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With the exception of the short-lived The Cowboys in 1974, 1968 was the last season any new traditional Westerns debuted on television; by 1969, after pressure from parental advocacy groups who claimed Westerns were too violent for television, all three of the major networks ceased airing new Western series. [7]
The term Florida Western is used to describe a small number of films and literary works set in the 19th century, particularly around the time of the Second Seminole War. Not a significant number of these films have been made, as most Hollywood and other genre Westerns are usually located in other regions of the United States, particularly the ...
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 popular Western’s sixth season capped a four-year run at the top. But it wasn’t quite ready to ride into the sunset, eventually logging 20 seasons and an amazing 635 episodes.
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The mid-season schedule is listed under the official fall season lineup of each network. The mid-season schedule is from December 1959 to May 1960. Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research. [4] Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.
Drew got his start assisting on films like the 1976 Western "Buffalo Bill and the Indians" and then later as a writer and producer on the miniseries "Lonesome Dove."
The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1956–57 season. As in previous seasons, both CBS and ABC continued to add Westerns to their schedule, filling prime time with as many "oaters" (as they were derisively called