SHOP AT HOME INC /TN/
S-8, 1997-06-24
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                        As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                                         on June 24, 1997
                                   Registration No. _____________

_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________

                                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                       WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                                           _______________

                                              FORM S-8
                                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                                UNDER
                                     THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                           _______________

                                         SHOP AT HOME, INC.
                       (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       Tennessee                                                     62-1282758
(State or other jurisdiction                                   (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                           Identification No.)

                                         5210 Schubert Road
                                           P.O. Box 12600
                                     Knoxville, Tennessee 37921

                              (Address of Principal Executive Offices)


              SHOP AT HOME, INC. HARRIS L. BAGLEY COMMON STOCK PURCHASE OPTIONS
                                      (Full title of the plan)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                 <C>                                     <C>
                    Kent E. Lillie, President               Copy to:   C. Michael Norton, Esq.
                    Shop at Home, Inc.                                 Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
                    Suite 1800                                         Nashville City Center
                    3340 Peachtree Road                                511 Union Street, Suite 1500
                    Atlanta, Georgia  30326                            Nashville, Tennessee 37219
                    (404) 848-7724                                     (615) 244-0020


           (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                    Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public:
             From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
                                   CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<CAPTION>
<S>                     <C>                     <C>                    <C>                    <C>
Title of                Amount                  Proposed maximum       Proposed maximum       Amount of
securities              to be                   offering price         aggregate offering     registration
to be registered        registered              per share              price                  fee
<S>                     <C>                     <C>                    <C>                    <C>
Common Stock,           50,000<F1>
$.0025 par value        shares                  $1.00                  $50,000                $15.15
</TABLE>

[FN]
<F1>  The Registrant also registers hereby such indeterminate number of
additional shares as may be required to cover antidilutive adjustments under
the Shop At Home, Inc. Harris L. Bagley Common Stock Purchase Options.

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                              PART II

        INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

     The Registrant  hereby  incorporates  the  following documents in this
Registration Statement:

     A.   The Registrant's Annual Report on Form  10-K  for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1996, filed with Commission on September 30, 1996;

     B.   The Registrants's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q  for  the quarter
ended September 30, 1996, filed with the Commission on November 7, 1996;

     C.   The  Registrants's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the  quarter
ended December 31, 1996, filed with the Commission on February 7, 1997;

     D.   The Registrants's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 1997, filed with the Commission on May 13, 1997;

     E.   The description of the Common Stock,  par value $.0025 per share,
of the Registrant contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with the Commission
on February 22, 1995, and any amendment or report  filed for the purpose of
updating such description; and

     All  documents  subsequently  filed  by  the  Registrant  pursuant  to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which  indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all  securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference  in  this
Registration  Statement  and  to  be part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.


ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

     Not applicable.


ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

     Not applicable.


ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

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     Section  6.6 of the Registrant's  Bylaws  require  the  Registrant  to
indemnify its officers,  directors,  employees and/or agents to the maximum
extent   permitted  by  the  Tennessee  Business   Corporation   Act.   The
circumstances  under  which Tennessee law requires or permits a corporation
to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and/or agents are set forth
at T.C.A. <section>48-18-501 ET SEQ.

     Generally, under T.C.A.  <section>48-18-501 ET SEQ., a corporation may
indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because he is or was a
director against liability incurred  in  the proceeding if (a) he conducted
himself  in good faith, and (b) he reasonably  believed:  in  the  case  of
conduct in his official capacity with the corporation, that his conduct was
in its best  interests;  and,  in  all other cases, that his conduct was at
least  not opposed to its best interests;  and  (c)  in  the  case  of  any
criminal  proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful.

     A corporation  may  not indemnify a director: (a) in connection with a
proceeding by or in the right  of the corporation in which the director was
adjudged liable to the corporation;  or  (b)  in  connection with any other
proceeding  charging  improper  personal  benefit to him,  whether  or  not
involving action in his official capacity,  in which he was adjudged liable
on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him.

     Indemnification permitted in connection with a proceeding by or in the
right  of  the corporation is limited to reasonable  expenses  incurred  in
connection with the proceeding.


ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

     Not Applicable.


ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

     The exhibits  listed  on the Exhibit Index appearing on page 8 of this
Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.


ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.

