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AtlantaBravesFan29 · 03-26-2003, 11:27 AM

Does anyone remember a show called Barnaby Jones with Buddy Ebsen and Lee Merriwether??? I watched this as a teenager in reruns on WWOR-New York on cable. It was a detective show. Barnaby Jones' son was killed and Lee Merriwether played his daughter-in-law and he was looking for his son's killer. In 1975, Mark Shera joined the cast as Lee Merriwether's son. The show lasted for 8 seasons from January 1973 to 1980. That is one show that I want to see again. Anyone out there remember it???

harper · 03-26-2003, 11:43 AM

I don't ask people age its rude But I'm 35 and I loved to watch B.J.1.to watch how he solved crimes and secondly to watch where are the now actors still working today.Cannon and mannix and rockford files were the same for me.B.jones was a great show because B.Ebsen and lee meriweather and mark shera made the show feel like a family run PI biz.You could see loyalty and support and kindness with all three leads.I miss R.Files and Mannix-I personally adore Mike Connors as a performer and as a man,

AtlantaBravesFan29 · 03-26-2003, 12:03 PM

Hi, Harper!! You don't have to be rude about telling your age. I am going to be 32 in August myself.
I love watching the Rockford Files,you always knew that James Garner was going to get his man every episode.
Another show where everyone was like family was Matlock. Andy Griffith had a close knit cast with Linda Purl and Kene Holliday,later with Julie Sommars and Clarence Gilyard Jr.(who later went on to play on Walker, Texas Ranger),and still later with Brynn Thayer and Carol Huston and Daniel Roebuck.
I would like to see some more shows coming back in reruns like:
Barnaby Jones
Cannon
Ironside
The F.B.I.
Mission: Impossible
Mod Squad(my favorite show that I haven't seen in a while)

AtlantaBravesFan29 · 03-26-2003, 11:10 PM

Barnaby Jones would be a great addition to the Hallmark Channel.

Brian · 03-27-2003, 01:10 AM

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Originally posted by BravesFan712002

The F.B.I.

It currently airs on Goodlife. Not a lot of people get that channel, though.

AtlantaBravesFan29 · 03-27-2003, 11:04 AM

I forgot to add Nancy Stafford to the Matlock list.

Brian · 03-27-2003, 11:31 PM

I just remembered I have 6 episodes recorded from Canada. It was a good show from the episodes I have seen.

Zebra 3 · 08-11-2005, 06:56 PM

Back then I used to watch Adam-12, Mannix, Cannon and of course Barnaby Jones. Buddy Ebsen last acting role was a cameo as Jones in the comedy remake The Beverly Hillbillies ('93), which I found it to be the highlight of the movie.

hoosierelvisfan · 11-15-2005, 10:28 AM

There were a lot of great detective shows back in the early to mid 70's:

Rockford Files
Barnaby Jones
Mannix
Cannon
Columbo
MacMillan and Wife
Streets of San Francisco
Ironsides
Starsky and Hutch
Baretta

Lots of great television. Columbo, MacMillan and Wife, Starsky and Hutch, and Baretta have all been released in season sets on dvd. Rockford Files First Season is about to be released on dvd. I wish that they would produce a Season Two set for Baretta and also a Season Four for Starsky and Hutch. I guess Season One for Baretta didn't sell that well. But I'm surprized they haven't released the Fourth Season of S & H because they've already released the first three seasons.

Signed,
Respectfully,
Dutch

Scoobiedoo30 · 11-15-2005, 01:00 PM

Yes I remeber watching Barnaby Jones weeknight's at 7:00 pm
on WGNO 26

RTususian · 02-09-2006, 07:33 PM

I used to watch it but for some reason I only seem to remember Bradford Dillman and Gary Lockwood playing the bad guys in what seemed to be every third episode or so LOL. And they seemed to always put Lee Meriwether in danger.

WalrusIsPaul · 03-17-2006, 12:16 AM

I swear theres a episode of barnaby jones,where he is whistling the theme to the show when he walks in the room,and lee merriweather says something about him being in a good mood. I wanna say its an episide that had wayne rogers in it

treky · 05-05-2006, 02:15 AM

i remember that show! I remember Buddy Ebsen started it the season after THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES went off.

