Heartland (1989 TV series)

This article is about the 1989 television series. For other television series with the same title, see Heartland (disambiguation).

Heartland is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from March 20, 1989, until June 12, 1989. The series stars Brian Keith as an old-fashioned Nebraska farmer who moves in with his daughter (Katie Layman), son-in-law (Richard Gilliland) and their family. Keith's real-life daughter Daisy Keith plays one of his grandchildren. The show was created by Don Reo, and was produced by Impact Zone Productions in association with Witt/Thomas Productions and distributed by TeleVentures.^[1]

Heartland
Created by	Don Reo
Starring	Brian Keith Richard Gilliland Katie Layman
Opening theme	performed by Dion DiMucci
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Impact Zone Productions Witt/Thomas Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	March 20 (1989-03-20) – June 12, 1989 (1989-06-12)

Premise

An old-fashioned farmer, B. L. McCutcheon, loses his farm and has to move in with his daughter's family^[2] in the fictional rural town of Pritchard, Nebraska.^[3]

Cast

• Brian Keith as B.L. McCutcheon
• Richard Gilliland as Tom Stafford
• Katie Layman as Casey McCutcheon Stafford
• Jason Kristofer as Johnny Stafford
• Devin Ratray as Gus Stafford
• Daisy Keith as Kim Stafford

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (households)
1	"The Tornado"	Terry Hughes	Don Reo	March 20, 1989 (1989-03-20)	17.9[4]	12.4/19[4]
The Staffords refuse an offer from an agribusiness representative. A tornado hits the farm.
2	"B.L. Moves Out"	Terry Hughes	Don Reo	March 27, 1989 (1989-03-27)	13.2[5]	9.6/15[5]
B.L. and Tom have a fight and B.L. runs from the house. Johnny goes skinny-dipping.
3	"Johnny Goes to California"	Steve Zuckerman	Don Reo	April 3, 1989 (1989-04-03)	11.8[6]	8.6/13[6]
Johnny plans a road trip to California.
4	"Gus Sees a Dead Guy"	Steve Zuckerman	Don Reo	April 10, 1989 (1989-04-10)	13.3[7]	9.5/15[7]
Gus sees his first dead body at a funeral. Johnny doesn't trust Kim's new boyfriend.
5	"Girl Wrestler"	Andy Cadiff	Don Reo & Judith D. Allison	April 17, 1989 (1989-04-17)	14.3[8]	9.8/16[8]
Gus quits the wrestling team when a girl joins the team.
6	"Life and Death"	Steve Zuckerman	Don Reo	April 24, 1989 (1989-04-24)	11.8[9]	8.2/14[9]
Casey thinks she is pregnant. Johnny goes deer hunting.
7	"The Sky Is Falling"	Unknown	Unknown	May 1, 1989 (1989-05-01)	13.9[10]	10.1/16[10]
One of the Staffords' sheep is killed when an airplane falls out of the sky.
8	"The Dog Story"	Zane Busby	Don Reo & Judith D. Allison	May 8, 1989 (1989-05-08)	12.0[11]	8.9/14[11]
Johnny falls in love with a farmer's daughter.
9	"No Place Like Home"	Andy Cadiff	Julia Newton	May 22, 1989 (1989-05-22)	12.2[12]	9.0/16[12]
Tom attends an auction. B.L. accompanies Kim on her trip to New York City to apply to Juilliard.
10	"The Wild One"	Unknown	Unknown	June 12, 1989 (1989-06-12)	11.9[13]	8.4/15[13]
Tom and B.L. have to share a bed when they go for a trip to Kansas. Johnny buys an old motorbike.