Inside Edition for Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Actress Melissa Gilbert cried happy tears after getting the news her husband was a free man. A judge agreed to release actor Timothy Busfield from jail until he goes on trial to face child abuse allegations, which he denies. Jim Moret was at the courthouse in New Mexico and spoke with the relieved Little House on the Prairie star. Speaking of stars, bagpipes aren't exactly what you think of when you think country music, but that's what Dolly Parton was surprised with on her birthday. And wait till you hear who was behind it. Also today, Elizabeth Smart became a household name here in the US after being kidnapped at knifepoint from her Utah home and held captive by a deranged couple for nine months. But as Ann Mercogliano reports, her story is about to go global. And, when a woman needed a kidney, she found a very unlikely donor.