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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.
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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.
The radio and television versions combined to make the show "one of the longest-running Western programs in broadcast history." [ 2 ] : 43 The series was sponsored by the Pacific Coast Borax Company , makers of 20 Mule Team Borax and Boraxo, and hosted by Stanley Andrews ("The Old Ranger") (1952–1964), Ronald Reagan (1964–1966), Robert ...
Cheyenne is an American Western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1962. The show was the first hour-long Western, and was the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season.
The show was created and produced by Boyd. Hopalong Cassidy was a hit, especially among children, and helped lead to a wave of other Western TV series, including The Gene Autry Show and The Roy Rogers Show. It also did well in merchandising, including spawning the first TV series-themed lunchbox.
musical Western The Arizona Cowboy: R.G. Springsteen: Rex Allen: Singing cowboy Western Arizona Territory: Wallace Fox: Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde: B Western The Bandit Queen: William Berke: Barbara Britton, Willard Parker, Phillip Reed: The Baron of Arizona: Samuel Fuller: Vincent Price, Ellen Drew: traditional Western Barricade: Peter Godfrey
The Web (1950 TV series) The Web (1957 TV series) The West Point Story (TV series) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse; The Whistler (TV series) Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City; Windows (TV series) The Woody Woodpecker Show