''The Jeff Foxworthy Show'' is an American

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television series created by Tom Anderson, starring comedian

Jeff Foxworthy Jeffrey Marshall Foxworthy (born September 6, 1958) is an American actor, author, comedian, producer and writer. He is a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, with Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, and Ron White. Known for his "You might be a r ...

and based on Foxworthy's

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routine. It originally aired from September 12, 1995 to May 5, 1997 on ABC (season 1) and

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(season 2).

History

ABC era

The first series aired on ABC during the 1995–1996 season, but was cancelled after one season.

picked up the show for the following season, but despite improving in the ratings, it was again cancelled after one season. In the first season, network executives considered his routine "too

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" for a national network and based his sitcom in

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. Jay Mohr and

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made regular or cameo appearances, as did country singers

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and

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Cast

as Himself * Anita Barone as Karen Foxworthy (1995–1996) * Haley Joel Osment as Matt Foxworthy *

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as Walt Bacon (1995–1996) * Matt Borlenghi as Russ Francis (1995–1996) * Dakin Matthews as Elliot (1995–1996) *

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as Lois (1995–1996) * Debra Jo Rupp as Gayle (1995–1996) * Jay Mohr as Wayne Foxworthy (1996) *

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as DeeDee Landrow (1996) * Sue Murphy as Sandi (1995) *

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as Craig Lesko (1995)

NBC era

When the show moved to NBC, in addition to the casting changes, the show's production changed. In the first series, the show was recorded on tape; the second season was shot on film. In the second season, the show was set in the fictitious town of Briarton in Calhoun County, Georgia, based on Foxworthy's real-life hometown in the South, and the series was given a redesigned opening and theme. Haley Joel Osment was the only other actor besides Foxworthy to make the move to NBC with the series, and Jeff's wife Karen was the only character that carried over with Jeff and Matt, though the role was filled by a new actress.

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was added to the cast as the Foxworthys' other son Justin.

Cast

as Himself *

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as Karen Foxworthy (1996–1997) * Haley Joel Osment as Matt Foxworthy *

as Justin Foxworthy (1996–1997) *

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as Bill Pelton (1996–1997) *

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as Big Jim Foxworthy (1996–1997) *

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- Florus Workman (1996-1997) *Jeanine Jackson as Livie Ann Pitts (1996) *

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as Nettie (1996–1997) *Candy Trubucco as Candy Conklin (1996–1997) *Dave Powledge as Ebb Conklin (1996) *Paula Sorge as Betty Pelton (1996–1997) *Darryl Theirse as Andre Tucsan (1997) *

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as Ernie Binderman (1997) *Kevin Crowley as Trey (1997)

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (1995–96)

Season 2 (1996–97)

Broadcast

Reruns aired on the

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from January 14, 2000 to August 4, 2001. In 2005, Nick@Nite began airing the show. It was removed from the lineup a few years later. In 2012, TBS began airing the show on Saturday mornings from 5 to 5:30 am. In early October 2016, the sitcom came back to TV twice over: first on INSP Friday nights 10p-12a PT/1a-3a ET starting with season 2 on October 7. Then season 1 started broadcasting on Tuesday, October 11 on Get TV 5p-6:30p PT/8p-9:30p ET with repeats the following Friday night/Saturday morning at 1a PT/4a ET. The show now airs on

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Home media

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released the entire series on DVD in Region 1 for the first time between 2004–2009. On August 27, 2013, it was announced that Minnesota-based Mill Creek Entertainment had acquired the home media distribution rights to various television series from the Sony Pictures Television library including ''The Jeff Foxworthy Show''. On August 18, 2015, they re-released both seasons on DVD in a 4-disc complete series set.

Streaming

The series was formerly available on Pure Flix Entertainment's streaming service (later acquired by the show's distributor,

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in 2021). The series is also available on

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in the United States and the

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's streaming service, CTV Throwback in Canada. As of 2021, both seasons were formerly available on NBC's streaming service,

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References

External links

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