - Season 2 -- 22 Episodes
2x1 -- Nov 04, 1981 -- The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball 2x2 -- Nov 11, 1981 -- Operation Spoil Sport 2x3 -- Nov 18, 1981 -- Don't Mess Around with Jim 2x4 -- Nov 25, 1981 -- Hog Wild 2x5 -- Dec 02, 1981 -- Classical Gas 2x6 -- Dec 09, 1981 -- The Beast in Black 2x7 -- Dec 16, 1981 -- The Lost Diablo 2x8 -- Jan 06, 1982 -- Plague 2x9 -- Jan 13, 1982 -- A Train of Thought 2x10 -- Jan 20, 1982 -- Now You See It... 2x11 -- Jan 27, 1982 -- The Hand-Painted Thai 2x12 -- Feb 03, 1982 -- Just Another Three Ring Circus 2x13 -- Feb 10, 1982 -- The Shock Will Kill You 2x14 -- Feb 17, 1982 -- A Chicken in Every Plot 2x15 -- Feb 24, 1982 -- The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea 2x16 -- Mar 03, 1982 -- It's All Downhill from Here 2x17 -- Mar 17, 1982 -- Dreams 2x18 -- Mar 24, 1982 -- There's Just No Accounting... 2x19 -- Mar 31, 1982 -- The Good Samaritan 2x20 -- Apr 07, 1982 -- Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory 2x21 -- Apr 14, 1982 -- Who's Woo in America 2x22 -- Apr 28, 1982 -- Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell
THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO - Season 3 -- 14 Episodes
3x1 -- Oct 29, 1982 -- Divorce Venusian Style 3x2 -- Nov 05, 1982 -- The Price is Right 3x3 -- Nov 12, 1982 -- This is the One the Suit Was Meant For 3x4 -- Nov 19, 1982 -- The Resurrection of Carlini 3x5 -- Jan 06, 1983 -- The Newlywed Game 3x6 -- Jan 13, 1983 -- Heaven is in Your Genes 3x7 -- Jan 20, 1983 -- Live at Eleven 3x8 -- Jan 27, 1983 -- Space Ranger 3x9 -- Feb 03, 1983 -- Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo 3x10 -- Feb 10, 1983 -- Wizards and Warlocks 3x11 -- Feb 17, 1983 -- It's Only Rock and Roll 3x12 -- Feb 24, 1983 -- Desperado 3x13 -- Mar 03, 1983 -- Vanity, Says the Preacher 3x14 -- Feb 13, 1986 -- The Greatest American Heroine
