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Kentucky Jones is an American comedy-drama television series starring Dennis Weaver which centers around a widowed Southern California veterinarian and rancher raising an adopted Chinese boy. Original episodes aired from September 19, 1964, until April 10, 1965.
Kentucky Jones: Created by Albert Beich, William H. Wright. With Dennis Weaver, Ricky Der, Harry Morgan, Keye Luke. Californian veterinarian Kentucky Jones learns his late wife had adopted a Chinese boy Ike, age 9. Handyman Seldom and the local Asian community help him adjust to being a new dad.
Kenneth "Kentucky" Jones is a California Veterinarian. He and his wife had decided to adopt a Chinese boy. But during the process his wife passes away, causing him to have a change of heart about the adoption. That is until he receives a call saying the little boy is waiting for him at the airport. Rate.
The birds and bees have landed at the Jones Farm. When Ike brings a girl and her mare that's about to foal to the ranch, Kentucky finds opportunity knocking on this difficult part of being a parent.
Kentucky Jones, which ran on NBC from September 19, 1964, to September 11, 1965, was the first of Weaver's four series, the most successful having been McCloud, since he left the role of the marshal's helper Chester Goode on CBS's western classic Gunsmoke, starring James Arness.
26 x 30 minute episodes. Widowed Californian horse ranch owner and veterinarian Kenneth Yarborough Jones (Dennis Weaver in his first starring role in a series after playing Deputy Chester Goode for nine seasons in Gunsmoke) learns his late wife had applied to adopt a nine-year-old Chinese orphan before she died.
Kentucky Jones, which ran on NBC from September 19, 1964, to September 11, 1965, was the first of Weaver's four series, the most successful having been McCloud, since he left the role of the marshal's helper Chester Goode on CBS's western classic Gunsmoke, starring James Arness.
