The Texas Wheelers

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The Texas Wheelers
Genre	Situation comedy
Starring	Jack Elam Gary Busey Mark Hamill
Theme music composer	John Prine
Country of origin	U.S.
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer(s)	Chris Hayward
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 13, 1974 – July 24, 1975
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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 of 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.