J.J. Starbuck

J.J. Starbuck was an ostentatious self-made Texas billionaire who earned his fortune in oil and a variety of other investment ventures. Unfortunately, J.J.'s work had become his life, at the expense of his family. Then, one day his wife Lee and son Mark decided to pay J.J. a surprise visit aboard an off-shore oil rig he was working when their plane crashed en route and both were killed. Only then did J.J. realize that the two most valuable assets in his life were lost and no amount of money could ever buy them back. From that day on, J.J. Starbuck became a changed man. He turned day-to-day control of his company, Marklee Enterprises, over to his trusted second, Charlie Bullets (played by character actor David Huddleston in the pilot, and sausage pitchman Jimmy Dean thereafter), and hit the open road in his 1961 Lincoln Convertible to see to it that others didn't make the same mistakes he did. He traveled the country helping out "good folks" in trouble using his considerable influence and contacts, and more than a little detective work.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 77881
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired September 26, 1987
  • Recent June 28, 1988
  • Airs Tuesday, at 9:00pm
  • Network NBC
  • Average Runtime 45 minutes
  • Genres Crime Drama
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 0
Season 1 September 1987 June 1988 18
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Unassigned Episodes 18
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Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 18
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Stephen J. Cannell 8 09/26/1987 - 02/27/1988
Randall Wallace 4 12/15/1987 - 04/19/1988
Babs Greyhosky 2 10/20/1987 - 11/03/1987
Carol Mendelsohn 2 12/26/1987 - 06/28/1988
Lawrence Herzog 1 02/27/1988
Burt Pearl 1 10/27/1987
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Bob Bralver 2 12/15/1987 - 06/28/1988
Zale Dalen 2 12/26/1987 - 02/13/1988
James Whitmore Jr. 1 02/20/1988
Kim Manners 1 01/16/1988
Larry Shaw 1 09/29/1987
Neill Fearnley 1 02/27/1988
Charles Picerni 1 01/23/1988
William A. Fraker 1 04/19/1988
Corey Allen 1 09/26/1987
Bill Corcoran 1 10/27/1987
John Peter Kousakis 1 12/05/1987
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Lawrence Hertzog N/A

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