6.2 /10 1 Votes
6/10 TV Directed by John Rich First episode date 26 February 1979 Network CBS Number of episodes 7 | 6.5/10 IMDb Genre Sitcom Composer(s) Earle Hagen Final episode date 28 April 1979 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Based on Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse &
Willis Hall Starring Steve Guttenberg
Peggy Pope
James Gallery Opening theme "You Could Be The Only One"
performed by Ray Kennedy Cast Steve Guttenberg, Peggy Pope, Paula Trueman Similar Arnie, All in the Family, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Dancing with the Stars, The Day After | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Billy is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from February 26 to April 28, 1979. The series was based on Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall's 1960 British play Billy Liar.
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Synopsis
Billy stars Steve Guttenberg as Billy Fisher, a mortician's clerk with a tendency to daydream. His Walter Mitty-like tendency would have him imagining that he was a famous surgeon, a rock superstar, a disk jockey, a television network executive, or a football star. Each episode of Billy had at least two of his fantasies, which included appearances by Don Adams, Suzanne Somers, Larry Csonka, Merv Griffin, and Lou Ferrigno.
Peggy Pope and James Gallery portray Billy's often-frustrated parents (she thought Billy had a vivid imagination; he viewed Billy as a chronic, compulsive liar). Paula Trueman played his grandmother, who believed that Billy was insane, and Bruce Talkington played Billy's friend Arthur Milliken, a fellow worker at Shadrack and Shadrack funeral home.
Reception
Billy replaced Co-Ed Fever in CBS' Monday night lineup in February 1979. It did not fare much better as Billy was cancelled two months later. Its last episode was broadcast by CBS on April 28, 1979.