Highway to Heaven (1984)
TVPG
Drama
Fantasy
An probationary angel sent to Earth teams up with a former police officer to help troubled people overcome their problems by offering guidance, comfort, and occasional miracles.
Cast & Crew
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Wednesday, December 31
A Dream of Wild Horses
Season 4 • Episode 10
An aging rancher feels helpless to prevent the killing of wild horses.
Thursday, January 1
A Mother's Love
Season 4 • Episode 13
Four orphaned brothers must defy a court order placing them in separate foster homes.
Friday, January 2
Time in a Bottle
Season 4 • Episode 15
Jonathan persuades a lawyer-turned-vagrant to defend a vagrant.
Saturday, January 3
We Have Forever
Season 4 • Episode 17
Stripped of his powers, Jonathan falls for a beautiful woman who helps him cope.
Saturday, January 3
We Have Forever
Season 4 • Episode 18
The worth of Jonathan's life as a mortal diminishes when Jennifer objects to a long relationship.
Monday, January 5
Help Wanted: Angel
Season 1 • Episode 10
Jonathan meets another angel on a film set.
Monday, January 5
Dust Child
Season 1 • Episode 11
Family and friends of a Vietnam veteran won't accept his Amerasian daughter.
Monday, January 5
Hotel of Dreams
Season 1 • Episode 12
Mark and Jonathan work as hotel bellhops to help a millionaire's son find meaning in his life.
Monday, January 5
Another Song for Christmas
Season 1 • Episode 13
Jonathan and Mark instill the Christmas spirit in a businessman.
Monday, January 5
A Dolphin Song for Lee
Season 4 • Episode 21
A dying teen raises funds for her operation as well as for other children with cancer.
Tuesday, January 6
Plane Death
Season 1 • Episode 14
Investigating a friend's death, Mark encounters drug smugglers; guests Michael Bowen, Lee Bryant.
Tuesday, January 6
One Winged Angel
Season 1 • Episode 15
Jonathan cannot reunite a couple because he has fallen for the woman.
Tuesday, January 6
Going Home, Going Home
Season 1 • Episode 16
Jonathan and Mark help save Mark's grandfather's farm from repossession.
Tuesday, January 6
The Whole Nine Yards
Season 4 • Episode 24
Jonathan helps a star quarterback whose coach-father forces him to quit the team.
Wednesday, January 7
As Difficult as ABC
Season 1 • Episode 17
A college basketball star must face his illiteracy when a heart condition denies him a scholarship.
Wednesday, January 7
A Child of God
Season 1 • Episode 18
A dying woman tries to reconcile with her stern father for the sake of her illegitimate daughter.
Wednesday, January 7
A Match Made in Heaven
Season 1 • Episode 19
Mark and Jonathan's quadriplegic friend falls in love with Mark's cousin.
Wednesday, January 7
Hello and Farewell
Season 5 • Episode 2
As a Marine psychologist, Jonathan meets a former Vietnam nurse with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Thursday, January 8
The Banker and the Bum
Season 1 • Episode 20
Jonathan arranges an exchange between a pitiless millionaire and a kind vagrant.
Thursday, January 8
The Brightest Star
Season 1 • Episode 21
An 11-year-old child actress manipulates parents and co-workers.
Thursday, January 8
An Investment in Caring
Season 1 • Episode 22
A widow will lose her home to corporate developers unless neighbors step up to help.
Thursday, January 8
The Silent Bell
Season 5 • Episode 4
Jonathan and Mark take jobs at a church's preschool just before an upheaval closes it.
Friday, January 9
The Right Thing
Season 1 • Episode 23
Jonathan helps a widowed retirement-home resident realize life is worth living.
Friday, January 9
Thoroughbreds
Season 1 • Episode 24
A playboy goes against his father's wishes when he chooses a bride.
Friday, January 9
Thoroughbreds
Season 1 • Episode 25
Learning she has cancer, Lizzy tells Garth their elopement was a mistake.
Friday, January 9
The Source
Season 5 • Episode 6
Teaching journalism, Jonathan stresses ethics to two students whose flawed story may ruin lives.
Saturday, January 10
A Song for Jason
Season 2 • Episode 1
As counselors at a camp for youths with cancer, Jonathan and Mark help a teenage ex-athlete.
Saturday, January 10
A Song for Jason
Season 2 • Episode 2
While most of the campers find contentment, Jonathan encourages Jason's reluctant father to join in.
