Best night of TV ever was Incredible Hulk, Dukes and Dallas! Friday night CBS.

Mr. Schneider just summed up my family Friday night back then.

TV in those days was top quality, these days it isn't even worth bothering switching on the TV on a Friday night.

Love how John has these talks with us . Always glad to hear from you John I wish we could go back to 3 networks. Now we have hundreds of networks and not much on worth watching

John, thank you for the level of access, contact and content you let your fans have. You are amazing!

I was raised on the Dukes back in the day, and all of my daughters have been too. Love the cars, the characters and the action. You're so right, it was a great time to grow up!

When I was a little girl I had a big crush on you. Lol. So good to you see you and I really miss watching Dukes of Hazzard. Here in Paris Tx we have UNCLE Jesse's house and UNCLE Jesse's Bass tournament every year. I miss everybody on the show.

It's not just you. I still monitor what my kids watch. I remember that lineup. We would go to my grandparents almost every weekend. They lived way out in the country about an hour and a half away. We would get out of school on Friday, do our homework before our parents got home, pack (if we didn't the night before), and get there in time for supper, eat with all the aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. Then all 27 of us would gather in the living room and watch Dukes. We all would spend the whole weekend and go back home Sunday afternoon. Such great memories!

John, We need better moral foundations in this country, especially in your profession. Thank you for not letting them rob you of yours.. Role models are few and far between these days.

You’re still answering questions even when you’re out at the beach, you’re so nice to your fans! I think it’s just awesome and so are you! God bless and take care! 🙂

Liked his feelings about parents today robbing their children of their innocence. Its true and why our current state of a broken country has begun. Kids grew into dark uncaring young adults fast.

I was two years old when the Dukes of Hazzard premiered. My fondest memory is sitting on our couch and my dad sat with me, we would watch the show every Friday night. I always looked forward to Friday's nights and watching my favorite show. Interesting enough my dad had an old 68 Dodge Cornet, and I had blonde hair until I was 5. So, naturally I thought my dad's car was the General Lee. In fact, I would only got in the car through the windows. A few years ago I purchased all the DVD seasons and lately when I get sad missing my dad who passed away last year I put in the DVDs to watch the show. Mr. Schneider thank you and all the cast for being a part of my childhood. It was indeed a show for the family and I will always cherish it.

It was a solid Friday night lineup, that’s for darn sure.

Friday night was AWESOME for my family! I watched Dukes, and my parents watched Dallas. Too bad the “Crossover” wasn’t a thing yet! Can you imagine Boss trying to cut a deal with JR Ewing, and the Dukes having to prevent something bad happening???

I was 8 when Dukes started in ‘79. That show started a lifelong appreciation of badass cars and pretty girls. I married my own pretty girl 23 years ago, and finally bought my 2019 Dodge Challenger 2 weeks ago. I just bought Seasons 1-3 on DVD and I’ve enjoyed watching the show with my own boys now. Thank you sir for such an awesome show, and God bless you.

Yes you have the order correct. Dukes at 8, Dallas at 9 and Falcon Crest at 10. Knots Landing was Thursday night. My time zone is Eastern.

@john schneider I want to thank you for bringing back these memories for me. During the times The Dukes were on, my mother and father were going through their divorce. But he still came over to watch Dukes with me very week when a new episode aired. It was "our" time. God Bless you John, you made a difference in this littler person's life during a very difficult time.

I must admit getting this off my chest, I have had a Crush On You John since I was a young girl watching you on TV, I thought you were amazing in every way then and Now.. Usually a Crush doesn't last forever but you have always been like a Love in my life.. You just get better with age I say the same thing about myself better with age LOL! 😊

Hey John I remember when I was around when they did three episodes like that it was great thanks John 😁👍

You sure know lots of neat stuff from being in the business of television, thank you kindly for sharing. Mike

Loved Dukes!! Great wholesome show! Those were the “good old days” for sure!

John Love your little channel here. So here is my question to you , Do you still stay in touch with the former cast members. and if so could you mabe do a Dukes round table via KZfaq. And if you like that I have an awesome Idea for you John thank you for keeping one of the greatest family shows alive.

These videos are great! Thanks for taking the time to share so many stories and insights in to classic television! I could listen to your tales for hours.