It was produced by Quinn Martin, who produced a lot of cop and detective shows in the 60s and 70s. THE FUGITIVE, CANNON, THE STREETS OF SAN FRANSISCO, HARRY O., and many others. You could always tell his shows because they always had a deep-voiced, dramatic-sounding announcer who always said, after he said the shows name "A Q.M. PRODUCTION" and the show would be divide into 4 "acts" that were broken up by the comerciall breaks, then at the end the "tag scene" would be called the "epilouge".

When I recently rented THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES movie, after the first 10 minutes I realized how AWFUL it is; but I decided to suffer through it, until Buddy Ebsens cameo as Barnaby Jones. I couldn't even make it THAT FAR before I HAD to turn it off; it was so HORRIBLE!!.

Yooch · 05-05-2006, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by AtlantaBravesFan29

Does anyone remember a show called Barnaby Jones with Buddy Ebsen and Lee Merriwether??? I watched this as a teenager in reruns on WWOR-New York on cable. It was a detective show. Barnaby Jones' son was killed and Lee Merriwether played his daughter-in-law and he was looking for his son's killer. In 1975, Mark Shera joined the cast as Lee Merriwether's son. The show lasted for 8 seasons from January 1973 to 1980. That is one show that I want to see again. Anyone out there remember it???

I liked the show, and someone in the threads (you, actually--AtlantaBravesFan29)--mentioned that it would be a great addition to the Hallmark Channel. I agree. I remember this one recurring theme in many, if not all of the shows, where Buddy Ebsen goes into a bar and typically orders a glass of milk. Anyone else remember that?

jhoover · 05-24-2006, 11:28 AM

There were some good detective shows in 70s, like Rockford Files and Columbo. Barnaby Jones is not memorable. Buddy Ebsen shouldn't have been in a detective show. He was perfect for The Beverly Hillbillies, but a detective he wasn't.

03-26-2003, 11:27 AM	#1
AtlantaBravesFan29 Atlanta Braves Fan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 13, 2002 Location: Pleasanton,TX--40 Miles South Of San Antonio Posts: 1,859	Anybody Remember "Barnaby Jones"??? Does anyone remember a show called Barnaby Jones with Buddy Ebsen and Lee Merriwether??? I watched this as a teenager in reruns on WWOR-New York on cable. It was a detective show. Barnaby Jones' son was killed and Lee Merriwether played his daughter-in-law and he was looking for his son's killer. In 1975, Mark Shera joined the cast as Lee Merriwether's son. The show lasted for 8 seasons from January 1973 to 1980. That is one show that I want to see again. Anyone out there remember it???

