Hanging In

Hanging In is a short lived American sitcom that aired on CBS in 1979, executive produced by Norman Lear. After his failed attempt to launch the sitcom Mr. Dugan, Lear reworked the project, finally coming up with Hanging In, the story of Lou Harper, a former pro football star who becomes president of fictional Braddock College. Bill Macy (who had played Maude's husband, Walter Findlay, in Maude) resurfaced as the star of the version that finally ... more

Hanging In is a short lived American sitcom that aired on CBS in 1979, executive produced by Norman Lear. After his failed attempt to launch the sitcom Mr. Dugan, Lear reworked the project, finally coming up with Hanging In, the story of Lou Harper, a former pro football star who becomes president of fictional Braddock College. Bill Macy (who had played Maude's husband, Walter Findlay, in Maude) resurfaced as the star of the version that finally did air, in August 1979. Most of the supporting cast of Mr. Dugan and its several different incarnations appeared in Hanging In. Hanging In lasted just four weeks on CBS, leaving the air after its August 29, 1979 broadcast. less