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John Hughes TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
E!Fri, Nov 20, 5:00 PMUncle BuckBuy
TVLANDFri, Nov 20, 9:00 PMDennis the MenaceBuy
E!Sat, Nov 21, 7:00 AMUncle BuckBuy
TVLANDSat, Nov 21, 10:00 AMDennis the MenaceBuy
FMCSat, Nov 21, 4:00 PMHome AloneBuy
COMEDYSun, Nov 22, 8:30 AMPlanes, Trains and AutomobilesBuy
COMEDYSun, Nov 22, 2:30 PMPlanes, Trains and AutomobilesBuy
TBSSun, Nov 22, 3:45 PMHome Alone 3Buy
TBSMon, Nov 23, 12:00 AMHome Alone 3Buy
HBO2eMon, Nov 23, 6:45 PMThe Fifth ElementBuy
E!Tue, Nov 24, 1:00 PMUncle BuckBuy
FXThu, Nov 26, 12:00 PMHome AloneBuy
FXThu, Nov 26, 2:00 PMHome AloneBuy
E!Thu, Nov 26, 2:00 PMUncle BuckBuy
FXThu, Nov 26, 4:00 PMHome AloneBuy
COMEDYThu, Nov 26, 4:30 PMFerris Bueller's Day OffBuy
FXThu, Nov 26, 6:00 PMHome AloneBuy
FXThu, Nov 26, 8:00 PMHome AloneBuy
ABCFAMThu, Nov 26, 8:00 PMMiracle on 34th StreetBuy
FXThu, Nov 26, 10:00 PMHome AloneBuy
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John Hughes Biography

  • Birth Name: John Hughes Jr.
  • Birth Place: Lansing, MI
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/18/1950, Aquarius
  • Date of Death: 08/06/2009
  • Profession: Screenwriter; director
John Hughes Fast Facts:
  • Married his high school sweetheart at age 20.
  • Started out writing freelance jokes for professional comedians.
  • After the success of National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), he was offered screenwriting work because of his affiliation as a writer for National Lampoon magazine.
  • His directorial debut Sixteen Candles (1984) crowned him the king of teen angst films. In the next three years, he released five more coming-of-age adolescent classics: The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)  and Some Kind of Wonderful (1987).
  • Was so impressed with Macaulay Culkin's performance in Uncle Buck (1989) that he wrote Home Alone (1990) for the young actor.
  • Curly Sue (1991) became the last film he directed, but he continued to write and contribute stories to such films as Dennis the Menace (1993), Flubber (1997), and Maid in Manhattan (2002), sometimes using a pseudonym.
  • Spent his final years away from Hollywood on his farm.
    John Hughes Relationships:
  • James Hughes - Son
  • John Hughes - Son
  • Nancy Ludwig Hughes - Wife

  • College:
  • Attended University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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