Buck Owens Leaves Hee Haw After 18 years
Nashville based Hee Haw co host Buck Owens departs after 18 years. Roy Clark notes Owens will not return to the 60 minute show, shifting to rotating co hosts like the Oak Ridge Boys Loretta Lynn and John Schneider. The show remains popular on 220 stations reaching millions.
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New TV Week revamps daily listings with clearer grids
The Chronicle redesigns daily TV pages with separate local and cable grids from 7 p m to 5 a m, aiming easier viewing. Choices highlight best bets for each night while Sam Lovullo notes Hee Haw has become slightly more sophisticated, with less rough humor and more music.
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TV Stars and Guests Fill Fall Show Set
Hank Williams Jr. arrival sparks on set humor. Veteran participants Minnie Pearl Archie Campbell Grand Opry figures remain. Lovullo notes Buck Owens left a void yet rotating co hosts expand guest slots. Owens’ manager says Owens stays busy with newspapers four radio stations and possible world tour.
Iron Eagle TV Movie Rescue Mission Set in Middle East
An HBO 1986 film follows a determined teen Jason Gedrick racing to rescue his Air Force dad after his plane is shot down over the Middle East. Louis Gossett Jr. co stars as an active duty figure, with Michael Pennington as a detective and Margaret Colin as Dr. Watson's daughter alongside.
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Spenser: For Hire and The Return of Sherlock Holmes on TV
HBO offers a double feature with Spenser: For Hire starring Robert Urich as the private eye and The Return of Sherlock Holmes with Avery Brooks as Hawk. Lt Martin Quirk is shot. evidence points to Hawk as the culprit. Gerald Ford jokes anchor a separate segment Humor and the Presidency with Chevy Chase and Robert Klein.
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Don Knotts joins What a Country! as night school head
Don Knotts will appear as a macho ex Marine who becomes principal of the immigrant night school in the first run syndicated comedy What a Country Next week he moves from a one time guest to regular after producers saw the show The actor is famed as Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show and also starred in Three’s Company It’s about recent arrivals in a citizenship class also starring Yakov Smirnoff Vijay Armitraj and George Mordoch The series airs on WUAB Channel 43 and WGN TV
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