Fridays

TV-PG1980•1h 30m•6.0/10

Comedy

Ratings

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6.0/10(9)

Fridays is the name of ABC's weekly late-night live comedy show, which aired on Friday nights from April 11, 1980 to April 23, 1982.

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Production

Moffitt-Lee Productions, The West Coast Comedy Company

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

April 11, 1980

Last Aired

April 23, 1982

Networks

ABC

Created By

Bill Lee, John Moffitt

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Series Premiere - Kenny Loggins

Air date: 1980-04-11

The Boomtown Rats

Air date: 1980-04-18

--The Boomtown Rats perform ""Someone's Looking at You"" and ""I Don't Like Mondays""

The Clash

Air date: 1980-04-25

--The Clash perform ""London Calling,"" ""Train in Vain,"" ""The Guns Of Brixton"" & ""Clampdown"" Comedy sketches include: --""Night Of The Living Dead Dinner"" (""Diner""?)

Warren Zevon

Air date: 1980-05-09

Boz Scaggs

Air date: 1980-05-16

"Chatty Lady Can't Get a Studio Audience Seat," "Melanie Chartoff and Johann the Parakeet," "Ted Kennedy's Image Problem," "Dick at the Gym," "The Friday Edition (featuring Maryedith Burrell's field report on a new swear word)", "Luis Valdez's Gringo Coffee", "Matzoi!", and "The Last Male Heterosexual in San Francisco." Boz Scaggs performs "Breakdown Dead Ahead" and "JoJo."

Devo (1st appearance)

Air date: 1980-05-23

--Devo (1st appearance) - ""Girl U Want"" & ""Gates of Steel""

Ian Hunter Band

Air date: 1980-05-07

--The Ian Hunter Band - ""We Gotta Get Out Of Here"" (with Ellen Foley) and ""Once Bitten Twice Shy""

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Air date: 1980-06-06

--Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers perform ""Shadow of a Doubt"" and ""American Girl""

The Beach Boys

Air date: 1980-06-20

--The Beach Boys - ""Keepin' The Summer Alive"" and ""Good Vibrations""/""Goin' On"" medley