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Pages in category "1950s Western (genre) television series" The following 89 pages are in this category, out of 89 total. ... (TV series) The Adventures of Jim Bowie;
When television became popular in the late 1940s and 1950s, TV Westerns quickly became an audience favorite, with 30 such shows airing at prime time by 1959. Traditional Westerns faded in popularity in the late 1960s, while new shows fused Western elements with other types of shows, such as family drama, mystery thrillers, and crime drama.
Westerns quickly became a staple of 1950s TV entertainment. The first, on June 24, 1949, was the Hopalong Cassidy show, at first edited from the 66 films made by William Boyd . A great many B-movie Westerns were aired on TV as time fillers, starring actors like: Gene Autry , Roy Rogers , Tex Ritter , John Wayne , Lash LaRue , Buster Crabbe ...
The Gene Autry Show is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes on CBS from July 23, 1950 until August 7, 1956, originally sponsored by Wrigley's Doublemint chewing gum.
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series that ran for eight seasons from April 15, 1951, through September 24, 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, [1] but ran on CBS from June 5, 1955, [2] through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958. [3]
Hotel de Paree is a Western television series starring Earl Holliman that aired thirty-three episodes on the CBS Friday evening from October 2, 1959, until September 23, 1960, [1] under the alternate sponsorship of the Liggett & Myers company (L&M cigarettes) and Kellogg's.
The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western television series that aired from 1951 to 1955 and consisted of 104 episodes. [1] [2] While airing, the show was shown in over 130 markets and was sold to the Coca-Cola Bottling Company by MCA-TV. [3] After airing, MCA-TV acquired syndication rights to the show.
Sugarfoot is an American Western television series that aired for 69 episodes on ABC from 1957-1961 on Tuesday nights on a "shared" slot basis – rotating with Cheyenne (first season); Cheyenne and Bronco (both second and fourth seasons); and Bronco (third season).