NEW YORK, June 7 (UPI) -- Syfy says it will air a marathon of episodes of "The Greatest American Hero," which hasn't been seen on U.S. television since its original run ended in 1983.
The 20-hour event is to start July 4.
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Actor Robert Culp arrives for the Los Angeles premiere of the film 'Hollywoodland' held at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California on September 7, 2006.(UPI Photo/ Phil McCarten) | License Photo
The action-comedy series aired from 1981-83, and starred William Katt, Robert Culp and Connie Selleca.
Katt portrayed Ralph Hinkley, a young high school teacher in Los Angeles who encounters extra-terrestrials while on a field trip in the desert. The aliens give him a red flying suit with special powers, but unfortunately Ralph loses the instruction book. Culp plays a neurotic FBI agent who persuades Ralph to use his new powers to fight crime, while Selleca plays Ralph's girlfriend, an attorney.
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