Earl Hamner, Jr.
Director
Boone (1983)
Season 1
Boone Sawyer, who aspires to a career in rock and roll music, despite the advice of his stern father, Merit Sawyer, who wants Boone to join him in the automobile repair business. The setting of the series is Tennessee in the early 1950s, when great changes began to occur in popular music, with the rise of Elvis Presley.
Released Sept. 27, 1983
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.southern-usa, tmdb.tennessee, tmdb.1950s, imdb.country-western-music, imdb.tennessee, imdb.rockabilly, imdb.gas-station, imdb.1950s
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E6 - The Decision
Boone confronts his parents with his decision to make music his career, with or without their support. Mr. Johnson dies and leaves his guitar to Boone. At the funeral Boone's parents announce they will support him in any career he chooses.
Oct. 31, 1983, midnight
S1E4 - The Trial
Boone is injured in an explosion at the airport, but his music takes on a new dimension when he develops a friendship with singer Lucky Parsons.
Oct. 17, 1983, midnight
S1E5 - Second Fiddle
Boone and Rome's friendship is tested when they meet a beautiful 17-year-old bonde girl.
Oct. 24, 1983, midnight
S1E3 - Banjo
Boone and Rome discover an orphaned girl living in a burned-out cabin.
Oct. 10, 1983, midnight
S1E1 - The Monument
Boone gets into trouble with the law and almost misses his chance to perform at a war monument dedication.
Sept. 26, 1983, midnight
S1E7 - The Graduation
Nov. 14, 1983, midnight
S1E11 - Hard to Get
Boone gets involved with a woman who has a five-year-old son and runs moonshine for her ex. Boone's parents are arrested and he puts himself in danger to protect the woman and her son.
July 28, 1984, midnight
S1E12 - The Front Line
Rome gets drafted and Boone enlists so they can be together. Boone fails the physical and is rejected. As Rome prepares to leave he hears the Korean War is over. While he is celebrating his motorcycle falls, crushing his knee and preventing him from going into the army.
Aug. 4, 1984, midnight
S1E9 - The Auction
Dec. 5, 1983, midnight
S1E10 - Words and Music
Boone and Rome help thwart a crooked record producer.
Dec. 12, 1983, midnight
S1E2 - The Last Dance (a.k.a. A Trip Down to Memphis)
Boone and Rome miss the senior prom to accompany Mr. Johnson to a nightclub.
Oct. 3, 1983, midnight
S1E13 - The Runaway
Cousin Geneva leaves her husband and comes to Nashville to get Boone to help her launch a music career. Her first appearance does not go very well, but Boone discovers she has a talent for sewing. Geneva's husband joins her as she begins her new career as a seamstress.
Aug. 11, 1984, midnight
S1E8 - Chance of a Lifetime
Nov. 21, 1983, midnight
NBC
60 min/ep
60 min
Sept. 27, 1983
Aug. 11, 1984, midnight
Ended
NR
Action
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