what is the name of the 80’s TV show with the song holding out for a hero as its theme tune???

Posted on October 22nd, 2009 by admin in holding out for a hero |


Ccover up - which was about a government agent acting as a ’sexy’ male model for an agency, the lead actor was first played by Jon Erik Hexum who went out with Emma Sams (dynasty) he allegedly died in a tragic accident after pretending to shoot himself in the head with a squib loaded handgun - the lead role was then given to Tony Hamilton an Aussie actor and the series only lasted a few more episodes, as the suspicious circumstances surrounding Hexum’s death were fuelled by rumours that Sams had broken up with him only days before. I remember this series really well as it was quite good, bit cheesy, but hey it was the 80’s and we were all cheesy then - i remember that it did quite a bit of damage to Emma Sams career as well and she still gets asked about it

21 Responses

  1. Psychic TV Says:

    all american hero?
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  2. rizwanholo1 Says:

    I think bay watch
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  3. driftwood6 Says:

    Cover Up
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  4. Lonely Pa Says:

    Fame
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  5. C.J Says:

    Cover up!!!!!!!!!!
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  6. jmswotton Says:

    I know that song was in "Footloose" - an 80’s movie
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  7. kaligirl Says:

    There was a show called "The Greatest American Hero," for which the theme song was "A Wing and A Prayer." "Holding Out for a Hero" is from the film "Footloose."
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    Child of the 80s

  8. sexycowboyrider69 Says:

    umm that song is in the movie footloose i believe
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  9. darkangel 14 Says:

    Great American hero…Believe it or not I’m walking on air!
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  10. Dfwteddybear Says:

    Greatest American Hero
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  11. chromosone4 Says:

    Footloose,, omg omg omg fab film but it wasnt theme tune though it was where they were racing one another on the tractors
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  12. lizardmama Says:

    It’s originally from Mad Max…Thunderdome, I think. I do seem to vaguely recall it being linked to a TV show, but all I keep coming up with is Mad Max.

    Seems I’ve been corrected by Footloose. Are ya’ll sure it wasn’t Mad Max? It was not the Greatest American Hero though. That was William Kat’s goofy superman-type show, and the song to it was "Believe it or not, I’m walking on air. I never thought I could feel so free. Flying away on a wing and a prayer. Who could it be? Believe it or not, it’s just me." I’m not sure eho sang that one, but it sounded like BJ Thomas. He did the song for Family Ties too. Or was it the Kirk Cameron and Alan Thicke family?

    Anyway, thanks for the flashback though!
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  13. cricket Says:

    I think it is Great American Hero.
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  14. mellei96 Says:

    I think it was called all american hero.
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  15. power_of_zen Says:

    This was already asked recently, I remembered seeing it:
    http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AvFWIyLQbwpChcf7LjQdWz1JBgx.?qid=20060806132656AAMsou0
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  16. memorris900 Says:

    That is a Bonnie Tyler song. It was in Footloose and It was in Shrek 2. All american Hero was a song called Believe it or not.
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  17. yoyo5150 Says:

    Not sure about the TV show, but I know it was in the movie Footloose. I think it was played when "Ren" was doing his gymnastics in the old broke down warehouse near the railroad tracks.
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  18. romanisis Says:

    the prog is called "cover up"
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  19. emmamac14 Says:

    boon with michael elphick
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  20. The Bean Says:

    Blast from the past…it was def Cover Up. I had forgotten allabout that series. Wasn’t the male star quite dishy???? Can’t remember his name!
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  21. Big Red Says:

    Ccover up - which was about a government agent acting as a ’sexy’ male model for an agency, the lead actor was first played by Jon Erik Hexum who went out with Emma Sams (dynasty) he allegedly died in a tragic accident after pretending to shoot himself in the head with a squib loaded handgun - the lead role was then given to Tony Hamilton an Aussie actor and the series only lasted a few more episodes, as the suspicious circumstances surrounding Hexum’s death were fuelled by rumours that Sams had broken up with him only days before. I remember this series really well as it was quite good, bit cheesy, but hey it was the 80’s and we were all cheesy then - i remember that it did quite a bit of damage to Emma Sams career as well and she still gets asked about it
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