5.6 /10 1 Votes
Genre Sitcom Final episode date 4 July 1992 | 6.2/10 IMDb 6/10 TV Composer(s) Ed Alton Program creator Rich Eustis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by Michael EliasRich Eustis Written by Philip ChapinMichael EliasRich Eustis Directed by John BowabRobert BerlingerHoward StormSam Weisman Starring Billy ConnollyMarie MarshallJohnny GaleckiNatanya RossClara Bryant Network American Broadcasting Company Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Billy sitcom trailer 1992
Billy is an American sitcom and a spin-off of Head of the Class that aired on ABC for half a season from January 31 to May 30, 1992. The series starred Billy Connolly as Billy MacGregor, a Scottish teacher who moves to America in order to build a new life for himself.
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Synopsis
Following the end of Head of the Class, Billy moves to Berkeley, California, where he marries Mary Springer (played by Marie Marshall), a single mom with several children, so he could get his green card. The marriage is arranged in order to prevent Billy from being deported back to the UK. Billy becomes Mary's boarder, living in her basement apartment with the strictest of rules: no drinking, no smoking, no pets, and no sex.
The series follows Billy's misadventures as he adjusts to life in California while staying one step ahead of immigration officials seeking to prove his marriage is a sham. Meanwhile, his relationship with Mary's children, 14-year-old David, 10-year-old Laura and 5-year-old Annie, (played by Johnny Galecki, Natanya Ross, and Clara Bryant) deepens to a parental level, and Billy and Mary likewise find themselves drawing closer together, although the series was cancelled before this subplot could be carried out.
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Scheduling and cancellation
Billy premiered as part of ABC's TGIF lineup, Fridays at 9:30/8:30c. After two months in this time period, the show moved to Saturday night (just one week after ABC abruptly ended the failed TGIF sister lineup, I Love Saturday Night), at 8:30/7:30c. While on Saturdays, the program would switch time slots a few more times, but none of the moves produced better ratings; Billy folded after one season.