In the 1950s and 60s, Westerns were the dominant genre on TV, much as they were at the movie theater. By 1959—a year when there were only three TV networks—there were thirty prime-time ...

It’s not their first rodeo: A new all-Western TV channel called WEST will launch this fall, bringing favorite nostalgic Western shows including Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Maverick, The Virginian ...

78. ‘Bonanza’ 1959–1973 The legendary Cartwrights of the Ponderosa—Ben, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe—balance family life and frontier challenges. Fourteen seasons of iconic Western drama. 79.

On television, certainly there used to be a higher percentage of Westerns airing, with shows like “Gunsmoke” and “Bonanza” running forever. That doesn’t mean the Western has disappeared ...

Teal was well-versed in the world of Westerns when he joined the cast of Bonanza. His credits include Colt .45, Empire and The Everglades. He died in April 1976 at the age of 74.

The longest running TV western and the first of the so called “realistic” westerns, the much loved Gunsmoke starred James Arness as Matt Dillon, marshal of Dodge City in the 1880s.