The Texas Wheelers

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show_name = The Texas Wheelers


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genre = Situation comedy
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starring = Jack Elam
Gary Busey
Mark Hamill
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theme_music_composer = John Prine
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country = U.S.
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num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 8
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producer = Chris Hayward
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network = ABC
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first_aired = September 13, 1974
last_aired = July 24, 1975
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imdb_id = 0071064
tv_com_id = 16015

"The Texas Wheelers" was an ABC situation comedy television series that aired in 1974 and 1975. The series, produced by MTM Enterprises, was about the cantankerous but lovable Zack Wheeler, a long-lost father who returned to raise his children Truckie, Doobie, Boo, and T.J. in rural Texas after their mother died.

The show was not successful, and was canceled after four episodes in the fall of 1974. An additional four episodes were aired in June and July 1975. The show is notable as one of MTM's few flops, and for the well-known actors in its cast, including Jack Elam as Zack, Gary Busey as Truckie, Mark Hamill as Doobie, and Lisa Eilbacher as the Wheelers' friend Sally.

The theme song for the show was "Illegal Smile" by John Prine.

References

*Tim Brooks & Earle Marsh, "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows" (7th ed. 1999), p. 1013.