Enos (TV series)

1980 American TV series or program

Enos

Genre| Sitcom
Action comedy
Directed by| Rodney Amateau
Michael Caffey
Dennis Donnelly
Bruce Kessler
Bernard McEveety
Hollingsworth Morse
Starring| Sonny Shroyer
Samuel E. Wright
Composer| Dennis McCarthy
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 18
Production
Executive producers| Paul R. Picard
Gy Waldron
Producers| James Heinz
B.W. Sandefur
Running time| 60 minutes
Production companies| Lou Step Productions
Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network| CBS
Release| November 12, 1980 (1980-11-12) –
May 20, 1981 (1981-05-20)
Related
The Dukes of Hazzard

Enos is an American action comedy television series and a spin-off of The Dukes of Hazzard. It originally aired on CBS from November 12, 1980, to May 20, 1981.[1]

The series focused on the adventures of Enos Strate, a former deputy in rural Hazzard County, after he moved to Los Angeles to join the LAPD. Sonny Shroyer played the character of Enos on both shows.[1] One reviewer stated that the series was "basically Gomer Pyle in a new uniform."[2]

Enos was broadcast in Canada on both CTV[3] and ATV, now named CTV Atlantic.[4]

## Synopsis

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While working as a rural deputy in Hazzard County Enos accidentally captured two most-wanted criminals, so impressing the Los Angelos Police Department that they offered him a job in their a newly formed Special Branch. He was teamed with a street-smart black partner, Turk Adams, and was under the watch of Lt. Jacob Broggi.[1]

At times friends from Hazzard County came to see him.[1] In one episode Daisy Duke visited while taking part in auto race, not knowing she was being used to smuggle a diamond.[4] Enos narrated each episode as viewers heard parts of a letter he was writing to Daisy.[1]

The character Enos Strate returned to The Dukes of Hazzard in autumn 1982, at the start of the show's fifth season. It had been written into Shroyer's contract that he be allowed to return to the series if the spin-off was canceled. In the CBS film specials made years after the series ended—The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997) and The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000)—Enos appeared as a California lawman. It was explained that he had returned to the LAPD and eventually become a detective.`[citation needed]`

## Cast

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* Sonny Shroyer as Enos Strate
* Samuel E. Wright as Turk Adams
* John Dehner as Lt. Joseph Broggi
* John Milford as Captain Dempsey
* C. Peter Munro as Detective Bigelow
* Leo V. Gordon as Sergeant Theodore Kick
* Michelle Pfeiffer as Joy

## Cancellation

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The series never achieved the ratings CBS had hoped for, partly because it was up against two popular series, Eight Is Enough and Real People. It was cancelled after one season.[5]

## Episodes

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Original release date

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1| "Enos"| Rod Amateau| Gy Waldron| November 12, 1980 (1980-11-12)

Accepted by the LAPD, Enos uses his hometown methods to help break up a prostitution-blackmail case the Department is working on.

2| "Uncle Jesse's Visit"| Rod Amateau| Gy Waldron| November 19, 1980 (1980-11-19)

Uncle Jesse comes to visit Enos and see how he is liking his new job.

3| "Where's the Corpus?"| Michael Caffey| B.W. Sandefur| November 26, 1980 (1980-11-26)

When a noted mobster is killed, and there's no corpse, Enos solves the case with his homespun knowledge.

4| "Blu Flu"| Hollingsworth Morse| Richard Christian Matheson,
Thomas E. Szollosi| December 10, 1980 (1980-12-10)

During a police protest known as the "blue flu" when no one but Enos is on duty, a criminal seeks revenge on the judge who sentenced him.

5| "Grits and Greens Strike Again"| Rod Amateau| Gy Waldron| December 17, 1980 (1980-12-17)

Enos and Turk meet a silent film star in a hunt for teenage muggers that leads them to a high class burglary ring.

6| "Snow Job"| Bernard McEveety| A.L. Christopher,
Jim Rogers| January 7, 1981 (1981-01-07)

When Enos asks for a Coca-Cola at the local bowling alley, he and Turk get involved in a cocaine smuggling ring.