     1. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

     A.  To file, during any  period  in  which  offers  or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

          [1]   To include any prospectus required by Section  10(a)(3)  of
     the Act;

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          [2]  To  reflect  in  the  prospectus any facts or events arising
     after the effective date of the Registration  Statement  (or  the most
     recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
     aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
     in the Registration Statement;

          [3]  To include any material information with respect to the plan
     of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
     or  any  material  change  to  such  information  in  the Registration
     Statement;

     PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs 1.A[1] and 1.A[2] do  not  apply if
the  information  required to be included in a post-effective amendment  by
those paragraphs is  contained  in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section  15(d)  of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

     B.   That,  for the purpose of determining  any  liability  under  the
Securities Act of  1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration  statement  relating  to  the  securities  offered
therein,  and  the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     C.  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any  of  the  securities  being  registered  which  remain  unsold  at  the
termination of the offering.

     2.  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any  liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
the Registrant's annual  report  pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  new  registration
statement  relating  to the securities offered herein, and the offering  of
such securities at that  time  shall  be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.

     3.   Insofar  as indemnification for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities  Act  of 1933  may  be  permitted  to  directors,  officers  and
controlling persons of the Registrant, the Registrant has been advised that
in  the  opinion  of   the   Securities   and   Exchange   Commission  such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the  Act  and  is,
therefore,  unenforceable.   In  the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than  the  payment  by  the  Registrant  of
expenses  incurred  or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of
the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director,  officer  or controlling person in connection
with the securities being registered, the  Registrant

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will, unless in the opinion of  its counsel  the matter has been settled by
controlling  precedent,  submit to a  court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question of whether such indemnification by it is against  public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.

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                            SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933, the
Registrant  certifies  that  it  has reasonable grounds to believe that  it
meets all of the requirements for  filing  on  Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its  behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Knoxville, State of Tennessee, on
June 20, 1997.


                         SHOP AT HOME, INC.


                         By /S/ KENT E. LILLIE
                            President and Chief Executive Officer


     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Kent  E. Lillie and Joseph Nawy, and
each of them, with the power to act without the  other, his or her true and
lawful attorney-in-facts and agents, with full power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution, for him or her, and in his or her name, place and stead, in
any  and  all  capacities,  to sign any and all amendments (including post-
effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and  other  documents  in  connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto  said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority  to  do  and
perform  each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about  the  premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or
she might or could  do  in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and  agents,  or  his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant  to  the requirements of the Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration Statement  on  Form S-8 has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities indicated and on the date indicated:


SIGNATURE                     TITLE                     DATE


/S/ KENT E. LILLIE       President, and Chief       June 20, 1997
Kent E. Lillie           Executive Officer
                         (Principal Executive
                         Officer), and Director

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/S/ JOSEPH NAWY          Vice President-Finance     June 20, 1997
Joseph Nawy              (Principal Financial and
                         Accounting Officer)


/S/ J.D. CLINTON
J.D. Clinton             Director                   June 20, 1997


/S/ W. PAUL COWELL
W. Paul Cowell           Director                   June 20, 1997


/S/ JOSEPH I. OVERHOLT
Joseph I. Overholt       Director                   June 20, 1997


/S/ A.E. JOLLEY
A.E. Jolley              Director,                  June 20, 1997
                         Secretary/Treasurer


/S/ FRANK A. WOODS
Frank A. Woods           Director                   June 20, 1997

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                         INDEX TO EXHIBITS


EXHIBIT NUMBER      DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT                       PAGE

4(a)           Form of Option Agreement between
               Harris L. Bagley and the Registrant                 9

4(b)           Charter of the Registrant incorporated
               by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
               Registrant's report on Form 10-K for
               the fiscal year ended June 30, 1993,
               filed with the Securities and Exchange
               Commission on September 28, 1993, and
               by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the
               Registrant's report on Form 8-K filed
               with the Securities and Exchange Commission
               on March 2, 1995.

4(c)           Bylaws of the Registrant as amended
               incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2
               of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
               10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1993,
               filed with the Securities and Exchange
               Commission on September 28, 1993.

4(d)           Specimen Common Stock Certificate incorporated
               by reference to Exhibit 4.8 of the Registrant's
               Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with
               the Securities and Exchange Commission on
               January 20, 1995.

