Hanging In

For the 1981 Canadian television sitcom, see Hangin' In.

Hanging In
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Bill Davenport Charlie Hauck Arthur Julian Sy Rosen
Directed by	Walter C. Miller Alan Rafkin
Starring	Bill Macy Barbara Rhoades Dennis Burkley Nedra Volz
Theme music composer	Billy Byers
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producer(s)	Norman Lear Sy Rosen
Producer(s)	Ken Stump
Running time	22–24 minutes
Distributor	Columbia Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	August 8 (1979-08-08) – August 29, 1979 (1979-08-29)
Chronology
Related shows	Mr. Dugan

Hanging In is an American sitcom that aired for four episodes on CBS on Wednesday nights from August 8, 1979 to August 29, 1979.

Summary

After his failed attempt to launch the sitcom Mr. Dugan, Norman Lear reworked the project, finally coming up with Hanging In, the story of Lou Harper, a former professional football star who becomes president of fictional Braddock University. Bill Macy (who had played Maude's husband, Walter Findlay, in Maude) resurfaced as the star of the version that finally did air, in August 1979. Most of the supporting cast of Mr. Dugan and its several different incarnations appeared in Hanging In.

Hanging In lasted just four weeks on CBS, leaving the air after its August 29, 1979 broadcast.^[1]

Cast

Bill Macy as Louis "Lou" Harper
Barbara Rhoades as Maggie Gallagher
Dennis Burkley as Sam Dickey
Nedra Volz as Pinky Nolan
Darian Mathias as Rita Zefferelli

Episodes

Nº	Title	Director	Written by	Airdate
1	"New Man on Campus"	Alan Rafkin	Charlie Hauck, Bill Davenport & Arthur Julian	August 8, 1979 (1979-08-08)
A new university president has inherited an office from his predecessor and waiting for him is Maggie Gallagher, the high pressured Dean of Faculty; Sam Dickey, the glib Director of Development; and Pinky, a wise-cracking housekeeper – all itching to give this idealistic greenhorn the benefit of their academic savvy.
2	"Old Girlfriend"	Alan Rafkin	Sy Rosen	August 15, 1979 (1979-08-15)
The unexpected visit of an ex-girlfriend drives Sam to an attack of compulsive eating.
3	"Lou's Little Problem"	Alan Rafkin	Bill Davenport	August 22, 1979 (1979-08-22)
Lou pays a pretty price for his snobbish attitude about women while at a gala fund-raising dinner – as TV-news cameras roll.
4	"Sleep With the Fishes"	Walter C. Miller	Arthur Julian & Sy Rosen	August 29, 1979 (1979-08-29)
Menacing phone calls on a dark and stormy night suggest to Lou and staff that a mob boss wants revenge because his son was refused admission to the school.

References

↑ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle F. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present

External links

Hanging In at the Internet Movie Database
Hanging In at TV.com

Maude

Characters	Maude Findlay

Episodes	"Maude" (pilot)

Spin-offs	Good Times (1974–79) Episodes Mr. Dugan (1979; unaired) Hanging In (1979)

Related	All in the Family (1971–79) Episodes "And Then There's Maude" (theme song)

Shows produced or created by Norman Lear

The Deputy (1959–61)
All in the Family (1971–79)
Sanford and Son (1972–78)
Maude (1972–78)
Good Times (1974–79)
The Jeffersons (1975–85)
Hot l Baltimore (1975)
One Day at a Time (1975–84)
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–78)
The Dumplings (1976)
All's Fair (1976–77)
The Nancy Walker Show (1976)
All That Glitters (1977)
Fernwood 2 Night (1977)
A Year at the Top (1977)
Sanford Arms (1977)
America 2-Night (1978)
In the Beginning (1978)
Apple Pie (1978)
Hanging In (1979)
The Baxters (1979–81)
Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980–81)
a.k.a. Pablo (1984)
E/R (1984–85)
Sunday Dinner (1991)
The Powers That Be (1992–93)
704 Hauser (1994)
Channel Umptee-3 (1997–98)

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