7| "House Cleaners"| Robert Totten| Milt Rosen| January 14, 1981 (1981-01-14)

When robbers posing as policemen make trouble for Lieutenant Broggi, Enos and Turk help him out.

8| "One Daisy Per Summer"| Richard C. Bennett| Jim Rogers,
B.W. Sandefur| January 21, 1981 (1981-01-21)

Daisy Duke arrives in Los Angeles to drive in the Baja Auto Race as Enos and Turk rush to save her from involvement with diamond smugglers.

9| "Horse Cops"| Bruce Kessler| Leonard B. Kaufman,
William Kelley| January 28, 1981 (1981-01-28)

When Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane comes to the big city, he finds more excitement than he expected.

10| "The Head Hunter"| Bernard McEveety| Max Hodge| February 11, 1981 (1981-02-11)

Enos needs $5,000 a bank robber claims Enos pocketed when he arrested the robber.

11| "The Hostage"| Bruce Kessler| Ray Brenner| February 18, 1981 (1981-02-18)

Counterfeiters take Lt. Broggi prisoner, and Enos and Turk use creative police methods to free him.

12| "Now You See Him, Now You Don't"| Michael Caffey| Robert I. Holt,
Stephen Thornley| March 4, 1981 (1981-03-04)

A bank robber of many disguises keeps Enos and Turk on the run.

13| "Once and Fur All"| Bruce Kessler| Jim Rogers| March 11, 1981 (1981-03-11)

Enos is busy with a series of fur robberies while playing Big Brother to Hobie, a young black boy.

14| "Cops at Sea"| Don McDougall| Simon Muntner| March 18, 1981 (1981-03-18)

Enos volunteers himself and Turk for boat duty when a rash of burglaries sweeps the Marina. Turk is seeing a police psychologist because of Enos' wild driving.

15| "The Moonshiners"| Dennis Donnelly| Gerald Sanford| April 1, 1981 (1981-04-01)

When moonshine shows up in the big city, Enos tracks down the perpetrators with the help of a young female singer he knew in Hazzard.

16| "The Shaming of the Shrew"| Hollingsworth Morse| Leo Gordon| April 8, 1981 (1981-04-08)

Enos and Turk have the misfortune to give citations to the Deputy Chief's wife, but their luck changes when they locate and close down an illegal gambling casino.

17| "Pistol Packing Enos"| Dennis Donnelly| Elroy Schwartz| April 15, 1981 (1981-04-15)

Bullets and heroin don't mix, but it takes Enos and Turk a while before they decipher what's happening.

18| "Forever Blowing Baubles"| Bernard McEveety| Rick Mittleman| May 20, 1981 (1981-05-20)

An ancient Egyptian ruby is stolen from a museum and Enos employs some ancient country skills to get it back.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 – Present (7th Edition), Ballantine Books, 1999, page 309
2. ^ Reddicliffe, Steven, Tube goes country, The Duluth News Tribune, February 24, 1981, page 12
3. ^ Bobbin, Jay, American networks plan new fall schedule, Del Rio News Herald, May 29, 1981, page 22
4. ^ a b Tonight on TV, Telegraph-Journal (Saint John, New Brunswick Canada), May 16, 1981, page 27
5. ^ Walz, Steve K., Tele-Pulse, Enterprise-Record, May 9, 1981, page 50

## External links

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* Enos at IMDb

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The Dukes of Hazzard

Episodes

Characters|

* Bo Duke
* Luke Duke
* Daisy Duke
* Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
* Boss Hogg

Television films|

* Reunion! (1997)
* Hazzard in Hollywood (2000)

Remake films|

* The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
* The Beginning (2007)

Video games|

* The Dukes of Hazzard
* Racing for Home
* Daisy Dukes It Out
* Return of the General Lee
* Hazard Run

Spin-offs|

* Enos
* The Dukes

Related articles|

* The General Lee
* Boar's Nest
* Jerry Rushing
* "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)"
* Moonrunners

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