Television Westerns Episode Guide
All United States Series, 1949–1996
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About the Book
Since Hopalong Cassidy and the Lone Ranger blazed their first trails on television in 1949, Westerns have been the genre of choice for 180 series through 1996. Some (Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and Maverick, for example) were classics; others, such as 26 Men and Shotgun Slade, were quickly forgotten.
From Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr., through Zorro and Son, this comprehensive reference work covers all 180 Western series. Each entry opens with a listing of the broadcast history of the series, including original network, day and time. This is followed by a listing of the regular cast members and a brief premise of the series. The individual episodes are then covered, with the title, original air date, leading guest stars and a brief synopsis given. An exhaustive index completes the work.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Harris M. Lentz III
Format: softcover (8.5 x 11)
Pages: 576
Bibliographic Info: bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2012 [1997]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-7386-1
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vi
Introduction 1
Bibliography 3
Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. 7
The Adventures of Champion 8
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin 9
The Alaskans 16
Alias Smith and Jones 18
Annie Oakley 20
Barbary Coast 24
Bat Masterson 25
Bearcats! 31
Best of the West 31
Big Hawaii 32
The Big Valley 32
Black Saddle 38
Bonanza 40
Boots and Saddles 60
Bordertown 61
Branded 61
Brave Eagle 64
Bret Maverick 64
Broken Arrow 65
Bronco 68
Buckskin 72
Buffalo Bill, Jr. 74
Cade’s County 75
The Californians 77
Centennial 80
Cheyenne 81
The Chisholms 87
Cimarron City 87
Cimarron Strip 89
Circus Boy 90
The Cisco Kid 92
Cliffhangers—The Secret Empire 99
Colt .45 100
Cowboy G-Men 103
Cowboy in Africa 104
The Cowboys 106
Custer 106
The Dakotas 107
Daniel Boone (1960) 108
Daniel Boone (1964) 108
Davy Crockett 116
Death Valley Days 117
The Deputy 131
Desperado 134
Destry 134
Dirty Sally 135
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 135
Dundee and the Culhane 140
Dusty’s Trail 141
Empire 141
F Troop 143
Father Murphy 145
Frontier 146
Frontier Circus 148
Frontier Doctor 149
Fury 150
The Gabby Hayes Show 155
The Gambler 155
The Gene Autry Show 155
Great Adventure 159
Gun Shy 160
The Guns of Will Sonnett 160
Gunslinger 162
Gunsmoke 163
Have Gun Will Travel 194
Hawkeye 205
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans 207
Hec Ramsey 208
Here Come the Brides 209
The High Chaparral 211
Hondo 216
Hopalong Cassidy 217
Hotel De Paree 219
How the West Was Won 220
Iron Horse 222
Jefferson Drum 224
Jim Bowie 226
Johnny Ringo 229
Judge Roy Bean 231
Kit Carson 232
Klondike 235
Kung Fu 236
Lancer 239
Laramie 242
Laredo 248
Lash of the West 251
The Law of the Plainsman 251
Lawman 252
Lazarus Man 259
Legend 260
The Legend of Jesse James 261
Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 262
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams 273
Little House: A New Beginning 274
Little House on the Prairie 275
The Lone Ranger 282
The Loner 293
Lonesome Dove: The Series 294
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years 295
A Man Called Shenandoah 296
Man from Blackhawk 297
Man Without a Gun 299
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass 301
Maverick 301
The Men from Shiloh 308
The Monroes 309
My Friend Flicka 310
Nakia 312
Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times 313
The New Land 313
Nichols 313
Nine Lives of Effego Baca 314
Northwest Passage 315
The Oregon Trail 316
The Outcasts 317
The Outlaws (1960) 318
Outlaws (1987) 321
Overland Trail 321
Paradise 322
Pistols ’n’ Petticoats 325
Pony Express 326
The Quest 327
The Range Riders 327
Rango 331
Rawhide 332
The Rebel 343
Redigo 346
The Restless Gun 347
The Rifleman 351
Riverboat 359
The Road West 361
Rough Riders 363
The Rounders 365
The Roy Rogers Show 365
The Saga of Andy Burnett 370
Sara 370
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon 371
Shane 374
Shotgun Slade 375
Sky King 376
Stagecoach West 379
Steve Donovan, Western Marshal 381
Stoney Burke 383
Stories of the Century 384
Sugarfoot 386
Tales of the Texas Rangers 389
Tales of Wells Fargo 392
The Tall Man 401
Tate 405
Temple Houston 405
The Texan 407
Texas John Slaughter 411
Tomahawk 411
Tombstone Territory 412
Trackdown 416
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters 420
26 Men 421
Two Faces West 424
Union Pacific 425
The Virginian 426
Wagon Train 438
Walker—Texas Ranger 454
Wanted—Dead or Alive 457
The Westerner 461
Whispering Smith 462
Wichita Town 463
Wide Country 464
Wild Bill Hickok 466
The Wild, Wild West 471
Wildside 477
Wrangler 477
Yancy Derringer 478
Young Dan’l Boone 479
Young Maverick 480
The Young Pioneers 480
Young Riders 480
Zane Grey Theater 483
Zorro (1957) 491
Zorro (1990) 495
Zorro and Son 495
Storyline Index 496
Personnel Index 499
Book Reviews & Awards
• “Fans of old TV Westerns will be thrilled to see this in the reference section. A fun, reader-friendly addition”—Library Journal
• “Remarkable…they don’t make ‘em like that any more!”—Reference Review
• “Exhaustive, nearly four pound reference work covers 180 series”—Western Clippings
• “A considerable achievement…. I only wish all other TV genres had books covering them as well as this one covers Westerns”—Big Reel
• “Valuable”—ARBA
• “Vast and fully indexed”—AB Bookman’s Weekly
• “Useful”—Reference & User Services Quarterly
• “[Includes] a name index and an extremely valuable storyline index, which serves as a marvelous subject guide”—Classic Images
• “A fantastic TV Western resource”—Boyce McClain’s Collector’s Corner
