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John Hughes TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
ENCSun, Nov 8, 8:50 AMSixteen CandlesBuy
COMEDYSun, Nov 8, 9:30 AMFerris Bueller's Day OffBuy
COMEDYSun, Nov 8, 4:00 PMFerris Bueller's Day OffBuy
STARZMon, Nov 9, 8:50 AMThe Fifth ElementBuy
FMCTue, Nov 10, 5:30 PMDutchBuy
FMCWed, Nov 11, 4:00 AMDutchBuy
WGNAMEWed, Nov 11, 8:00 PMThe Great OutdoorsBuy
TCMThu, Nov 12, 6:00 PMOld AcquaintanceBuy
HBO2eFri, Nov 13, 9:15 AMThe Fifth ElementBuy
CARTOONMon, Nov 16, 7:00 PMFlubberBuy
TCMTue, Nov 17, 9:00 AMRafter RomanceBuy
CARTOONTue, Nov 17, 5:00 PMFlubberBuy
ENCTue, Nov 17, 6:20 PMSixteen CandlesBuy
HBO2eWed, Nov 18, 6:00 AMBaby's Day OutBuy
HBO2eWed, Nov 18, 1:00 PMThe Fifth ElementBuy
FMCWed, Nov 18, 6:30 PMDutchBuy
TBSThu, Nov 19, 3:00 AMThe Great OutdoorsBuy
TVLANDFri, Nov 20, 9:00 PMDennis the MenaceBuy
TVLANDSat, Nov 21, 10:00 AMDennis the MenaceBuy

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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