The show ran from 1984 to 1989 and starred Michael Landon as an angel on probation sent down to earth to help people, Victor French co-starred as his human sidekick
The sitcom was the brain child of Norman Lear who was no stranger to groundbreaking television shows with serious issues, his resume included All in the Family and the Jeffersons.
Television in the 1960's was full of way off comedy shows, and this one took a three hour tour on the water and turned it into three years of zany antics, featuring seven castaways.
This show dates back to the days of radio when it was called 'The Candid Microphone'. It made it's way to television in 1948 and continued well into the 1970's.