"when there were three networks." I laughed at that because I lived in the sticks and we only got those three channels on our antenna. CBS, NBC, and ABC, and we only got ABC if the stars were aligned just right and you held your mouth a certain way. Thanks for this, Mr. Schneider! It's always a pleasure hearing you talk about Dukes.

I love Dukes of hazzard and love movies dukes of hazzard I love you John Schneider as a fan I love all your songs

Love the Dukes of hazzard - huge part of my childhood. Here in the UK the Dukes is on every evening at 6pm. I’ve introduced my two year old daughter to it and she loves it - she gets very excited whenever the General Lee makes a jump! Thanks for being a part of my childhood and now my daughters childhood also 👍

Thank you John, you are the sane voice of reason in these terrible times. I wish I could go back in time when the world was not in such turmoil.

You are an amazing person ❤️. They want to erase our "GOOD HOME VALUE SHOWS" ...I won't ever forget the show. Still watch it today as well as my kids. We love you. We thank you for all that you have done and are doing. Love the time you take for us. 🤠❤️

John is a very polished speaker, even when he’s speaking extemporaneously. I enjoy listening to him. Yeah, the lineup was Incredible Hulk/Dukes/Dallas until 1982. When Hulk ended, the other shows slid forward an hour, with Falcon Crest at 10. After Dukes ended in 1985, I don’t think they ever found a lead-in for Dallas that worked as well. Dallas slid out of the top 10 by 1986.

Yep, John it was Falcon Crest on at 10! At least from 1982-1985 when I watched when I was 5,6,7 and 8 years old!

Thanks John…Happy times & good memories for many . I was one of the 28 million watching my favorite good ole’ boys on Friday nights . Still luv ya JS. & TW.

I was a sophomore in 78-79 school year and I don’t think I ever missed a episode on Friday night. I enjoy your channel, John. Thanks.

You are so right about how back in the old days most parents didn’t let their kids watch any old thing whether it was appropriate for kids or not. I hate that a lot of parents do that now. I watched Dukes and my mom watched with me. I don’t think I watched it from the beginning and I didn’t see every episode because I was at my high school’s football game every Friday night that there was a home game. My mom and I watched Dallas too but not from the beginning. We started watching it when The Who Shot JR thing was going on. I was 14 and in high school. I never saw the later episodes either because I went to college and had better things to do than to watch TV. My parents are gone now. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.

I loved it when there were three networks to there was a lot less fake news !!! Skål 🍺🍺🍺

Your a good man. Thank you for all the memories. My grandson is 5 and will be watching every episode of dukes. Thank you all , one of the best shows ever.

Yep, that's what I remember. We would watch you guys with our boys then send them to bed and watch Dallas. Awesome memories! Thanks for sharing!!!

John's comment on innocence rings so true. I miss the family channel from back in the day as well. Funny story. When the Dukes Of Hazzard would go to commercial they always showed the General Lee jumping towards the screen and then freezing it while you heard a drummer hit the high hat. In my childhood mind the sound of that high hat was the push bar on the front of the General Lee touching the tv screen just ever so gently. Ha!

Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. Don't ever change John, I remember as a little kid watching the Duke boys and watching Smallville and just enjoying your characters in the show and watching your videos here has been a great change of pace with all that's happening. Thanks for being a good man and will do my best to do the same.

We watched the Dukes every Friday. My dad bought us a glass-bottle Coke once per week, and it was to drink while watching the Dukes. Dallas always meant bedtime when I was a kid. That theme song still haunts me to this day!

John, I remember all of that very well! Nothing said Friday night like the dukes of hazzard and Moms pizza when Dad got home from work. I was almost 7 and my brother was 9 when the show started and I've never outgrown it. Thanks for the awesome role model!! With role models like the Dukes of Hazzard and the Statler Brothers how could you go wrong. Thanks for the awesome childhood memories!! Yee ha!!

I’m 13 and I watch the TV show dukes of Hazzard and my dream car is the general lee

You’re so old-fashioned! My son could not miss the Dukes... I got into Dallas for a while. Then divorced & had to work a second job so that was that...Friday I went from day job to new job till 2am and Saturday night as well. Kid was happy cuz where he was getting babysat, they loved the Dukes, too! I wish they’d play re-runs here in Cleveland. I bet he’d watch it all over again! ✌️

John, thanks so much for your content and taking us back down memory lane!! Three network channels and programming back then still has today’s “wide variety” beat in my humble opinion.

