Circle Country

Homer plans to keep the Cannonball from making its Christmas caroling tour.

Herby Bates, who is sweet on Billie Jo, won't be seeing much more of her, he has just been drafted.

Bobbie Jo falls for Alan Landman (Dennis Hopper), a poet and beatnik.

Billie Jo discovers that her late father wanted her to be a doctor.

The Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn., is one of the premier concert venues in the country, and it's the site of the series of concerts featuring some of country music's top acts who have performed on the Opry stage.

An Old West poker player, his pal and an ex-madam meet vintage TV heroes and danger on the way to a big game.

An Old West poker player, his pal and an ex-madam meet vintage TV heroes and danger on the way to a big game.

Adopted by the wealthy rancher Arch Strobie, orphan Owen Daybright (Burt Lancaster) grows to be a respectable foreman on Strobie's ranch. Strobie's natural son, Lee (Robert Walker), is jealous of Owen and finally finds a way to undermine his upstanding brother. When Lee conceives an illegitimate child with Lily Fasken (Sally Forrest), who refuses to name him as the father, he tells her revenge-min

Muckraking newspaperman John Randolph (William Forrest), using information gleaned from his faithful printer, Smiley (Smiley Burnette), can expose powerful local businessmen Art Selby (Robert Livingston) and Clint Raybold (Gregg Barton) as the brains behind a series of thefts blamed on local Native Americans. Fiercely devoted ranger Gene Autry (Gene Autry) is assigned to protect Randolph, but his

Lieutenant Jerry Burke (Roy Rogers) is sent to Colorado to track down a troublesome gang. When he finally catches them, he finds out his traitorous brother commands them.

Railroad executive Homer Bedloe arrives in Hooterville with a railroad tycoon, who is determined to purchase the Cannonball.

A pair of crooks plans to rob the Cannonball of its bank shipment.

Kate decides it is time for Betty Jo to put down the books and set out to find a significant other.

Kate asks the judge if she can legally keep Billie Jo from going to Hollywood.

A Deputy U.S. Marshal arrives to escort a man to California to testify against a gang; guest Dan Duryea.

Ben tries to help his paraplegic neighbor Tom by setting up a grain mill on his unused land; Tom's hired hand raises his suspicion about Ben's plan.

Outlaws plot to steal a trunk containing the savings of a religious group heading for a new life in the West.

The Cartwrights' neighbor (Franchot Tone), a former soldier and lawman, seeks security for his daughter.

Bigoted Ike Daggett takes action when Ben gives an Indian and his wife land after the Indian saves his life.

Hoss and Little Joe spend the most unforgettable night at the carnival when Little Joe's date disappears.

Jed acts as his own attorney when he's sued by a couple seeking $100,000 in damages for a fictitious auto accident.

Love blooms again for Jed when Mlle. Denise returns from Paris to herald the arrival of a litter of poodles.

When Granny, Uncle Jed, Elly May and Jethro decide to return to the country for the holidays, they discover airline travel.

Grannie manages to chase away an IRS agent with a shotgun, prompting a story from Mr. Drysdale about how the family came to live in Beverly Hills in the first place.

After selling a painting, Uncle Joe thinks he's on the road to success.

Norman Curtis, the railroad president, sends his basset hound to the Shady Rest to give him a change of scenery.

An Old West poker player (Kenny Rogers) acquires a sidekick (Bruce Boxleitner) and sets out to help the son he never knew.

A small-town Southern preacher's (Kenny Rogers) pacifist nephew (Fredric Lehne) is taunted for refusing to enter World War II.

Driven Destinations with host Jackie Powell explores unforgettable road-trip spots.

No royal beginnings for this Queen of Country Music, Dolly Parton. Known for her larger-than-life positive attitude parading big hair and bold make-up, she would later carve out her own identity as a singer, composer, movie actress, and entrepreneur. Despite dirt poor roots, Dolly Parton leaves a rich legacy.

Performances by Opry star Kelsea Ballerini along with Opry NextStage alums Kameron Marlowe, 49 Winchester and Ashley Cook.

Performance featuring country legends Vince Gill, Patty Loveless and Dustin Lynch; highlighting vocal harmonies between Gill and Loveless, paired with Lynch's modern country energy.

Performances from Opry members Lainey Wilson, Mitchell Tenpenny, Stephen Wilson Jr, Lukas Nelson.

Top college athletes compete for school pride and championship glory.

