Historically, Westernactors are so synonymous with the silver screen that it’s easy to forget some of the greats who made their names in TV. Whether it’s John Wayne’s surly heroes of the Old West or ...

When Cheyenne first hit television screens in 1955, the West had never looked so vast — or so real. In an era when most TV Westerns were half-hour morality plays shot on cramped backlots, Cheyenne ...

In 1959, the top four most popular television shows in the United States were westerns. From humble beginnings the small-screen horse opera became a TV staple and cultural phenomenon in the 1950s and ...