Fridays is the name of ABC's weekly late-night live comedy show, which aired on Friday nights from April 11, 1980 to April 23, 1982. The show was originally 70 minutes in its first season, but was expanded to 90 minutes in season two.

    The program was ABC's attempt to duplicate the success of NBC's Saturday Night Live (especially since SNL was facing a decline in quality in the early 1980s following the departure of show creator Lorne Michaels and the remnants of his original cast). Like SNL, each week Fridays featured music acts and, in the second season, celebrity guest hosts, as well as fake newscasts and spoofs of television shows and commercials.

    Starring

    Mark Blankfield

    Maryedith Burrell

    Melanie Chartoff

    Larry David

    Rich Hall

    Darrow Igus

    Brandis Kemp

    Bruce Mahler

    Michael Richards

    John Roarke

    Narrated by Jack Burns

    Country of origin United States

    Language(s) English

    No. of seasons 3

    No. of episodes 58 (List of episodes)

    Production

    Running time 70/90 minutes

    Production company(s) Moffitt-Lee Productions

    Broadcast

    Original channel ABC

    Original run April 11, 1980 – April 23, 1982

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    John Moffitt on the first episodes of Fridays and on Andy Kaufman's notorious surprise fight sketch

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    John Moffitt on Fridays

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    John Moffitt on Fridays comparisons to Saturday Night Live

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    John Moffitt on a photo of Fridays

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    John Moffitt on casting Larry David and Michael Richards on Fridays

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    John Moffitt on casting Larry David and Michael Richards on Fridays

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    John Moffitt on the first episodes of Fridays and on Andy Kaufman's notorious surprise fight sketch

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    John Moffitt on Fridays

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    John Moffitt on a photo of Fridays

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