Performances from Opry members Chris Young, Gary Sinise & Lt. Dan Band, Sara Evans.

Brady Hawkes, Billy Montana and Jeremiah Hawkes are on a train bound for a huge gambling event when the train is taken over by a gang of vicious killers in search of money.

Brady Hawkes, Billy Montana and Jeremiah Hawkes are on a train bound for a huge gambling event when the train is taken over by a gang of vicious killers in search of money.

Bill Engvall, renowned comedian, entertains audiences for the last time.

A sheriff's daughter runs off with her boyfriend (John Ericson), unaware he is a murderous bank robber.

For saving his life, Ben offers some Ponderosa farmland to an American Indian.

An outlaw joins the Cartwrights' cattle drive, knowing it will take him to the town where his father is the sheriff.

Attacked by Shoshones while crossing a burial ground, Adam discovers that the Indian woman tending him is white.

Little Joe runs into romantic complications when he tries to teach a deaf girl sign language; guest Albert Salmi.

Adam and Little Joe warn Hoss when he tries to help Arnie, a man with the mind of a child and an uncontrollable temper.

A confidence man tries to sell Jed the Hollywood Bowl, Griffith Park and the Hollywood Freeway.

Trying to cool a feud between Granny and Pearl, Jed takes his family on a sightseeing tour of Beverly Hills.

Granny's plan to stop Pearl's yodeling backfires when the police she called find her illegal still.

Jethro is finally told that he can finish the fifth grade by Doctor Twombly, but the doctor still wants to see Grannie; her love potion for Pearl misfires, leaving Twombly confused.

Uncle Joe spreads a rumor of a silver strike has been found in the area as a scheme to get more people to stay at the Shady Rest, and dig his drainage ditch for free.

The gang at the Shady Rest must make sure that socialite, Clara Watkins, has a comfortable stay if Kate is ever to get a loan again from her.

Barney orders Gomer and Otis to keep watch on Andy when an ex-con Andy sent to prison many years before returns to Mayberry.

A Las Vegas gambler (Kenny Rogers) must deal with a con woman (Ann Jillian) as he works casino security to pay off a debt.

An Old West poker player, his pal and an ex-madam meet vintage TV heroes and danger on the way to a big game.

An Old West poker player, his pal and an ex-madam meet vintage TV heroes and danger on the way to a big game.

An ex-rodeo rider (Kenny Rogers) leaves his family in Texas and goes to Wyoming for a government round-up.

Cardsharp Brady Hawkes searches for his son, who is on the run with outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Cardsharp Brady Hawkes searches for his son, who is on the run with outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Now head of security MacShayne juggles a klepto CEO's grandson, a diva, a threatened senator, and a corpse.

Comics Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and Ron White perform their stand-up routines.

Uncle Joe believes an old schoolmate of Kate's is a con artist, instead of the millionaire he says he is.

Homer returns to Shady Rest in an attempt to scrap the Cannonball.

Kate is surprised at her old school teacher's new personality.

Homer Bedloe returns to Hooterville with his son Homer Jr., who is a carbon copy of his dad.

An Easterner swears revenge for the death of his father, a drunk that a Cartwright killed in self-defense.

Hoss falls prey to a beautiful woman with a gambling addiction and refuses to believe she's only interested in his money.

Maud Hoad leads her revenge-seeking family against Joe, who was forced to shoot treacherous Jeb Hoad.

A Deputy U.S. Marshal arrives to escort a man to California to testify against a gang; guest Dan Duryea.

Ben tries to help his paraplegic neighbor Tom by setting up a grain mill on his unused land; Tom's hired hand raises his suspicion about Ben's plan.

Outlaws plot to steal a trunk containing the savings of a religious group heading for a new life in the West.

A man travels to Hooterville to investigate a line connection.

Kate wants to hide the Hooterville Cannonball to save it from the scrap heap.

The railroad president decides to scrap the Cannonball himself.

Curtis breaks the throttle of the Cannonball and blocks the way to Kate's jamboree.

A train carrying a Japanese delegation with a ceremonial sword for President Grant is robbed by bandits led by Link (Charles Bronson) and Gauche (Alain Delon). When Gauche double-crosses him and leaves him for dead, Link is ordered to team up with Kuroda Jubei (Toshirô Mifune), one of the ambassador's guards, who has a week to recover the sword or commit suicide. Hoping to find out from Gauche whe

Quirt Evans (John Wayne), a cowboy on the run, is injured when his horse stumbles near a Quaker family's land. The family takes him in as he regains his health, and he falls for their young daughter, Penelope (Gail Russell). As Quirt falls deeper in love and becomes accustomed to the family's peaceful ways, his violent past starts to catch up to him. Eventually he is forced to decide whether it is

A young bank robber gets a job on the Ponderosa to prevent the sheriff from finding the other members of his gang.

