Movin' On (TV series)

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Movin' On
Genre	Drama
Creator(s)	Hal Schaffel
Starring	Claude Akins Frank Converse
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	46
Production
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	May 8, 1974 – March 2, 1976

Movin' On (also known as In Tandem) was a television show that ran for two seasons (and a total of forty-six episodes), between 1974 and 1976. It originally appeared on the NBC television network.

Movin' On starred Claude Akins as trucker Sonny Pruitt, and Frank Converse, who played his co-driver Will Chandler. The theme song, "Movin' On", was written and performed by Merle Haggard, and was a No. 1 single on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in July 1975.

The semi-tractor featured on the pilot episode was a dark green 1973 Kenworth W-925, but was later changed to a 1974 model for the series run.

The CB Radio boom in the mid-1970s figured into a merchandising tie-in for the show, and Movin' On-brand walkie-talkies (which worked on CB channel 14) were marketed to children.

The show was a surprising favorite of then-U.S. President Gerald Ford.