Circle Country

Natalie Stovall interviews recording artist, John King.

To humor Granny, Jed fakes illness so that she can resume the doctoring that brought her fame in the hills.

A beauty-contest winner from the hills and her father come to visit Jethro with marriage on their minds.

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.

Little Joe and Hoss are mistaken for gunmen while in a small Texas town; they find themselves in the middle of a dangerous feud between two families.

From Nashville, Tenn., Bill Cody and crew start weekday mornings with studio guests, news and good music.

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

One of Jethro's school friends spends a day at the Clampett mansion, and the hillbillies show the over-protected boy how to have fun.

Sonny tries to court Elly May, as he determines that she needs to change from a hillbilly into an upper-class lady; Granny offers the use of her love charms to spice up their affair.

Uncle Joe convinces two overweight women that the Shady Rest is really a reducing farm, where their loss is management's gain.

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

Rafe Hollister, a farmer with a golden voice, is chosen to represent Mayberry at a musical, but Mayor Stoner believes he looks too seedy. It is then up to Andy to make Rafe presentable enough.

A pack of hunting dogs overruns the Mayberry courthouse just as Andy is trying to impress a state official.

The Rev. Shay (Willie Nelson) moves out West to set up his new home in Montana so that he can spread God's word. But when his wife, Raysha (Morgan Fairchild), 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 of t

A potential mayoral candidate attempts to stir up trouble between majority and minority groups in town.

Two of Cousin Pearl's most ardent former suitors come to visit her in Beverly Hills; Jed doesn't know what to suggest.

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

The Clampett family miss being back at their old home in the mountains; Pearl tries to win over the oil man at the cabin as he takes her to a nearby phone.

Amy Grant discusses her songwriting, the music industry, and making music that matters.

Blanco Brown discusses what he feels when he performs on the stage and more.

Jed's bloodhound Duke takes on the role of matchmaker for his master and a glamorous woman from France.

Performances by Carrie Underwood, Bailey Zimmerman and Old Dominion.

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

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

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

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

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

Elly May decides to enter a beauty competition to become the queen of Beverly Hills, with some help from Miss Jane and the Drysdales; when Granny hears about the race, she wants to enter as well.

Pearl's attempts to snag Mr. Brewster seem hopeless until he suddenly makes an outrageous public proposal.

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

Shortly after the Ponderosa cattle herd arrives in San Francisco at the hands of Hoss, Joe and Ben, two of their traildrivers are shanghaied and destined for Hong Kong.

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

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.

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

From Nashville, Tenn., Bill Cody and crew start weekday mornings with studio guests, news and good music.

The board chairman of Drysdale's bank is determined to meet Jed Clampett, the bank's financial wizard.

The Clampetts load their shootin' irons for a match with the Drysdales when Sonny jilts and infuriates Elly May.

The Clampett family miss being back at their old home in the mountains; Pearl tries to win over the oil man at the cabin as he takes her to a nearby phone.

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

Charley decides it's time to quit as engineer of the Cannonball when the citizens of Hooterville seem too busy to spend anytime with him.

A brochure for the Shady Rest Hotel of the future is prematurely distributed.

A man travels to Hooterville to investigate a line connection.

Barney thinks it's time Andy got married, but Andy has a plan of his own.

Andy and Barney must figure out a way to prevent a farmer's goat who has eaten a load of dynamite from blowing up Mayberry.

The luck of Pat Brennan (Randolph Scott) is about to go from bad to worse; after gambling his horse away, he gets a ride from Willard (John Hubbard) and Doretta Mims (Maureen O'Sullivan). Soon, their stagecoach is hijacked by a trio of merciless bandits, led by the especially heartless Frank Usher (Richard Boone). As Usher holds the coach passengers hostage, Brennan falls in love with Doretta and

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

Jed and his family are mistaken for a staff of crazy servants when they move into their new mansion.

When Mr. Drysdale describes Mrs. Drysdale as being a hypochondriac, the Clampetts assume she is a drunk.

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

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.

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

Two likable bandits (George Eastman, Giuliano Gemma) try to make a living in the Old West.

After pulling a bank heist in Mexico, the outlaw Rio (Marlon Brando) and his partner, Dad Longworth (Karl Malden), make a run for it, but Dad has bigger plans than freedom. He betrays Rio and absconds with the loot, and Rio ends up in prison. Years pass before Rio finally breaks free to enact his long-plotted revenge. Tracking Dad to California, Rio learns he's become a sheriff -- which is no dete

Stranger Django (Franco Nero) rides into the middle of a border fray between Mexican bandits and the Ku Klux Klan.

Newlywed Benjamin Taber is in town with his bride when a bank robbery goes awry, and she disappears in a chaotic shootout. Determined to find her, Benjamin seeks out the help of crusty Quentin Leech, a bounty hunter who has his own reasons for wanting to catch the outlaws. As they follow the group's trail, they receive help from several unlikely sources, including Flora Mae Pepper, the owner of a

Natalie Stovall interviews recording artist, John King.

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.

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.

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

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.

Cousin Pearl gets a glamour treatment and tries to groom the Clampetts for high society.

Uncle Joe wants to cash in on the recent Beatlemania fever, by making up a girl group named The Ladybugs, starring his nieces and Sheriff Ragsdale's daughter.

An old friend of Kate tells the girls to dig up some eligible prospects, in order to get Kate married again.

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

Ashley Judd recounts her mother Naomi's adolescence in 1960s Kentucky, where the promising Diane soon becomes a teen mother; as Diane struggles to raise her girls, she soon finds the path to music.

Naomi and Wynonna Judd, a mother-daughter singing duo, face constant rejection from recording offices, but it isn't long before exciting opportunities start picking up for the duo.

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

Host Chuck Wicks sits down with Mitchell Tenpenny and they discuss Mitchell's near death experience with a serial killer, his guitarist being too friendly at a biker bar, and he learns about Mitchell's death metal past.

Kate is missing as a big convention is meeting to decide where to hold their convention, she is stuck in a cave.

From small-town dreams to global icon, featuring the story of Carrie Underwood's voice, vision and unshakable impact on country music.

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

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

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

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

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

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.