Saturday, January 10
Bless the Boys in Blue
Season 2 • Episode 3
Guilt plagues a policeman who shot a teenager brandishing an empty gun.
Saturday, January 10
Goodbye, Mr. Zelinka
Season 5 • Episode 8
Students fight the forced retirement of a beloved teacher (Lew Ayres).
Saturday, January 10
Choices
Season 5 • Episode 9
Jonathan and Mark, acting as private investigators, attempt to reunite a Vietnamese family.
Sunday, January 11
Cindy
Season 2 • Episode 4
Jonathan performs a miracle for the hard-working daughter of a struggling theatrical agent.
Sunday, January 11
The Devil and Jonathan Smith
Season 2 • Episode 5
A swindler (Conrad Janis) helps after Jabez Stone (Anthony Zerbe) tricks Mark into selling his soul.
Sunday, January 11
Birds of a Feather
Season 2 • Episode 6
Jonathan makes the ultimate sacrifice to force townspeople to fight a water-polluter.
Monday, January 12
Popcorn, Peanuts and Cracker Jacks
Season 2 • Episode 7
Jonathan inspires a former black-league pitcher to revitalize a struggling minor-league team.
Monday, January 12
The Smile in the Third Row
Season 2 • Episode 8
Jonathan is intrigued when an actor claims he saw God while performing in a Broadway flop.
Monday, January 12
The Secret
Season 2 • Episode 9
Mark helps longtime friends cope when their adopted daughter wants to find her natural parents.
Monday, January 12
It's a Dog's Life
Season 5 • Episode 12
Mark suspects a stray dog is actually Jonathan, who has mysteriously disappeared.
Tuesday, January 13
The Monster
Season 2 • Episode 10
Jonathan sparks a romance between a young blind woman and a disfigured artist.
Tuesday, January 13
The Monster
Season 2 • Episode 11
With Rachel comatose, Julian's fate lies with his lawyer, who questions his innocence.
Tuesday, January 13
The Good Doctor
Season 2 • Episode 12
Jonathan and Mark discover that the star player's injury has resulted in drug dependency.
Tuesday, January 13
Highway to Heaven
Season 1 • Episode 1
Drifter Jonathan Smith takes a job as a handyman at a senior-citizens home; guest Helen Hayes.
Wednesday, January 14
Alone
Season 2 • Episode 13
Jonathan places a homeless, mentally impaired teen with a wealthy, but troubled, family.
Wednesday, January 14
Close Encounters of the Heavenly Kind
Season 2 • Episode 14
Helping a UFO watcher to keep custody of his grandson by convincing the boy there are aliens.
Wednesday, January 14
Change of Life
Season 2 • Episode 15
Jonathan's powers reverse the roles of chauvinistic Mark and a beautiful movie star.
Wednesday, January 14
To Touch the Moon
Season 1 • Episode 3
A terminally ill boy takes in another boy who's continually in trouble with the law.
Thursday, January 15
Keep Smiling
Season 2 • Episode 16
Jonathan helps reunite his lonely widow (Dorothy McGuire) and their estranged daughter.
Thursday, January 15
Song of the Wild West
Season 1 • Episode 5
An embittered man refuses to let his talented daughter pursue a singing career.
Friday, January 16
The Last Assignment
Season 2 • Episode 17
Mark and Jonathan help an overeager angel (Ed Asner) who has been on probation for 200 years.
Friday, January 16
To Bind the Wounds
Season 2 • Episode 18
Jonathan helps a town remember a soldier fallen in Vietnam; guests Eli Wallach, Moosie Drier.
Friday, January 16
Heaven on Earth
Season 2 • Episode 19
When Mark blames himself for a girl's death, Jonathan gives him special powers to undo past actions.
Friday, January 16
One Fresh Batch of Lemonade
Season 1 • Episode 6
A high-school student almost gives up on life after losing both legs in a motorcycle accident.
Saturday, January 17
Summit
Season 2 • Episode 20
Jonathan reunites a Soviet official with his long-lost mother.
Saturday, January 17
The Torch
Season 2 • Episode 21
A person who is in need of a heart transplant learns the donor was a neo-Nazi terrorist.
Saturday, January 17
Sail Away
Season 2 • Episode 22
A despondent novelist (Lew Ayres) finds inspiration in reliving a teenage romance.
Saturday, January 17
Catch a Falling Star
Season 1 • Episode 9
Mark and Jonathan try to reach a movie star who is a stranger to his own children.
Saturday, January 17
Help Wanted: Angel
Season 1 • Episode 10
Jonathan meets another angel on a film set.
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