The Greatest American Hero

About The Greatest American Hero

The chronicles of teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.

The Greatest American Hero is an action-adventure, comedy, and crime series that ran on ABC.

Its 3 seasons and 43 episodes were broadcast from March 1981 to March 1983. Seasons run to about 14 episodes.

William Katt stars as Ralph Hinkley, Robert Culp as Bill Maxwell, Connie Sellecca as Pam Davidson, and Faye Grant as Rhonda Blake.

American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 121 votes and it carries a TV-14 rating.