Andy and Barney look forward to seeing their high-school sweethearts at the Mayberry Class of '45 reunion.

Malcolm Merriweather, an English tourist, passes by Mayberry on a bicycle; after causing a traffic accident, he agrees to work off the damages as Andy's personal valet.

Andy unexpectedly has his hands full as The Darlings, a family of musicians from the mountains, arrive in Mayberry to meet a bus due the next day.

Barney spends his life savings to buy a used car. Unbeknownst to him, the car is actually a lemon and has several issues and defects.

Performances from Opry members Kelsea Ballerini, Ashley Cooke, John Foster.

Cardsharp Brady Hawkes searches for his son, who is on the run with outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Cardsharp Brady Hawkes searches for his son, who is on the run with outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

A small-town Southern preacher's (Kenny Rogers) pacifist nephew (Fredric Lehne) is taunted for refusing to enter World War II.

An Old West poker player (Kenny Rogers) acquires a sidekick (Bruce Boxleitner) and sets out to help the son he never knew.

Railroad executive Homer Bedloe arrives in Hooterville with a railroad tycoon, who is determined to purchase the Cannonball.

General store clerk Herbie Bates, is name assistant general manager of the Shady Rest by Kate, making Uncle Joe feel like he is being replaced.

Herby Bates, who is sweet on Billie Jo, won't be seeing much more of her, he has just been drafted.

Kate asks the judge if she can legally keep Billie Jo from going to Hollywood.

Hoss befriends Charlie Trent, a man who went from top Army scout to town drunk after he led his troops into a massacre.

A Deputy U.S. Marshal arrives to escort a man to California to testify against a gang; guest Dan Duryea.

Ben tries to help his paraplegic neighbor Tom by setting up a grain mill on his unused land; Tom's hired hand raises his suspicion about Ben's plan.

Outlaws plot to steal a trunk containing the savings of a religious group heading for a new life in the West.

The Cartwrights' neighbor (Franchot Tone), a former soldier and lawman, seeks security for his daughter.

Bigoted Ike Daggett takes action when Ben gives an Indian and his wife land after the Indian saves his life.

A rural family reluctantly exchanges a one-room mountain cabin for $25 million and a 35-room mansion, after they strike oil on their land.

A private school teacher is shocked to learn that her new fifth-grade student is Jethro.

Police and Elly's animals converge on the Clampett estate when Pearl starts giving yodeling lessons.

Drysdale attempts another step in the social renovation of the Clampetts by lending them his servants.

John Ford's landmark Western revolves around an assorted group of colorful passengers aboard the Overland stagecoach bound for Lordsburg, New Mexico, in the 1880s. An alcoholic philosophizer (Thomas Mitchell), a lady of ill repute (Claire Trevor) and a timid liquor salesman (Donald Meek) are among the motley crew of travelers who must contend with an escaped outlaw, the Ringo Kid (John Wayne), and

The Rev. Shay moves out West to set up his new home in Montana so that he can spread God's word. But when his wife, Raysha, leaves him for another man -- in part because she wants to return to Philadelphia -- the reverend decides to replace his spiritual ways with a gun. After shooting down his wife and her lover, he battles a landowner intent on keeping all the town's water for himself. But his d

Hoss befriends Charlie Trent, a man who went from top Army scout to town drunk after he led his troops into a massacre.

Kate tries to restore the self-confidence of Floyd Smoot after he is jilted by his mail-order sweetheart, by pretending to be in love with him.

Uncle Joe decides to go into the cologne business.

Betty Jo becomes the first female contestant in the horseshoe tournament.

Kate decides it is time for Betty Jo to put down the books and set out to find a significant other.

Performances from Opry members Jon Pardi, ERNEST, Tanya Tucker.

An ex-rodeo rider (Kenny Rogers) leaves his family in Texas and goes to Wyoming for a government round-up.

Two budding country stars try to get to Nashville and make it to the big time.

The outlaw brothers (Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash) go from the Civil War to robbing trains to farming under assumed names.