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Lonesome Dove (miniseries)
Lonesome Dove is a 1989 CBS four-part Western miniseries adapted from Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer-winning novel, directed by Simon Wincer, starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones as Texas Rangers driving cattle to Montana; it won six Emmys and a Peabody Award.
Lonesome Dove series
Lonesome Dove series: Larry McMurtry's four-novel Western tetralogy (Lonesome Dove, Streets of Laredo, Dead Man's Walk, Comanche Moon) about Texas Rangers Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, plus the Pulitzer-winning 1985 novel and its Emmy-winning 1989 CBS miniseries adaptations.
Longmire (TV series)
Longmire (2012–2017) is an American neo-Western crime drama based on Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire novels, starring Robert Taylor as a Wyoming county sheriff; three seasons on A&E, then three on Netflix, 63 episodes total.
Maverick (TV series)
Maverick (1957–1962) is an American comedy-Western TV series created by Roy Huggins for ABC, starring James Garner and Jack Kelly as gambler brothers Bret and Bart Maverick; 124 episodes, 1959 Emmy winner.
Outer Range
Outer Range is a Prime Video neo-Western sci-fi thriller created by Brian Watkins, starring Josh Brolin as Wyoming rancher Royal Abbott, who finds a time-void on his land; two seasons (2022-2024), cancelled July 2024.
Rawhide (TV series)
Rawhide (1959-1966) is a CBS American Western TV series created by Charles Marquis Warren, 217 black-and-white episodes about a San Antonio-to-Sedalia cattle drive led by Gil Favor (Eric Fleming) and Rowdy Yates (Clint Eastwood), canceled January 1966 by CBS's William Paley.
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV series)
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon is an American TV series on CBS from 1955 to 1958, starring Richard Simmons as a Mountie in the Klondike Gold Rush.
Tales of Wells Fargo
Tales of Wells Fargo is an American TV Western series (NBC, 1957-1962, six seasons, 201 episodes) starring Dale Robertson as Wells Fargo special agent Jim Hardie, the left-handed-gun troubleshooter, canceled after a Universal management change due to high production costs.
Texas Rising
Texas Rising is a 2015 five-part History channel miniseries, directed by Roland Joffé and starring Bill Paxton as Sam Houston, dramatizing the Texas Revolution after the Alamo and the founding of the Texas Rangers; critics panned its historical accuracy.
That Dirty Black Bag
That Dirty Black Bag (Quella sporca sacca nera) is an eight-episode 2022 AMC+ spaghetti western series by Mauro Aragoni, starring Dominic Cooper and Douglas Booth, filmed in Italy, Spain, and Morocco.
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. is a Fox weird-western sci-fi series (1993–1994, 27 episodes) created by Jeffrey Boam and Carlton Cuse, starring Bruce Campbell as a Harvard-educated bounty hunter chasing John Bly and a mysterious Orb.
The Big Valley
The Big Valley (ABC, 1965–1969) is a 112-episode American Western about the Barkley ranching family of Stockton, California, starring Barbara Stanwyck as matriarch Victoria Barkley and launching Lee Majors and Linda Evans.
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard: CBS action-comedy series (1979–1985) about Bo and Luke Duke outrunning Boss Hogg in the General Lee, a 1969 Dodge Charger with a Dixie horn; spawned Enos, reunion films, and a 2005 movie.
The English (TV series)
The English is a 2022 six-part Western miniseries written and directed by Hugo Blick, starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer for BBC Two and Prime Video.
The High Chaparral
The High Chaparral is an NBC Western (1967-1971, 4 seasons) created by Bonanza producer David Dortort, starring Leif Erickson and Linda Cristal as ranch families in 1870s Arizona, filmed at Old Tucson.
The Lone Ranger (TV series)
The Lone Ranger (1949-1957) is ABC's five-season, 221-episode filmed TV Western starring Clayton Moore and John Hart as the masked Ranger with Jay Silverheels as Tonto, adapted from the 1933 WXYZ Detroit radio series; ABC's first hit, themed on Rossini's William Tell Overture.
The Madison (TV series)
The Madison is a 2026 Paramount+ drama created by Taylor Sheridan, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell as the Clyburns, New Yorkers who move to Montana's Madison River Valley; six episodes, renewed through season 3.
The Rifleman
The Rifleman: American TV Western (ABC, 1958–1963) starring Chuck Connors as widower Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as son Mark, set in North Fork, New Mexico Territory; also the English release title of Latvia's 2019 war film Blizzard of Souls.
The Son (TV series)
The Son is an AMC Western drama (2017-2019, 20 episodes) adapted from Philipp Meyer's Pulitzer-finalist 2013 novel, starring Pierce Brosnan as Eli McCullough, a Texan kidnapped by Comanches in 1849 who builds an oil dynasty by 1915.
The Virginian (TV series)
The Virginian (TV series), also known as The Men from Shiloh, is an American Western series that aired from 1962 to 1971, known for being the first 90-minute Western.
The Wild Wild West
The Wild, Wild West: CBS American TV series (1965-1969), created by Michael Garrison, blending Western, espionage, and science fiction; Robert Conrad as James West, Ross Martin as Artemus Gordon, 104 episodes, canceled amid TV-violence controversy.
The Young Riders
The Young Riders is an American Western series about young Pony Express riders, aired on ABC from 1989 to 1992 with Josh Brolin as Wild Bill Hickok.
Wagon Train
Wagon Train (1957-1965) is an American NBC/ABC Western TV series about a caravan from St. Joseph, Missouri, to California, starring Ward Bond and Robert Horton, reaching number one in the 1961-62 Nielsen ratings.
Westworld (TV series)
Westworld is an American HBO science fiction series developed by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, adapted from Michael Crichton's 1973 film and running four seasons from 2016 to 2022.
Yellowstone (American TV series)
Yellowstone is Taylor Sheridan and John Linson's contemporary Western drama (2018-2024, Paramount Network) starring Kevin Costner as Montana rancher John Dutton, the Dutton family saga, and the seed of a franchise of prequels and spinoffs.
Zorro (1957 TV series)
Zorro (1957 TV series): Walt Disney Productions' ABC action-adventure show starring Guy Williams as Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro, 78 episodes, 1957–1959, ended by a Disney–ABC dispute, later colorized and syndicated worldwide.