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Tuesday, November 13, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, CMT will air the 1997 made-for-TV movie, “The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!” This is the story of what became of the cousins Duke after going their separate ways – and what happens when the family is reunited again in Hazzard County.

Best of all, there’s car chases! This is the movie that contained the only appearance of the famed “Double-Zero” Mustang. The “00”, we’re told, is the only car to have ever beaten the General Lee in a Hazzard County road race. Now, there’s a re-match with the farm at stake, and plenty of dirty-dealings by the opposition.

But wait, there’s more! Immediately following “Reunion”, CMT is airing the 2000 made-for-TV movie, “The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood.” This is the last outing for the original cast, and bittersweet with the absence of the late Denver Pyle. Still, it’s full of fun Dukes antics, and watching Rosco get his tie stuck in an ATM is a classic moment.

Don’t miss your rare chance to see these seldom-aired shows!

The Writer’s Guild of America gave collective bargaining the collective finger. Antagonized by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers over piddly things like not getting paid for podcasts, web downloads and the like, the Writer’s Guild has officially broken the pencil. The strike will linger until the Producers come to their senses and resolve the compensation issues.

Yeah, right. What are the odds of that? This is Hollywood we’re talking about.

While the strike rages into it’s second day, some TV programs will be immediately affected, while others will last awhile before the lack of new scripts cuts into production. Fans of current, popular programs are already anticipating a dreary winter of prime-time reruns.

Dukes of Hazzard fans, meanwhile, have reasons to be optimistic. The possibilities are strong that a lingering writer’s strike will cause shows like The Dukes of Hazzard to be rerun again. We wouldn’t be surprised if CMT abruptly brought the Dukes back on the air.

The downside of this, is that we might see the 2005 Dukes of Hazzard movie on network TV sooner than later. Guess we’ll have to take the bad with the good.

When we have confirmation of any re-airing of The Dukes of Hazzard, we’ll let you know. Meanwhile, pay tribute to the Writer’s strike by popping in your Dukes DVD’s at home, and watching a timeless masterpiece like, “Strange Visitor to Hazzard.”

Everytime the latest Dukes of Hazzard DVD set was released, we here at HNet (not just staff, but loyal Hazzardites) would anxiously await to see what the extras would be. Would one of the reunion movies be added? Maybe an episode of the short lived spin off “Enos” where Daisy, Rosco or Uncle Jesse visted? Maybe one or two of the Dukes cartoon episodes?

But alas, now that all seven seasons have now been released, WB didn’t give us a taste of any of that.

But wait! According to tvshowsondvd.com, there are rumors that WB is considering releasing both reunion movies, the “Enos” series AND the Dukes cartoon series on DVD!! Could it be our prayers have been answered??

We’ll know for sure come the summer of 2008, when the two reunion movies are slated for release. Y’all stick around y’hear?

Okay y’all, mark yer calanders! John’s movie Collier & Co. – Hot Pursuit! is scheduled to be released to DVD on September 18th! You can pre-order at Amazon.com and the DVD is expected to be found on the shelves at your local Wal-Mart and Target.

Yeeehaaaaa!!!!

Yeah, we know it’s early yet for the 2008 elections, but Rosco’s thrown his Stetson in the ring and is getting some early support from some notable individuals. See picture below. All you Dukes of Hazzard fans, remember to vote early and vote often!