Show made its debut on Feb 26, 1979 on CBS at 8pm.

In that time slot the show competed with Little House on the Prairie on NBC and Salvage 1 on ABC.

After 4 weeks the show was moved to 8:30pm on March 24, 1979 where it competed with NBC movie and ABC movie.

It would remain in the 8:30pm slot until last airing

Merv Griffin appeared in episode 3

Former NFL QB Larry Csonka for Miami Dolphins appeared in episode 6

Suzanne Somers appeared in the last and final episode

Billy ranked #43 after first episode, higher than What's Happening and Welcome Back Kotter

The show had more viewers than What's happening every time it aired

After the first three airings, CBS took the show off the schedule until March 24, 1979

The show was pulled off the schedule again after the March 31st airing which produced a ranking of #46 out of 64 shows and would not air again until April 21, 1979




Complete Directory to Primetime TV shows
Fortworth Star-Telegram, March 7, 1970
Fortworth Star-Telegram, March 14, 1979
Fortworth Star-Telegram March 21, 1979,
Philadelphia Daily News, April 28, 1979