Western series is based on the life of a remarkable historical figure and has been hailed a 'masterpiece' by fans ...

Lawmen: Bass Reeves is an epic period western, starring David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves. Here's when every new episode of the Taylor Sheridan show airs on Paramount+.

Audiences Love An Old-School Lawman In 2004, HBO's Deadwood dispelled decades of belief that Western television was corny, formulaic and overly-serialized, effectively Old West-themed soap operas.

"Lawmen: Bass Reeves" has been telling the long overdue story of a real-life Western hero, the formerly enslaved Reeves (David Oyelowo), who became the first Black deputy U.S. marshal west of the ...

The creators of the western drama based on the life of a Black deputy U.S. marshal were inspired by the challenge of filling in the lost history of the famous lawman.

Western Lawmen Cabinet card portrait of Thomas J. Smith, marshal and chief of police in Abilene, KS, murdered by outlaws in 1870. Abilene, KS: Forney's Studio, n.d, circa 1899 silver gelatin ...

David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves in “Lawmen: Bass Reeves.” “The show had texture — it gave a tactile pleasure throughout its eight episodes,” our critic writes. Lauren Smith/Paramount+ ...

Thanks to prolific, award-winning screenwriter and creator Taylor Sheridan (“Yellowstone”), the Western continues to thrive with Sunday’s new anthology series, “Lawmen: Bass Reeves ...

After bland western prequels to his flagship drama “Yellowstone,” producer Taylor Sheridan finds marginally more fertile territory in “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” a series that will devote each ...