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TV Western Revival Sparks NBC Debuts The Oregon Trail And Big Hawaii
NBC launches two new Western flavored series The Oregon Trail and Big Hawaii set on Hawaii ranches The Oregon Trail stars Rod Taylor as Evan Thorpe leading a wagon train in 1842 with a family quest for a better life The cast includes Andrew Stevens Tony Becker Gina Mane Smika and Cliff Potts Big Hawaii stars Cliff Potts John Dehner and Moe Keale with Don Johnson guesting as a crop duster pilot The show is filmed in Hawaii ABC plans How the West Was Won with James Arness and Good Times returns with changes including Esther Rolle leaving the cast and Janet Jackson joining as a regular in a three part story
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Missouri
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Cliff Potts
Mitch Fears
Barrett Fears
John Dehner
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Don Johnson
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Esther Rolle
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Janet Jackson
Bernadette Peters
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