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Where was The Greatest American Hero filmed?

1981 TV show.

  • Los Angeles

The story is set in Los Angeles, California, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Los Angeles, California
Filmed in
Los Angeles

About The Greatest American Hero

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First aired
1981
Cast
William Katt
Genre
Comedy DramaScience Fiction

The story

Ralph Hinkley is a Los Angeles teacher of remedial education high school students.

During a school field trip, Ralph encounters extraterrestrials who give him a suit which endows him with superhuman abilities.

During the encounter, he is also instructed by the aliens to thereafter collaborate with FBI Special Agent Bill Maxwell.

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