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.
The Greatest American Hero Ratings & Reviews
- RichardOctober 18, 2025Saw this one for the first time on English Sky Channel TV in the late '80s, late teens, flipping through channels and landed on a guy in a red suit crashing into walls. Ralph Hinkley gets alien tech that gives him superpowers… but loses the instruction manual. The result? Flying like a brick, awkward landings and powers that work when they feel like it. Robert Culp plays the grumpy FBI handler and together they stumble through crime fighting with zero finesse. It’s part superhero spoof, part buddy comedy and part accidental wisdom. The theme song (“Believe It or Not”) still hits and the show had that early '80s optimism wrapped in polyester and plot holes. Watched it with a mix of “this is ridiculous” and “I kinda love it.”
The Greatest American Hero Trivia
The Greatest American Hero has 3 seasons.
The Greatest American Hero has 43 episodes.
The key characters in The Greatest American Hero are Ralph Hinkley (William Katt), Bill Maxwell (Robert Culp), Pam Davidson (Connie Sellecca).
The Greatest American Hero was directed by Rod Holcomb, Ivan Dixon, Bruce Kessler, Gabrielle Beaumont, Robert C. Thompson, Chuck Bowman, Robert Culp, Lawrence Doheny, Sidney Hayers, Georg Stanford Brown, Christian I. Nyby II.
The Greatest American Hero was produced by Stephen J. Cannell.
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.
The Greatest American Hero is rated TV-14.
The Greatest American Hero is a Comedy, Crime, Adventure show.
The Greatest American Hero has an audience rating of 7.3 out of 10.
The Greatest American Hero episodes are 60m long.
No, this show was canceled after 3 seasons.