Enos (TV series)
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Enos is an American
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 television series from the 1980–1981 season that aired on the CBS
CBS
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 network. A spinoff
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 of The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard
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, Enos focused on the adventures of Enos Strate
Enos Strate
Enos Strate is a character on the television series, The Dukes of Hazzard played by Sonny Shroyer.-Fictional biography:Enos was born in Hazzard County to a loving family, and grew up as friends with Bo and Luke Duke. At the age of sixteen, he enrolled at the Hazzard Police Academy, graduated at the...

, a former small-town deputy in Hazzard County, now having moved to Los Angeles
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 to join the L.A.P.D.
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 Each episode included new adventures of Enos and his black partner Turk Larry Riley
Larry Riley
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, and usually began and ended with Enos writing a letter to Daisy Duke
Daisy Duke
Daisy Mae Duke is a fictional character, played by Catherine Bach, from the American television series The Dukes of Hazzard. She was the cousin of Bo and Luke, the main protagonists of the show, who were also cousins, and the three lived on a farm on the outskirts of Hazzard County with their Uncle...

 telling her about his adventures in Los Angeles. Enos Strate was portrayed by actor Sonny Shroyer
Sonny Shroyer
Otis Burt "Sonny" Shroyer, Jr. is an American actor who has appeared in various television and movie roles. He is best known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Enos Strate in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. He also starred in a spin-off called Enos based on his Dukes of Hazzard character...

 in both series.

To try and boost ratings, a number of characters from The Dukes of Hazzard (Uncle Jesse, Daisy, and Rosco) were brought in in guest roles for various episodes, but the show still failed to catch on. It was canceled after one season and only 18 episodes, and the character consequently returned to The Dukes of Hazzard in the fall of 1982. In the CBS movie specials The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
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(1997) and The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood!
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood!
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(2000), possibly as a postscript to the synopsis of the Enos series, the storyline for the Enos character had Enos back the LAPD, as a detective, having been on the force for 15 years following his years as a Hazzard County deputy.

Cast

Character Actor
Enos Strate
Enos Strate
Enos Strate is a character on the television series, The Dukes of Hazzard played by Sonny Shroyer.-Fictional biography:Enos was born in Hazzard County to a loving family, and grew up as friends with Bo and Luke Duke. At the age of sixteen, he enrolled at the Hazzard Police Academy, graduated at the...

Sonny Shroyer
Sonny Shroyer
Otis Burt "Sonny" Shroyer, Jr. is an American actor who has appeared in various television and movie roles. He is best known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Enos Strate in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. He also starred in a spin-off called Enos based on his Dukes of Hazzard character...

Turk Adams Samuel E. Wright
Samuel E. Wright
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Lt. Joseph Broggi John Dehner
John Dehner
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Captain Dempsey John Milford
Detective Bigelow C. Peter Munro
Sergeant Theodore Kick Leo V. Gordon

Episodes

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