Show
Type: Sitcom
First
Telecast: August 5, 1977
Last
Telecast: September 4, 1977
Executive
Producer: Norman Lear
Music
Supervisor: Don Kirshner
Broadcast
History:
August 1977, Fridays 8:00-8:30
on CBS
August 1977-September 1977,
Sundays 8:30-9:00 on CBS
Cast
Greg.....
Greg Evigan
Paul.....
Paul Shaffer
Frederick
J. Hanover.....
Gabriel Dell
Miss
Worley.....
Priscilla Morrill
Trish.....
Julie Cobb
Grandma
Belle Durbin.....
Nedra Volz
This
summer series, long delayed in getting on the air because of production and conceptual problems (it was originally supposed to premiere in January,
with a completely different cast) was about two young rock musicians in search of fame and
fortune. Greg
and Paul moved to Hollywood from their home in Boise, Idaho and were looking for an agent
to help them get their big break. The promoter they found was Frederick
J. Hanover, renowned for discovering and creating pop music stars. He offered
them the chance at stardom, but there was one little catch. Hanover was
the son of the Devil and, in exchange for this year as pop music superstars,
Greg and Paul would have to sign away their souls. Hanover gave them tastes
of what their "year at the top" could be like, and tried various
ways of tempting them to sign the contract, but circumstances and misgivings
on Greg and Paul's part prevented it from happening, at least in the five weeks
that A Year at the Top
ran.