Hey John, I am still watching "THE DUKES" on you tube, and, here in the UK, we have a network called, "FORCES TV" doing re-runs. I am a retired vet, The Royal Navy, and a retired copper in The Met. Police, Scotland Yard area, I almost died making an arrest, I had a rupture, I lost so much blood. My life story is is so long. I was a multi-instrumentalist in the navy band, this is why I am in contact with, and watch the United States Navy Band.....FANTASTIC!! I recorded over 8 albums, and 3 double albums, my radio show had...OVER...FIFTEEN MILLION...PROVEN LISTENERS. I had superstars doing "Phone In's" I will not bore you anymore with my story......Just want to thank you all for MY FAVE. TV SHOW!

Yo John, Matt here. I hope you remember me from the Comic-Con in Raleigh 5 years ago. You are an awesome person and a cool dude and I love all 7 seasons of the Dukes of Hazzard TV series that I have on DVD and I am currently in the midway point of season 4 and love every bit of the craziness in the series. Here's my question to you: what was it like when you guys filmed the first few episodes of Dukes in Covington GA, and who made the decision for you guys to pack up and do the rest of the series in California for the rest of the series? Awesome stuff as always and you rock, brother. Hope to see you again soon. -Matt

Now I know why John Schneider is no longer on TV, He makes Waaaay to much rational sense, and Holly Wood can’t have that nowadays. We need more John Schneider’s in the world. js 🤷🏻‍♂️

I love reminiscing with you John! Thanks for all the awesome memories!♥️

I was 7/8 years old and I would get all excited to watch the General Lee jump. That's what little boys loved seeing in 1978. I would always fall asleep 15 min into the show. And it was not until 6 years later did I start to appreciate the "Daisy Duke' shorts.

Man I got all the seasons on vhs still! Lol .. for a few autos also but not from u or tom but yea love ya guys .. keep it up and enjoy that nice weather!

Yea I would give anything to go back to three networks! Ever sense cable and internet went into effect the planet went down hill ✌ brother stay safe

What a great analogy John... Love your conservative values! I was 8 in January of '79 and watched The Dukes Of Hazzard religiously as did all my buddies in school. Thank You for adding to my great childhood!

My brother, dad and I never missed the Dukes. I was a kid and only having 3 channels was great! It was a great time then, the best!! I never miss Have and Have Nots with you as Jim either. You are just a great talent to watch.

How do we defend the confederate flag? I don’t see race or hate when I see the flag. I see southern pride.family. Friends. Good people. Dukes of hazard. Lynyrd skynyard. Symbols don’t hurt people people hurt people

I wanted to say thank you for giving us kids something that lasted our whole lives. I actually got to see "A General Lee" at a convention once. It's always been a dream car because of the Dukes of Hazard.. I even had the Lunch Box. But really, I'm not here for me. B is for Build recently had their Eleanor mustang build, confiscated by the creators of Gone in 60 Seconds... And I just do not get it... With all the General Lees, with all the Knight Riders, and all the Back to the Futures... That if someone built a General Lee, and and Dukes of Hazard just "took it from them"... ? I understand you are not a lawyer, but I am wondering what YOUR thoughts are, as the General is one of the most desired movie cars ever produced. That perhaps, it might even be cool to see you reach out to Chris, who did work hard for this car... And shed some light on what happened... I couldn't tell you Hannibal Smiths real name, or who played the Hulk... But I will never forget John Schneider. I mean that. Friday Night, right after Hulk, 8pm, 9pm, I was home. 7pm... I was home... I was about 7 years old. It's funny how you can do something, and it stays with people for life.

My mom, my sister and I would stay up and watch that block of shows together. I was a teenager in those days. Those were the good ole days.

That was the highlight of my Friday night. I would spend the night at my grandparents and watch both shows before falling asleep as they watched falcon crest.

We need a president of the confederate states. You want the job john?

VOTE TRUMP 2020.....

Its amazing the love people still have for the Dukes of hazzard. I was hooked from the very first time I saw it at 6 years old. Still a huge fan of it today. Best TV show ever. 😊

VERY informative! Thank you for educating me. I miss the show, those were the good old days of TV for me.

