The Greatest American Hero(1981)

series - first aired/released 1981-03-18 - audience 7.2

Action & Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Directed by Bruce Kessler, Christian I. Nyby II, Chuck Bowman, Gabrielle Beaumont, Georg Stanford Brown, Ivan Dixon, Lawrence Doheny, Robert C. Thompson, Robert Culp, Rod Holcomb, Sidney Hayers

The chronicles of  teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.