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J.J. Starbuck

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J.J. Starbuck is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from September 1987 to June 1988. The series follows cornpone-spouting Jerome Jeremiah "J.J." Starbuck, a billionaire Texan who wears ten-gallon hats, cowboy boots and fancy western shirts. He drives a flashy limousine with steer horns on the hood and a horn that plays "The Eyes of Texas," and spouts a steady stream of folksy homilies.

Drama

2.5 / 5

26th September 1987 - 28th June 1988
Top Cast
Dale RobertsonShawn WeatherlyJimmy Dean
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Pilot
26th September 1987

Episode 1

Dale Robertson plays eccentric Texas billionaire JJ Starbuck who pokes his nose into other people's business in the name of justice. In the opener, JJ travels to Beverly Hills where a wealthy businessman is suddenly cleared of his wife's murder by a bodybuilder, who claims the death was the accidental result of a lovers' quarrel.

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A Killing in the Market
29th September 1987

Episode 2

Robert Conrad plays a Wall Street wizard whose overtures to J.J. (Dale Robertson) about a shady business deal become secondary when J.J. crowds him with questions about the apparent suicide of his assistant.

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Murder In E Minor
20th October 1987

Episode 3

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The Blimpy Who Yelled Blue
27th October 1987

Episode 4

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Incident at Sam September
10th November 1987

Episode 6

Starbuck attempts to prove That a phony children's book author murdered his ghostwriter.

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Gold from the Rainbow
5th December 1987

Episode 7

A sleazy TV talk show host kill his competitor's assistant in order to frame her for murder. J.J. comes to the aid of the lady

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Graveyard Shift
15th December 1987

Episode 8

Starbuck attempts to free American executives who are being held hostage aboard a Persian Gulf oil rig.

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The Circle Broken
22nd December 1987

Episode 9

Starbuck investigates a scheming interior design editor (Jessica Walter) who seems to have committed the perfect murder.

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The 6% Solution
26th December 1987

Episode 10

An ex-convict becomes the coach of a college football team on a 20-year losing streak

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Murder by Design
23rd January 1988

Episode 11

A shifty spiritual leader (Alan Rachins) tries to frame a senator's daughter for her father's murder.

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Cactus Jack's Last Call
13th February 1988

Episode 12

J.J. was with an old friend when someone tried to run them over; J.J. was injured while his friend was killed. An old friend of his friend, E.L. ""Tenspeed"" Turner, tries to find out what happened. With J.J.'s help, they discover that a bet he convince his friend to make is the motive behind the murder.

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A Song from the Sequel
20th February 1988

Episode 13

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First You've Got to Go to the Picnic
3rd November 1987

Episode 5

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Permanent Hiatus
27th February 1988

Episode 14

A realtor finds success in selling houses to a couple, getting his 6% commission, then ordering one of his agents to seduce one member of the couple to break up their marriage. After the break up, the couple sells their house and the realtor gets his 6% again; then he sells each of member of the couple another place and gets another 6% from those sales. When one of his disgruntled clients and one of his former agents plan to report his activities, the realtor decides to take them out. His plan involves getting the agent to go to the client's house and on the night of a party, he goes there via helicopter and he programs his phone to forward a call from a client to the man's house. When he gets there he shoots the client and afterwards the client calls him and after speaking to him the realtor arrives and he shoots him, making it appear like a murder-suicide. J.J. who is a friend of the client arrives for the funeral and comforts the wife and he can't help but wonder why the realtor is

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Rag Doll
19th April 1988

Episode 15

J.J.'s niece goes undercover in Los Angeles to investigate the ""suicide"" of one of her high school friends who left to become a star and became involved in oil wrestling, counterfeit films, and drugs.

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The Rise and Fall of Joe Piermont
28th June 1988

Episode 16

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That Old Black Magic

Episode 17

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Everyone's a Critic

Episode 18

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