Hi John, I have been watching the duke of hazzard since 1979. For me it has been life teaching to be honest in life. You John are a good person.

Thanks for the explanation John! The Duke’s was an essential part of my childhood. Thank y’all for being a part of it!

I agree with you so much on innocence lost. The TV and Music today is so bad. I was born in the 60s so I grew up listening to my moms and siblings generation of music and TV as well as my own. The TV and Music of 50s 60s 70s and beginning of the 80s was so wonderful. I brought my own 6 children up with the same music and TV. Things had heart in them and really had meaning behind them! When a song comes on that takes you back to the first time you heard it and you feel that same emotion as in the past that my friend is heart and soul. Same with TV I remember when I would have tears or the biggest smile on my face. Absolutely nothing today compares in TV or radio as those wonderful yrs. TV had a moral behind the show with down to earth fun and reality mixed together. I really miss those years. They were great and innocence was kept. God bless John

I remember as a kid watching my favorite show, “Dukes,” and then my parents would let me watch the theme song to Dallas (because that intro was awesome), and then it was time for me to go to bed because I couldn’t watch Dallas. The way you just explained it was exactly how it was for my family. I was born in 1977. Thanks for the memories!

Love The Dukes of Hazzard!! Grew up on it!! Good times! Loved the 3 channels back then and now its crazy to be able to look up anything and watch it.... Pacific Beach ......mmmmm.....we are in San Diego and went to Mission Beach yesterday.....beautiful to see again! Love all you do John!! Looking forward to next month too.... Stay safe!! 💜Pinky💜

I grew up watching The Dukes of Hazzard and we used to play a version at recess on the playground, lol (I’m almost 50 😳). All the girls wanted to be Daisy, but I was always to be Bo Duke! Love you John! So glad you have this channel. Can’t wait to binge watch all your past videos. ❤️❤️❤️

We need to bring some of the old shows back so we can have a good laugh

Thank-you for the world of networks! What it was like! Brings back memories!

I was stationed in Greece many years ago, and Dasiy was in a USO show that came through. I was speachless! It was fabulous.

It was Falcon crest at10 pm after Dallas in Toronto.... Dukes of Hazzard was the only TV we looked forward to every week ! It was an amazing time in life and you guys rocked!!! Thank you for the awesome entertainment

John, thank you for all the entertainment you gave us. There has been nothing on TV in such a long time which you genuinely look forward to sitting down and watching with the whole family (because it’s suitable for all ages) and leaves you feeling so good after you’ve watched it. I hope it’s not lost on you the, the affect you and all the other people involved in Dukes had on people’s lives all around the world (somehow, I’m pretty confident with you that it won’t be!) #01

Dukes of Hazzard was first to watch didnt want to miss it. I videotaped Dallas and watched it when the kids were inbed. I ordered the Duke of Hazzard my son wanted it hes 43 yrs old now. But l told him he has to share when l want to watch it. Love your country songs too Thx! 🚘🚘🚘🚘❤❤❤

John you’re so awesome thank you for your narrative and thank you for your history lesson and thank you for being who you are, you’re a wonderful person and your wisdom and understanding is blessed🙏🏻 I too wish we could go back to rotary telephones and three network programming and just live in a little bit of old school and you’re right! You did have the best lineup, never missed a gig...🙏🏻👍

Wise words John, and thanks for taking me back to my youth!

John, thank you for this channel. I hope you keep it up. I grew up with this line up and loved it.

I also have happy memories of the Duke's ...use to take my son's out riding in my car ..my son's always said Mommy do the General Lee..oh I did but just over back country roads here in Kentucky ...them sure are some great memories we made !!!!❤️💯 Ty Duke Boys Uncle Jesse and Daisy ..Great Program !!!! Thank you all for the Memories ❤️

love these videos! its a lot of fun having you connect. to the people who grew up watching you be a role model to your entire generation and their kids!

Awesome take I totally agree with you especially with the Innocents and our youth . . You're an upstanding guy John

I remember it as Falcon Crest, and I never missed a Friday night.....loved all three shows, and never once thought of "Dukes" nothing more than pure fun entertainment. Hoping they never take the show off the air in syndication. The General Lee jumps are legend!

