Hanging In

Hanging In
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Bill Davenport Charlie Hauck Arthur Julian
Directed by	Walter C. Miller Alan Rafkin
Starring	Bill Macy Barbara Rhoades Nedra Volz Dennis Burkley
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 – August 29, 1979
Chronology
Related shows	Mr. Dugan

Hanging In is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in 1979, executive produced by Norman Lear.

Synopsis

After his failed attempt to launch the sitcom Mr. Dugan, Lear reworked the project, finally coming up with Hanging In, the story of Lou Harper, a former pro football star who becomes president of fictional Braddock College. 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.

Cast

Actor	Role
Bill Macy	Louis "Lou" Harper
Nedra Volz	Pinky Nolan
Dennis Burkley	Sam Dickey
Barbara Rhoades	Maggie Gallagher

Episodes

Ep #	Title	Airdate
1	"New Man on Campus"	August 8, 1979
2	"Old Girlfriend"	August 15, 1979
3	"Lou's Little Problem"	August 22, 1979
4	"Sleep With the Fishes"	August 29, 1979

External links

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