It's a Living

Name: It's a Living
Genre: Comedy

1980–1989ABCSyndicationComedy

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Waitresses at a restaurant on the thirteenth floor, cancelled by ABC and revived in syndication.

It's a Living rebuilt its titles: two distinct opening sequences are catalogued here across seasons 1–2, running between 41 and 59 seconds.

At 59 seconds at its longest, it opens well above the 38-second median for comedy sequences in this catalogue.

It arrived on ABC in 1980, when One Life to Live, All My Children and Romper Room were also on the network.

Only 139 of the 2,618 shows catalogued here changed their titles at all; It's a Living did so once.

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All 2 opening title sequences

Season 1

59s

The first season's cast cards, off a rerun channel.

Season 2

41s

The second season, retitled Making a Living and starring Louise Lasser, off air with a New York station's caption along the bottom.

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