From the black-and-white classics that defined the genre to gritty modern Neo-Western's, some Western TV shows are impossible ...

Dan is shocked when Johnny turns in his badge, saying he has bad blood and won't make a good lawman. At the end, Dan and Johnny have a gunfight with the prisoner, and Johnny takes back his job.

Episodes of the best serial shows, woven into and depending upon larger story lines, don’t need to stand out; episodic series must present themselves whole, distilled to their essence, every week.

We have episodes from the Fifties all the way through this year. We stuck with narrative dramas and comedies only — so, no news, no reality TV, no sketch comedy, talk shows, etc.