"It's a Living" should come out on dvd

[Svenfan1234]

I keep on thinking someone like Logo (on cable) will pick it up or Me-TV or Laff. It seems like such a good show, and so weird that it's never played in syndication or on DVD. Hopefully WAC realizes there is a fanbase like how they've released shows like Growing Pains, Medical Center, and The FBI via their WAC service. Shout! could also release season sets or a complete series set, but they could release Season 1 & 2 like Sisters. You never know. I'd love to own this show.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by Kasey

I think because it was in first-run syndication it was never considered 'prestigious' enough to run on Lifetime ala "Designing Women" or "The Golden Girls". With all these retro stations out there, it's time for one of them to resurrect this show.

I admittedly never saw It's a Living (being a frequent visitor to these message boards, I would've naturally heard of it) until Logo started showing it this past year. I was wondering why It's a Living isn't talked about much anymore. I mean the show ran for six seasons, 120 episodes, and was presumably popular enough (retroactively) to warrant a syndicated revival.

I'm guessing that It's a Living was hampered by its decidedly checkered history. When it first debuted in 1980, there was a writer's strike, so Season 1 was somewhat abbreviated. And then after the first season, the show was substantially retooled. Susan Sullivan and Wendy Schaal left the show, with a glum, tense Louise Lasser now getting top billing Season 2. The also they reduced the number of girls and covered them up, therefore losing the "jiggle show" factor. That second ABC network season was titled MAKING A LIVING for network broadcast in 1981. These two network seasons yielded 27 episodes.

THEN, there was a multi-year hiatus for the show; this was almost unheard of at the time. Ann Jillian announced her breast cancer, and the show came back for four more seasons in syndication (93 more episodes). But Jillian only did one syndication season and then was replaced by Sheryl Lee Ralph. Crystal Bernard came aboard as a new girl for the syndicated seasons. It's a Living never had a consistent cast (where nobody left in-between seasons) until the the final three seasons on the air.

It's a Living may have gotten lost in the shuffle not only because it was spent much of its life-span in first-run syndication (normally just outside of the prime time window and on weekends) but it came out when other female-buddy sitcoms were on the air: The Facts of Life, Alice (another show about waitresses), Designing Women, Kate & Allie, and The Golden Girls. All of these factors just made It's a Living appear to be an "also-ran" or filler material.

[dante11]

google its a living dvd-it is a company called dvd treasures.

https://dvdtreasures.net/products/it...omplete-series