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Highway to Heaven
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| Highway to Heaven | |
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 Michael Landon in Highway to Heaven |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Starring | Michael Landon Victor French |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 111 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | 1984 – 1989 |
Highway to Heaven was a television drama which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.
It starred Michael Landon as Jonathan Smith, an angel sent down to earth, and his human companion Mark Gordon, played by Victor French. The third popular Michael Landon television vehicle (after Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie), consisted of 111 episodes produced over 4 and a half seasons.
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The show was removed from the 1988 fall schedule and used as a mid-season replacement in 1989. This change was explained by Michael Landon on an appearance he made The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in early 1989 and is why the episodes, which were originally filmed in the fall of 1988, did not air until the late spring and into the summer of 1989 (the last episode aired on August 4, 1989). The series abrupt ending was due to it being cancelled by the network and had nothing to do with Victor French's death in June 1989 from lung cancer.
Filming locations included Los Angeles, Simi Valley, Stanislaus National Forest, and Tuolumne County, all in California, USA.
Guest stars Devon Odessa, Alyson Croft, and Joshua John Miller all won Young Artist Awards for their appearances.
A&E Home Video has released the first 3 seasons on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. It is not known if the remaining 2 seasons will be released at some point. Unfortunately, the episodes contained on these releases are edited, syndicated versions and not the original ones.
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date | Additional Information |
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| Season 1 | 24 | April 26, 2005 | |
| Season 2 | 24 | August 30, 2005 | |
| Season 3 | 25 | March 28, 2006 |
- Touched By an Angel, a later series with the same premise.
- Highway to Heaven at the Internet Movie Database
- Highway to Heaven on TVLand.com
- Michael Landon Remembrance Project Site
- H2H Forum at BonanzaBrand
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