5              Opinion of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs as
               to the legality of the Common Stock.               13

24(b)          Consent of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
               (included in Exhibit 5).                           13

25             Power of Attorney (included on sig-
               nature page of this Registration
               Statement).                                         6

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<PAGE>

                         OPTION AGREEMENT

     THIS  AGREEMENT  is made and entered into as of the 30th day of  June,
1994, by and between SHOP  AT  HOME,  INC.  (the  "Company"),  a  Tennessee
corporation, and HARRIS L. BAGLEY ("Consultant");

     WHEREAS,  the  Company  engages  in  the  business  of retail sales of
merchandise   by   sales  presentations  broadcast  directly  to  potential
customers by cable and satellite television transmissions commonly known as
the "shop at home business";

     WHEREAS, Company  employs  Consultant as a television and cable system
advisor and wishes to provide a mechanism  to  reward  Consultant  for  his
continued service;

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  for  and  in  consideration  of the premises and the
mutual  covenants  and  agreements  contained herein, and  other  good  and
valuable consideration, the receipt and  sufficiency  of  which  are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

     1.   STOCK OPTIONS. The  Company  will  grant  to  consultant  a  non-
qualified  (as  defined by the Internal Revenue Code) option to purchase up
to 50,000 shares  of  the  Company's  Common Stock, $.0025 par value, at an
exercise price of $1.00 per share, expiring five (5) years from the date of
vesting.  Pursuant to this Section, options to purchase 10,000 shares shall
vest immediately upon execution of this  Agreement,  and thereafter options
to purchase 10,000 shares shall vest on January 1 of each  year  commencing
on  January  1,  1995,  and continuing until all options shall have vested.
Such options shall be in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

     In the event Consultant  resigns  or  otherwise  ceases  to serve as a
consultant to the Company, or the Company terminates Consultant for "cause"
as  defined herein, all of Consultant's rights with respect to options  not
yet vested shall terminate.  In the event the Company terminates Consultant
for any  other  reason,  Consultant  shall  retain  his  rights solely with
respect to those options that would vest on January 1 following the date of
termination  and  such  rights  shall  immediately terminate if  Consultant
separately, jointly or in association with  others, directly or indirectly,
as  an  agent,  employee,  owner,  partner,  stockholder,   or   otherwise,
establishes,  engages in, or becomes interested in any business similar  to
the business being conducted by Employer.

     2.   DEFINITIONS.   For purposes of this Agreement the following terms
shall have the meanings specified below:

          2.1  "Cause"  -  (a)  Consultant  commits  an  act of dishonesty,
embezzlement or fraud against the Company or any other party.

          (b)  Consultant fails to use his best efforts on  behalf  of  the
Company,  or  conducts himself in a manner substantially detrimental to the
Company.

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          (c)  Consultant   is   convicted   of   a  misdemeanor  involving
dishonesty,  breach of trust or moral turpitude, or  is  convicted  of  any
felony.

          (d)  Consultant engages in the illegal usage of any drug.

          (e)  Any state or federal regulatory agency or court of competent
jurisdiction issues  an  order  requiring the Consultant's removal from any
duties or responsibilities for the Company.

          (f)  Consultant dies or  is  unable,  due to illness, accident or
any other physical or mental incapacity, to perform the duties provided for
herein  for an aggregate of 90 days within any period  of  240  consecutive
days.

     3.   MISCELLANEOUS.

          3.1  LEGEND ON CERTIFICATE.   Each  certificate evidencing any of
the shares required by Consultant pursuant to the  Option shall be endorsed
as follows:

               The shares evidenced by this certificate  have not been
          registered under the Securities Act of 1993, as  amended, or
          under the securities laws of any state.  The shares  may not
          be sold, transferred, pledged or hypothecated in the absence
          of any effective registration statement under the Securities
          Act   of   1933,   as  amended,  and  such  registration  or
          qualification, as may be necessary under the securities laws
          of any state, or an  opinion  of counsel satisfactory to the
          Corporation that such registration  or  qualification is not
          required.

          3.2  HOLD HARMLESS. Consultant and the Company covenant and agree
that they will indemnify and hold harmless the other  from  (i) any and all
losses, damages, liabilities, expenses or claims resulting from  or arising
out of any nonfulfillment by the defaulting party of any material provision
of  this  Agreement, and (ii) any and all losses or damages resulting  from
the defaulting party's malfeasance or gross negligence.

