Editing Buddy Holly (section)

==== Television ====
Holly was depicted in a 1989 episode of the science-fiction television program ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'' titled "How the Tess Was Won"; Holly's identity is only revealed at the end of the episode. Dr. [[Sam Beckett]] ([[Scott Bakula]]) influences Buddy Holly to change his lyrics from "piggy, suey" to "Peggy Sue", setting up Holly's future hit song.{{sfn|Phillips|Garcia|1996|p=358}}

In the animated series ''[[The Venture Bros.]]'', it is implied that the elderly villains Dragoon and Red Mantle are actually Richardson and Buddy Holly, who were recruited into the supervillain organization the Guild of Calamitous Intent on the night of their supposed deaths.

The TV documentaries ''Without Walls: Not Fade Away'' (aired on Channel Four in 1996),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/without-walls-not-fade-away |title = Without Walls: Not Fade Away|access-date=November 10, 2024 |website=Internet Archive}}</ref> and ''Buddy Holly: Rave On'' (aired on BBC Four in 2017).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Buddy Holly: Rave On |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08q8f1n |access-date=May 29, 2022 |website=BBC Four}}</ref> The 2022 documentary ''The Day the Music Died'' explores the story behind Don McLean's song "American Pie".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12992162/ |title = The Day the Music Died (2022)|access-date=November 10, 2024 |website=imdb}}</ref>