Wow! Thank you for the education on how things worked back then. All makes sense now: Kids, Family, then send the kids to bed. I loved the CBS Friday & NBC Thursday nights from 10 to 18 years old (1978 to 1986), never understood why. Now I know.

I love the history lessons!! Keep them coming!!💜💚💙

I still remember when I was 8 or 9 yrs old my Dad said come on were going to watch this new show called The Dukes of Hazzard! I believe it on a Friday night and after the first episode I couldn't wait till the next! Forward to today and still the best show of all time! They may take the dukes off tv but they can't take it from me because I have the total 7 seasons on dvd! Tks John we love ya!

John, you are so wise...love watching your videos!!!! I loved only having 3 networks! It meant you had to make a top quality show in order to be on!! and let me repeat what someone else said.. Thank you for the level of access, contact and content you let your fans have. You are amazing!

Thanks for sharing John. Hope you enjoyed the outdoors. It's good to get out after everything that has been going on.

Thanks John love your clips. Grew up in new Zealand watching the dukes where it was on at 6.30 Friday nights

I remember Friday night. It was Falcon Crest. Knots Landing was on Thursday night. I remember whenever a big movie would come on like Superman. It wasn't like today. It was an event. Those were the days my friend! I was 30 years old when Smallville first came out. John, I have recently been rewatching and I just got to season 4. As much as I love Dukes, you were great on Smallville. The chemistry between you, Tom, and Annette was amazing. Love you bro!

I remember one Friday night, an episode of, "Wonder Woman," starring Lynda Carter aired before, "The Dukes of Hazzard." CBS announced it was a special night for the former.

Thank you Sir,for what you brought to television back then,and what you are doing now. I wouldn't trade the three network world that I grew up in,for what we have today. I think it's a travesty the way children are exposed to anything and everything these days. When you lose that innocents,you can't ever go back.Thank you Mr Schneider.

I totally remember watching Dallas with my mom. I'm model 1977 lol. Dukes was absolutely my favorite show when I was a little one. Thanks for cheering up my childhood. My cousin and I used to fight over who was Bo when we played Dukes as kids. Falcon Crest! Dang man my mom watched ALL the soaps, daytime and nighttime lol. ✌🍻❤ thanks for making my childhood and I love your channel.

That was my family’s Friday night for years. I was 5-10 years old in the early 80’s, and we watched both Dukes and Dallas every Friday.

The dukes are on in England every night 6PM fantastic it's so cool to be able to rewatch it's one of the reasons I like banjo and blue grass so thank you john x We are on season 3 ep 3 of 23

Thanks for doing these videos. I love to hear the history, having grown up with the Dukes!

The people that missed the 70's, it was an awesome time. I was the remote lol and rabbit ear's on at 5, off at 11, Dukes of Hazzard was a favorite, and then, the infamous Dallas, I am from Maine, the show brought me to Texas, lol, crazy!!! Thank you for sharing this 💜

Grew up watching the show and never missed an episode 💯

You have always had my respect, but you have risen even higher. You’re such a wonderful person.

#MalibuBeachRVPark been there! Oh, I'm in envy right now, I'll admit it. :) You are in a very special place right now both physically and Meta-Physically!! LOL My Dad worked for NBC Burbank & said o'l Carson was a real firecracker sure enough! Your account of this TV history you saw like I did, was cool to hear John. It's been quite the ride!

Thankyou for the talks John. Brings back great memories. Remember on the tapes where you all did a voice over and explained how it was shot, my son studied all of it. Lol a real great program to share.

4:43 It was Falcon Crest. Knots Landing was on Thursday night. I was 18 in '78 and always watched Dukes & Dallas. I started watching Falcon Crest because it was on after Dallas and I got hooked on it too. (Back then, without remotes, it required getting up and "changing the channel" manually-which made that block of shows so much more critical than today!)

As a young lad growing up in the 1970's, every Friday night from January 1972 to March 1977, I was in front of our 25" Motorola Quasar Color Console TV watching Sanford & Son. After S & S' cancellation, Friday nights were dull until David Bruce Banner premiered on CBS in November. From that point on, I switched from NBC to CBS for Friday Night viewing. Then the Dukes came along in January 1979 to solidify spending Friday nights with CBS for years to come. Thank you, it was one of the greatest eras in television!

What a cool insight you just gave us! And might I say, you are very well spoken and can keep an audience - great work John