     4.   CONTRACT NONASSIGNABLE.  The   parties   acknowledge   that  this
Agreement  has  been  entered  into due to, among other things, the special
skills of Consultant, and agree  that this Agreement may not be assigned or
transferred by Consultant, in whole  or  in part, without the prior written
consent of the Company.  This Agreement shall be binding and shall inure to
the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.

     5.   NOTICES.  All notices, requests, demands and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in  writing and shall be deemed to
have been duly given if delivered or mailed, first  class,  certified mail,
postage prepaid:

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                         To Company:

                         Shop At Home, Inc.
                         5210 Schubert Road
                         P.O. Box 12600
                         Knoxville, Tennessee  37912

                         To Consultant:

                         Harris L. Bagley
                         100 Parkway Drive
                         Rome, Georgia  30161

     6.   AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS. This  Agreement may be  amended  or
modified only by a writing signed by both parties hereto.

     7.   NO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. The parties  acknowledge that Consultant
is an "independent contractor," and that pursuant to the parties agreement,
his service as a consultant may be terminated at  any  time  by the Company
without penalty.  This Agreement is not, and is not intended by the parties
to be, an agreement for the continued employment of the Consultant  by  the
Company.

     8.   EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS.    This  Agreement  may be executed in
two  or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an  original,  and
all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

     9.   HEADINGS. The   headings  set  out  in  this  Agreement  are  for
convenience of reference and  shall  not be deemed a part of this Agreement
and shall not affect the meaning or construction  of  any of the provisions
hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.

                                   COMPANY:

                                   SHOP AT HOME, INC.


                                   By:  /S/ KENT E. LILLIE
                                        Kent E. Lillie
                                        President and
                                        Chief Executive Officer


                                   CONSULTANT:


                                        /S/ HARRIS L. BAGLEY
                                        Harris L. Bagley

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                             EXHIBIT A

     THESE  SECURITIES  HAVE  BEEN  ISSUED  OR  SOLD  IN  RELIANCE  ON
     PARAGRAPH 13 OF CODE SECTION 10-5-9 OF THE GEORGIA SECURITIES ACT
     OF  1973  AND  MAY  NOT  BE  SOLD  OR  TRANSFERRED  EXCEPT  IN  A
     TRANSACTION  WHICH  IS  EXEMPT  UNDER  SUCH ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
     EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT.

                        SHOP AT HOME, INC.
              1994 $1.00 COMMON STOCK PURCHASE OPTION

                             NUMBER 1

     1.   GENERAL PROVISIONS. Shop At Home, Inc.,  a  Tennessee corporation
(herein called the "Corporation"), for value received,  and  other good and
valuable  consideration,  receipt  of which is hereby acknowledged,  hereby
certifies that HARRIS L. BAGLEY, or  his  registered assigns (herein called
the "Option Holder") is entitled to purchase  shares  of the fully paid and
voting  nonassessable  Common  Stock, $.0025 par value per  share,  of  the
Corporation (such number and character  of  such  shares  being  subject to
adjustment  as provided in paragraph 4 below), at Exercise Price Per  Share
set forth herein  by  surrendering  this  Option with the Subscription Form
attached  hereto  as  EXHIBIT  1  duly executed,  at  the  offices  of  the
Corporation, and by paying in full  the  Exercise  Price  Per Share for the
number of shares of Common Stock as to which this Option is  exercised.  No
fractional  shares  shall be issued hereunder, and instead, any  fractional
shares created by exercise  hereunder shall be purchased by the Corporation
at the rate of the Exercise Price Per Share then in effect.

     2.   EXERCISE PERIOD.    This  Option  may  be exercised by the Option
Holder at any time after the earlier of:  (i) the second anniversary of the
issuance  of  this  Option;  (ii) the date of issuance  of  notice  by  the
Corporation of its intent to offer  its  Common  Stock  to  the public in a
public offering registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission;  or
(iii) the date of issuance of notice by the Corporation to its shareholders
of its intent (w) to sell, lease or otherwise transfer all or substantially
all of the assets of the Corporation, or (x) to engage in any consolidation
of  the  Corporation  with,  or a merger of the Corporation into, any other
corporation (that is not an affiliated  entity),  or  (y) a distribution by
the  Corporation  of  its  assets  with respect to its Common  Stock  as  a
liquidating or partial liquidating dividend,  or  (z)  the happening of any
other similar event affecting the Common Stock.  This Option  shall  expire
and  all  rights  hereunder  shall cease on the earlier of the date that is
thirty (30) days after termination  of  Consultant's  relationship with the
Corporation or January 1, 1999.

