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J.J. Starbuck

All Episodes 1987 - 1988
NR

  • Ended
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  • 1987-09-27T01:00:00Z
  • 44m
  • 11h 44m (16 episodes)
  • Lawrence Hertzog + 1 more, Stephen J. Cannell
  • United States
  • English
  • Stephen J. Cannell Productions
  • Drama
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.

18 episodes

Series Premiere

1987-09-27T01:00:00Z

1x01 Pilot

Series Premiere

1x01 Pilot

  • 1987-09-27T01:00:00Z44m

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.

1987-09-30T01:00:00Z

1x02 A Killing in the Market

1x02 A Killing in the Market

  • 1987-09-30T01:00:00Z44m

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.

1987-10-21T01:00:00Z

1x03 Murder In E Minor

1x03 Murder In E Minor

  • 1987-10-21T01:00:00Z44m

1x04 The Blimpy Who Yelled Blue

  • 1987-10-28T02:00:00Z44m

1987-11-11T02:00:00Z

1x05 Incident at Sam September

1x05 Incident at Sam September

  • 1987-11-11T02:00:00Z44m

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

1987-12-06T02:00:00Z

1x06 Gold from the Rainbow

1x06 Gold from the Rainbow

  • 1987-12-06T02:00:00Z44m

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

1987-12-16T02:00:00Z

1x07 Graveyard Shift

1x07 Graveyard Shift

  • 1987-12-16T02:00:00Z44m

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

1987-12-23T02:00:00Z

1x08 The Circle Unbroken

1x08 The Circle Unbroken

  • 1987-12-23T02:00:00Z44m

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

1987-12-27T02:00:00Z

1x09 The 6% Solution

1x09 The 6% Solution

  • 1987-12-27T02:00:00Z44m

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

1988-01-24T02:00:00Z

1x10 Murder by Design

1x10 Murder by Design

  • 1988-01-24T02:00:00Z44m

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

1988-02-14T02:00:00Z

1x11 Cactus Jack's Last Call

1x11 Cactus Jack's Last Call

  • 1988-02-14T02:00:00Z44m

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.

1988-02-21T02:00:00Z

1x12 A Song from the Sequel

1x12 A Song from the Sequel

  • 1988-02-21T02:00:00Z44m

1988-02-28T02:00:00Z

1x14 Permanent Hiatus

1x14 Permanent Hiatus

  • 1988-02-28T02:00:00Z44m

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

1988-04-20T01:00:00Z

1x15 Rag Doll

1x15 Rag Doll

  • 1988-04-20T01:00:00Z44m

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.

Season Finale

1x18 Everyone's a Critic

  • no air date44m

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