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It's a Living is an American sitcom set in a restaurant at the top of the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. The show aired on ABC from October 30, 1980 until June 11, 1982. After the series was cancelled, new episodes aired in first-run syndication from September 28, 1985 to April 8, 1989. The series was created by Stu Silver, Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, and produced by Witt/Thomas Productions, later in association with Golden West Television and Lorimar-Telepictures.
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1989-04-08
S6E20 — The Sonny and Dot Show
Dot and Sonny are both feeling lonely, so thet stay late at the restaurant to cry on each other's shoulder.
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Barrie Youngfellow
Jan Hoffmeyer Gray
Marian Mercer
Nancy Beebe Miller
Gail Edwards
Dot Higgins
Crystal Bernard
Amy Tompkins
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Ginger St. James
Paul Kreppel
Sonny Mann
Richard Stahl
Howard Miller
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