     3.   NUMBER OF SHARES COVERED BY OPTION; EXERCISE PRICE.    The number
of shares of the Corporation's Common Stock,  $.0025  par value  per share,   
for  which  this  Option  may  be  exercised shall be

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10,000 voting, common shares, subject to adjustment as provided in paragraph
4 below, which may be purchased as a whole  at any time or in part from time
to time subject to paragraph 4 within the time limit herein specified.   The
price  per share for the shares purchased upon exercise of this Option shall
be $1.00 per share, subject to adjustment as provided in paragraph  5  below
(the "Exercise Price Per Share").

     4.   ADJUSTMENTS  IN NUMBER OF SHARES AND EXERCISE PRICE.  If  at  any
time after this Option is  granted,  the Corporation shall declare or pay a
dividend  or  dividends payable in shares  of  its  Common  Stock  (or  any
security convertible  into  or  granting  rights to purchase shares or such
Common Stock) or split the then outstanding shares of its Common Stock into
a greater number of shares, the number of shares  of Common Stock which may
be  purchased upon the exercise of this Option in effect  at  the  time  of
taking  of  a  record  for such dividend or at the time of such stock split
shall  be proportionately  increased  and  the  Exercise  Price  Per  Share
proportionately  decreased  as of such time; and conversely, if at any time
the Corporation shall contract  the  number  of  outstanding  shares of its
Common Stock by combining such shares into a smaller number of  shares, the
number of shares which may be purchased upon the exercise of this Option at
the time of such action shall be proportionately decreased and the Exercise
Price  Per  Share  proportionately  increased  as  of  such  time.   If the
Corporation  declares  or pays a dividend or makes a distribution on shares
of its Common Stock payable  otherwise  than  out  of  earnings  or  earned
surplus, then thereafter the Option Holder, upon the exercise hereof,  will
be  entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock to be received
upon  exercise  of  this Option determined as stated above and, in addition
and without further payment,  the cash, stock or other securities and other
property which the Option Holder  would  have  received by way of dividends
and distributions (otherwise than out of such earnings  or  surplus)  as if
the  Option  Holder  (i) has exercised this Option immediately prior to the
declaration of such dividend or the making of such distribution so as to be
entitled  thereto,  and  (ii)  had  retained  all  dividends  in  stock  or
securities payable in  respect  of  such  Common Stock or in respect of any
stock  or  securities paid as dividends and distributions  and  originating
directly or  indirectly  from  such  Common Stock.  For the purposes of the
foregoing a dividend other than in cash  shall be considered payable out of
earnings or earned surplus only to the extent that such earnings or surplus
are charged an amount equal to the fair value of such dividend.

     Appropriate and similar adjustment of  the  number of shares which may
be purchased upon the exercise of this Option and of the Exercise Price Per
Share  shall  also  be made in the event of any other  capital  adjustment,
recapitalization, reorganization,  reclassification or any consolidation of
the  Corporation  with, or a merger of  the  Corporation  into,  any  other
corporation, or a sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all
of the assets of the Corporation, or a distribution by the Corporation of its

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assets  with  respect  to  its Common  Stock  as  a  liquidating or partial
liquidating dividend, or the happening of any similar  event  affecting the
Common  Stock.  In any such event, the Option Holder shall have  the  right
thereafter  to  exercise  this  Option  for the acquisition of any kind and
amount of shares of stock and other securities  and  property  to which the
Option  Holder would have been entitled if the Option Holder had  purchased
Common Stock  of  the  Corporation  by  the  full  exercise  of this Option
immediately   prior   to   such   capital   adjustment,   recapitalization,
reorganization,  reclassification,  consolidation,  merger,  sale,   lease,
transfer,  distribution  or  other  similar event and the Corporation shall
make lawful provision therefor as a part  of  such  event.  The Corporation
shall  not effect any such consolidation, merger, sale,  lease  or  similar
transfer  involving  another  corporation  unless,  upon  or  prior  to the
consummation thereof, the successor corporation or the corporation to which
the property of the Corporation has been consolidated, merger, sold, leased
or  otherwise transferred shall assume by written instrument the obligation
to deliver  to  the Option Holder such shares of stock, securities, cash or
property as in accordance  with  the  foregoing  provisions  of  the Option
Holder shall be entitled to receive.