03-26-2003, 11:43 AM	#2
harper gentlegiant Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 04, 2003 Location: Towson,Maryland Posts: 130	this might seem like I'm predating myself I don't ask people age its rude But I'm 35 and I loved to watch B.J.1.to watch how he solved crimes and secondly to watch where are the now actors still working today.Cannon and mannix and rockford files were the same for me.B.jones was a great show because B.Ebsen and lee meriweather and mark shera made the show feel like a family run PI biz.You could see loyalty and support and kindness with all three leads.I miss R.Files and Mannix-I personally adore Mike Connors as a performer and as a man,
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03-27-2003, 11:04 AM	#6
AtlantaBravesFan29 Atlanta Braves Fan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 13, 2002 Location: Pleasanton,TX--40 Miles South Of San Antonio Posts: 1,859	I forgot to add Nancy Stafford to the Matlock list.
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08-11-2005, 06:56 PM	#8
Zebra 3 Striped Tomato Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 26, 2002 Location: Bay City Posts: 5,809	Back then I used to watch Adam-12, Mannix, Cannon and of course Barnaby Jones. Buddy Ebsen last acting role was a cameo as Jones in the comedy remake The Beverly Hillbillies ('93), which I found it to be the highlight of the movie.
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11-15-2005, 10:28 AM	#9
hoosierelvisfan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 16, 2003 Location: I do not like TV Land any longer!!!!! Posts: 467	There were a lot of great detective shows back in the early to mid 70's: Rockford Files Barnaby Jones Mannix Cannon Columbo MacMillan and Wife Streets of San Francisco Ironsides Starsky and Hutch Baretta Lots of great television. Columbo, MacMillan and Wife, Starsky and Hutch, and Baretta have all been released in season sets on dvd. Rockford Files First Season is about to be released on dvd. I wish that they would produce a Season Two set for Baretta and also a Season Four for Starsky and Hutch. I guess Season One for Baretta didn't sell that well. But I'm surprized they haven't released the Fourth Season of S & H because they've already released the first three seasons. Signed, Respectfully, Dutch
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03-26-2003, 12:03 PM	#3
AtlantaBravesFan29 Atlanta Braves Fan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 13, 2002 Location: Pleasanton,TX--40 Miles South Of San Antonio Posts: 1,859	Hi, Harper!! You don't have to be rude about telling your age. I am going to be 32 in August myself. I love watching the Rockford Files,you always knew that James Garner was going to get his man every episode. Another show where everyone was like family was Matlock. Andy Griffith had a close knit cast with Linda Purl and Kene Holliday,later with Julie Sommars and Clarence Gilyard Jr.(who later went on to play on Walker, Texas Ranger),and still later with Brynn Thayer and Carol Huston and Daniel Roebuck. I would like to see some more shows coming back in reruns like: Barnaby Jones Cannon Ironside The F.B.I. Mission: Impossible Mod Squad(my favorite show that I haven't seen in a while)

03-26-2003, 11:10 PM	#4
AtlantaBravesFan29 Atlanta Braves Fan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 13, 2002 Location: Pleasanton,TX--40 Miles South Of San Antonio Posts: 1,859	Barnaby Jones would be a great addition to the Hallmark Channel.

03-27-2003, 11:31 PM	#7
Brian Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: Jun 23, 2001 Posts: 20,451	I just remembered I have 6 episodes recorded from Canada. It was a good show from the episodes I have seen.

11-15-2005, 01:00 PM	#10
Scoobiedoo30 Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Jun 27, 2002 Location: KENNER, LOUISIANA Posts: 27,654	Anybody Remeber Barnaby Jones Yes I remeber watching Barnaby Jones weeknight's at 7:00 pm on WGNO 26
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02-09-2006, 07:33 PM	#11
RTususian Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 12, 2003 Posts: 96	I used to watch it but for some reason I only seem to remember Bradford Dillman and Gary Lockwood playing the bad guys in what seemed to be every third episode or so LOL. And they seemed to always put Lee Meriwether in danger.

03-17-2006, 12:16 AM	#12
WalrusIsPaul Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 04, 2001 Location: Pgh,Pa.US Posts: 264	I swear theres a episode of barnaby jones,where he is whistling the theme to the show when he walks in the room,and lee merriweather says something about him being in a good mood. I wanna say its an episide that had wayne rogers in it

05-05-2006, 02:15 AM	#13
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	i remember that show! I remember Buddy Ebsen started it the season after THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES went off. It was produced by Quinn Martin, who produced a lot of cop and detective shows in the 60s and 70s. THE FUGITIVE, CANNON, THE STREETS OF SAN FRANSISCO, HARRY O., and many others. You could always tell his shows because they always had a deep-voiced, dramatic-sounding announcer who always said, after he said the shows name "A Q.M. PRODUCTION" and the show would be divide into 4 "acts" that were broken up by the comerciall breaks, then at the end the "tag scene" would be called the "epilouge". When I recently rented THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES movie, after the first 10 minutes I realized how AWFUL it is; but I decided to suffer through it, until Buddy Ebsens cameo as Barnaby Jones. I couldn't even make it THAT FAR before I HAD to turn it off; it was so HORRIBLE!!.
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05-24-2006, 11:28 AM	#15
jhoover Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 07, 2006 Location: CA Posts: 14	There were some good detective shows in 70s, like Rockford Files and Columbo. Barnaby Jones is not memorable. Buddy Ebsen shouldn't have been in a detective show. He was perfect for The Beverly Hillbillies, but a detective he wasn't.