J.J. Starbuck (1987)
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.
J.J. Starbuck: Season 1 - 18 Episode s
1x1 - Pilot
September 26, 1987
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.
1x2 - A Killing in the Market
September 29, 1987
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.
1x3 - Murder In E Minor
October 20, 1987
1x4 - The Blimpy Who Yelled Blue
October 27, 1987
1x5 - Incident at Sam September
November 10, 1987
Starbuck attempts to prove That a phony children's book author murdered his ghostwriter.
1x6 - Gold from the Rainbow
December 5, 1987
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
1x7 - Graveyard Shift
December 15, 1987
Starbuck attempts to free American executives who are being held hostage aboard a Persian Gulf oil rig.
1x8 - The Circle Unbroken
December 22, 1987
Starbuck investigates a scheming interior design editor (Jessica Walter) who seems to have committed the perfect murder.
1x9 - The 6% Solution
December 26, 1987
An ex-convict becomes the coach of a college football team on a 20-year losing streak
1x10 - Murder by Design
January 23, 1988
A shifty spiritual leader (Alan Rachins) tries to frame a senator's daughter for her father's murder.
1x11 - Cactus Jack's Last Call
February 13, 1988
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.
1x12 - A Song from the Sequel
February 20, 1988
1x13 - First You've Got To Go To The Picnic
February 27, 1988
1x14 - Permanent Hiatus
February 27, 1988
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
1x15 - Rag Doll
April 19, 1988
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.
1x16 - The Rise And Fall Of Joe Piermont
June 28, 1988
1x17 - That Old Black Magic
1x18 - Everyone's a Critic
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