     5.   RESERVATION OF SHARES.   The   Corporation  shall  at  all  times
reserve and keep available a number of its  authorized  but unissued shares
of  its  Common  Stock sufficient to permit the exercise in  full  of  this
Option.

     6.   SALE OF OPTION OR SHARES.     This  Option is not transferable or
assignable  except  by  will  or  by the applicable  laws  of  descent  and
distribution, and it may be exercised  during  the Option Holder's lifetime
only by him.  The shares to be issued hereunder  have  not  been registered
under  the Securities Act, or under the securities laws of any  state,  and
such shares  to  be  issued  hereunder,  when  issued,  may  not  be  sold,
transferred,  pledged  or  hypothecated  in  the  absence  of  an effective
registration  statement  for  this  Option,  or  the  shares  to  be issued
hereunder,  as  the  case  may  be,  under  the  Securities  Act,  and such
registration   or  qualification  as  may be necessary under the securities
laws of any state, or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Corporation
that such registration or qualification  is  not required.  The certificate
or certificates evidencing all or any of the shares  to be issued hereunder
shall bear the following legend:

     The shares evidenced by this Certificate have not been registered
     under  the  Securities  Act  of  1933, as amended, or  under  the
     securities  laws  of any state.  The  shares  may  not  be  sold,
     transferred, pledged  or  hypothecated  in  the  absence  of  any
     effective  registration  statement  under  the  Securities Act of
     1933, as amended, and such registration or qualification  as  may
     be  necessary  under  the  securities  laws  of  any state, or an
     opinion  of  counsel  satisfactory to the Corporation  that  such
     registration or qualification is not required.

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     This Option shall be registered on the books of the Corporation, which
shall be kept by it as its principal  office  for  the purpose and shall be
transferable only on said books by the registered owner hereof in person or
by  duly  authorized  attorney  upon  surrender  of  this  Option  properly
endorsed,  and  only  in  compliance  with  the  provision of the preceding
paragraph.  In case of the exercise hereof in part  only,  the  Corporation
will  deliver the Option Holder a new Option of like tenor in the  name  of
the Option  Holder evidencing the right to purchase the number of shares as
to which this Option has not been exercised.

     7.   GOVERNING LAW. This  Option  is  to  be construed and enforced in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee.

     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused  this  Option  to  be
issued in its corporate name by its duly appointed officer.

DATED:    June 30, 1994

                                   SHOP AT HOME, INC.


                                   By:
                                        Kent E. Lillie
                                        President and
                                        Chief Executive Officer

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                             EXHIBIT 1

     The undersigned  optionee  under  that certain 1994 $1.00 Common Stock
Purchase Option (Number 1) (the "Agreement"),  hereby  exercises the Option
granted under the Agreement for the following number of  shares  of  Common
Stock, subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement:

                    Number of shares purchased

                    Total purchased price        $
                    submitted herewith




                                   (Signature)




                                   (Date)

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                             EXHIBIT 5

WYATT, TARRANT & COMBS

Suite 1500
Nashville City Center
Nashville, Tennessee 37219

615-244-0020
FAX 615-256-1726

June 20, 1997

Shop at Home, Inc.
5210 Schubert Road
Knoxville, Tennessee  37912

     Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-8

Gentlemen:

     We  refer to the Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement")
on Form S-8,  filed  today  by Shop at Home, Inc. (the "Company"), with the
Securities and Exchange Commission,  for  the  purpose of registering under
the Securities Act of 1933 an aggregate of 50,000  shares (the "Shares") of
the Common Stock, par value $.0025 per share, of the  Company being offered
to  Harris L. Bagley pursuant to the Option Agreement by  and  between  the
Company and Mr. Bagley (the "Agreement").

     In  connection  with  the  foregoing  registration,  we  have acted as
counsel for the Company and have examined originals, or copies certified to
our satisfaction, of such corporate records of the Company, certificates of
public  officials, and representatives of the Company, and other  documents
as we deemed necessary to deliver the opinion expressed below.

     Based  upon  the foregoing, and having regard for legal considerations
that we deem relevant,  it is our opinion that the Shares will be, when and
if  issued  in accordance with  the  Agreement,  duly  authorized,  validly
issued, and fully paid and non-assessable.

     We hereby  consent  to  the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement.

                                   Sincerely,

                                   /s/ Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs

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