Sitcoms Online Message Boards - Forums - The Highwayman https://sitcomsonline.com/boards/ en Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:19:42 GMT vBulletin 60 https://sitcomsonline.com/boards/images/misc/rss.jpg Sitcoms Online Message Boards - Forums - The Highwayman https://sitcomsonline.com/boards/ The Failure Of The Highwayman: CHAOS, Fights, And BACKLASH https://sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=513479&goto=newpost Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:40:55 GMT BcjqltTXrwU ---Quote--- Our latest episode looks at The Highwayman (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125301/http://www.jumptheshark.com/h/highwayman.htm), the short-lived 80s... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcjqltTXrwU

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Our latest episode looks at The Highwayman, the short-lived 80s action series that mixed Knight Rider-style technology with the rough road world of Mad Max.

Created by Glen A. Larson and Douglas Heyes, the show followed a futuristic federal lawman using a massive truck with a helicopter hidden inside the cab. Sam J. Jones led the cast, while Mark Jackson, Jane Badler, and Tim Russ joined when NBC brought it back as a weekly series.

This episode offers a detailed The Highwayman TV show analysis, exploring The Highwayman television history and The Highwayman behind the scenes stories.

The series arrived with a strong idea and a major name behind it, but poor ratings and high production costs quickly worked against it. NBC cancelled The Highwayman after only 9 regular episodes, leaving behind an unaired spin-off idea, abandoned toy prototypes, and 2 surviving trucks with very different lives.

If you remember The Highwayman, enjoy forgotten 80s action shows, or grew up watching Knight Rider, Airwolf, and Street Hawk, this episode looks back at the ambition, controversy, cancellation, and legacy of one of NBC’s strangest action failures.
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