18x1 - Loretta Lynn, Exile, The Girls Next Door, The Hagers

September 20, 1986

First episode without Buck Owens as co-host. Loretta Lynn is billed as co-host.

18x2 - Johnny Cash & June Carter, John Hartford, Kathy Mattea, Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band

September 27, 1986

18x3 - Reba McEntire, Bellamy Brothers, Forester Sisters

October 4, 1986

18x4 - Mel Tillis, Randy Travis, Judy Rodman

October 11, 1986

18x5 - Jerry Reed, Pake McEntire, Barbara Fairchild

October 18, 1986

18x6 - Loretta Lynn, Mickey Gilley, John Hartford, George Hamilton IV, The Whites

October 25, 1986

18x7 - Johnny Cash & June Carter, Dwight Yoakam, Billy Grammer

November 1, 1986

18x8 - Reba McEntire, Tanya Tucker

November 8, 1986

18x9 - Mel Tillis, John Anderson, Loretta Lynn, John Hartford, Louise Mandrell

November 15, 1986

18x10 - Johnny Cash & June Carter, Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers, Jack Clement, Loretta Lynn

November 22, 1986

18x11 - Loretta Lynn, T. Graham Brown, Florence Henderson

November 29, 1986

18x12 - Jerry Reed, Ray Pillow, Dottie West

December 6, 1986

18x13 - Reba McEntire, Loretta Lynn, Keith Stegall, Pat Boone

December 13, 1986

18x14 - George Jones, Kenny Rogers, Vince Gill, Holly Dunn, Roy Acuff

January 3, 1987

18x16 - Glen Campbell, Mel Tillis, Keith Whitley, Carter Family, Johnny Cash & June Carter

January 17, 1987

18x17 - John Schneider, Louise Mandrell, Loretta Lynn, New Grass Revival

January 24, 1987

18x18 - Marie Osmond, Paul Davis, Eddie Rabbitt, Ralph Stanley, Bill Monroe

January 31, 1987

18x19 - Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams, Jr., Sawyer Brown, Sweethearts of the Rodeo

February 7, 1987

18x20 - Glen Campbell, Judy Rodman, Mel Tillis, Roy Acuff, George Jones

February 14, 1987

18x21 - Gary Morris, John Schneider, Loretta Lynn, Riders in the Sky

February 21, 1987

18x22 - Oak Ridge Boys, Janie Fricke, Bill Monroe

February 28, 1987

18x23 - Ray Stevens, Mel McDaniel, Loretta Lynn

March 7, 1987

18x24 - Marie Osmond, Gene Watson, Nicolette Larson & Steve Wariner, Stan Freese

March 14, 1987

18x25 - Hank Williams, Jr., Marty Stuart, Merle Kilgore, k.d. lang

March 21, 1987

18x26 - Ray Stevens Steve Wariner, Loretta Lynn, Lyle Lovett

March 28, 1987