The New Lassie

The New Lassie is an American children and family oriented drama series which aired in first-run syndication from September 8, 1989 to February 15, 1992. The series stars Will Estes as Will McCullough, Lassie's new master. Real life husband and wife Christopher and Dee Wallace-Stone co-starred as Will's parents. The New Lassie is essentially a sequel to the 1954 series, and was the latest in the line of works featuring the Lassie character, which debuted in the 1943 film Lassie Come Home, followed by several more movies and the aforementioned television series, which ran from 1954 to 1973.

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Family
Drama
Created By

First Aired on

Sep 08, 1989

2 seaons till Mar 14, 1992

Popularity: 6.3167
7 votes
Networks
(US)
Production

Palladium EntertainmentAl Burton Productions

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: A Friendship Forever

Seasons & episodes

Total 2 seasons, 52 episodes

Season 1

Aired

25 Episodes
  • Episode 1Lassie At Last (a.k.a. Incident In Glenridge) min

    The beloved collie finds further adventure in California. In the opener, Uncle Steve (Jon Provost- who played Timmy in the original series) is shot while walking in the woods with Lassie. The culprit is a deer hunter out of season who proceeds to blame Lassie for a false bite so the dog can't lead to Steve's whereabouts.

  • Episode 2City Lights min

    Frightened and alone in the city, Lassie meets a young boy, Mike (Chance Corbitt) who shares her predicament.

  • Episode 3Bingo Was Her Name-O min

    Lassie brings a stray dog home to the McCulloughs.

  • Episode 4Heatwave min

    Lassie is trapped in a hot car while Will is on the soccer field trying to impress the coach and a young lady (Katie Jane Johnson)

  • Episode 5Water Watchdog (a.k.a. Contamination) min

    When Megan becomes ill after swimming in a polluted lake, Chris sets out to investigate the source of the contamination.

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