A Year at the Top was a sitcom which aired for five episodes on CBS in 1977. It starred Paul Shaffer and Greg Evigan as two struggling musicians who make a pact with the son of the devil for a year of success. Shaffer has often joked about this program with David Letterman during his tenure as bandleader on the latter's show. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Paul Shaffer Paul Allen Wood Shaffer (born November 28, 1949 in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-born Jewish-American musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian and composer. ... Gregory Ralph Evigan (born October 14, 1953 in South Amboy, New Jersey), better known as Greg Evigan, is an actor who was a teen idol during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... The Devil is a title given to a supernatural entity, who, in most Abrahamic faiths, is the central embodiment of evil. ... David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American late night talk show host, comedian, television producer, Indy Racing League car owner (Rahal Letterman Racing), and philanthropist. ...

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