About this season
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.
Episodes (13)
1. Series Premiere - Kenny Loggins
Aired 11 April 1980 • 90 min
2. The Boomtown Rats
Aired 18 April 1980 • 90 min
--The Boomtown Rats perform ""Someone's Looking at You"" and ""I Don't Like Mondays""
3. The Clash
Aired 25 April 1980 • 90 min
--The Clash perform ""London Calling,"" ""Train in Vain,"" ""The Guns Of Brixton"" & ""Clampdown"" Comedy sketches include: --""Night Of The Living Dead Dinner"" (""Diner""?)
4. Warren Zevon
Aired 9 May 1980 • 90 min
5. Boz Scaggs
Aired 16 May 1980 • 53 min
"Chatty Lady Can't Get a Studio Audience Seat," "Melanie Chartoff and Johann the Parakeet," "Ted Kennedy's Image Problem," "Dick at the Gym," "The Friday Edition (featuring Maryedith Burrell's field report on a new swear word)", "Luis Valdez's Gringo Coffee", "Matzoi!", and "The Last Male Heterosexual in San Francisco." Boz Scaggs performs "Breakdown Dead Ahead" and "JoJo."
6. Devo (1st appearance)
Aired 23 May 1980 • 90 min
--Devo (1st appearance) - ""Girl U Want"" & ""Gates of Steel""
7. Ian Hunter Band
Aired 7 May 1980 • 90 min
--The Ian Hunter Band - ""We Gotta Get Out Of Here"" (with Ellen Foley) and ""Once Bitten Twice Shy""
8. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Aired 6 June 1980 • 90 min
--Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers perform ""Shadow of a Doubt"" and ""American Girl""
9. The Beach Boys
Aired 20 June 1980 • 90 min
--The Beach Boys - ""Keepin' The Summer Alive"" and ""Good Vibrations""/""Goin' On"" medley
10. Graham Parker
Aired 27 June 1980 • 90 min
11. Kenny Rogers
Aired 4 July 1980 • 90 min
12. The Jam
Aired 11 July 1980 • 90 min
--The Jam perform ""Start!"" and ""Private Hell""
13. Journey
Aired 18 July 1980 • 90 min
--Journey performs ""Walks Like a Lady"" and ""Where Were You""