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  Western (genre) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Westerns, by definition, are set in the American West, almost always in the 19th century, generally between the Antebellum period and the turn of the century.
Western fiction got its start in the "penny dreadfuls" and later the "dime novels" that first began to be published in the mid-nineteenth century.
An offshoot of the western genre is the "post-apocalyptic" western, in which a future society, struggling to rebuild after a major catastrophe, is portrayed in a manner very similar to the 19th century frontier.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_movie   (3151 words)

  
 List of TV Westerns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A western television show is a cowboy story which takes place in the old west and involves cowboys, cattle ranchers, miners, farmers, Indians, guns and horses.
It was the most popular genre of TV show in the 1950s and 1960s, when a couple hundred of them were aired.
McCloud was a fusion of the western with the modern big-city crime drama.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/TV_Western   (130 words)

  
 Western Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The number of Western TV series which ranked in the top twenty five shows each season during the Seventies can be counted on one hand: Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Virginian (under its new title The Men from Shiloh), and possibly Little House on the Prairie if one considers it a Western at all.
Despite their originality, however, many of the Westerns of the Seventies were rather lack lustre affairs, and quality as much as anything may have killed the television Western, just as it had a part in the movie Western's death.
For the most part, the Western TV series of the Seventies were mediocre affairs despite any differences they might have from their predecessors.
www.cvalley.net /~canote/west.html   (6150 words)

  
 Rifleman  TV Western trivia
Tv trivia, collectables, merchandise, videos, posters, photos, clothes, and games from all your favorite television shows.
In 1957 he landed the lead in the TV western series "The Rifleman," which aired through 1962.
His second western series, "Branded," aired 1964-65 which although had a short run was in the top ten and top twenty toward the end of the series.
www.tvcrazy.net /tvclassics/americantv/rifleman.htm   (298 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: TV Western   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Big Valley was a television Western which ran on ABC from 1965 through 1969.
Daniel Boone was a TV Western that aired from 1964-1970.
Four Feather Falls was the third puppet TV show produced by Sylvia and Gerry Anderson, from an idea by Barry Gray.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/TV-Western   (568 words)

  
 TV Westerns
The TV Western reigned supreme in the Fifties and Sixties.
The earliest TV Westerns were mostly kiddy fare, typified by Roy Rogers.
His early TV show was mostly an opportunity for him to sing a bit while he and Pat Buttram did silly things.
www.fiftiesweb.com /western.htm   (802 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - The TV Western - A645077
One of the small-screen Western classics, this clever, subversive series turned the late '50s TV Western on its head, featuring as it did a devious, cowardly card-sharp hero who relied on guile rather than guns and drifted from one easy opportunity to the next.
Wagon Train is the true epic among TV Westerns: the story of pioneers trekking their way in conestogas (covered wagons) from St Joseph to Sacramento in the 1860s.
In March 1988, the syndicated TV movie Bonanza: The Next Generation continued the Cartwright saga with a new cast: John Ireland as Aaron, the late Ben's brother; Barbara Anderson as Annabelle, the wife of Little Joe (who was killed in the army) and Josh, Hoss's illegitimate son.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/classic/A645077   (3421 words)

  
 The Western Movie and TV Polls
The quickest, deadliest, and most proficient of these Western TV characters was...
Which of these was your favorite TV Western when you were older (assuming you were older in the late 50's and 60's)?
Which of these was your favorite TV Western when you were young (assuming you were young in the 50's)?
www.gunfighter.com /cgi-bin/poll/westerns/poll-west.cgi   (484 words)

  
 CBC.ca - Arts - Television - Vile, Vile West   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The high-blown oratory and purposeful deceit is classic Deadwood, a TV western that rescues the genre from a half century of irrelevance by re-imagining the western as a savage, grotesquely comic business parable.
More on that later, but first let’s mosey back to when the western was the principal form of American entertainment.
All great westerns are more about the time they were made than the era they depict.
www.cbc.ca /arts/tv/deadwood.html   (1306 words)

  
 TV Western - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
TV Western - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
TV Westerns (http://www.fiftiesweb.com/western.htm) Listings for 200 Western shows
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about TV Western contains research on
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Western_shows   (149 words)

  
 The Virginian / The Men From Shilo
The Western was the major genre on television in the late fifties and early sixties.
Pippa Scott was the first to depart in 1963 followed by Gary Clarke in 1964, who resurfaced in the short-lived Western series Hondo in 1967, Roberta Shore in 1965, following her wedding at Shiloh Ranch and subsequent move to Pennsylvania and Lee J. Cobb in 1966.
It was a departure from the standard widowed ranch owner character-type so beloved by TV Western producers.
www.tvparty.com /recvirginian.html   (816 words)

  
 Untitled Page
TV Western is your student television station, featuring original video programming created for students by students.
You can watch TV Western on our television network in the University Community Centre or anywhere, anytime right here at tvwestern.ca.
TV Western offers opportunites for volunteers to get infront of, or behind the camera, no experience is necessary.
www.chrwradio.com /tvwestern/index.html   (89 words)

  
 TV is King Gunsmoke TV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
TV is King presents books from Mark Burnett as well as books about the hit reality TV Show Survivor.
The Gunsmoke TV show was a western series that emphasized a rare commodity in the wild west...
Submissions: TV is King invites you to submit your web site URL's, links to articles and news plus we welcome your submissions of photos, video and multimedia clips relating to TV, television and entertainment.
www.tvisking.com /tv/Gunsmoke+TV   (1791 words)

  
 Western Movie and TV Magazine-Wildest Westerns
Western film and television shows helped shape the moral values of many people in this country.
Wildest Westerns is a Western magazine that is dedicated to revisiting those "thrilling tales of yesteryear" in the articles, interviews, reviews, and photos on our magazine pages.
It is our hope that this Western magazine will awaken the memories in your heart, and also help bring to light the values of the Western to those who didn't have the benefit of knowing these wonderful heroes and villains.
www.wildestwesterns.com   (239 words)

  
 Bonanza World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bonanza World is a fun fansite devoted to the classic tv western show Bonanza currently airing on TVLand (TV Land), Pax and Hallmark channels and starring Michael Landon, Pernell Roberts, Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker and David Canary.
Bonanza the show was an hour long western drama that took place in 1860s Nevada territory.
The series originally aired on NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973 and unlike many other programs of its era it was filmed in colour from the outset, a decision meant to help Bonanza's sponsor RCA sell more colour television sets.
bonanzaworld.net   (175 words)

  
 George Montgomery: Western film, TV series star   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The actor is perhaps best known for playing rough-riding cowboys in Westerns like "The Cisco Kid and the Lady" in 1940 and "The Last of the Duanes" and "Riders of the Purple Sage," both in 1941.
Montgomery went on to play bit parts and perform stunts in Gene Autry's "Springtime in the Rockies" in 1937 and "Gold Mine in the Sky" in 1938.
A string of low-budget Westerns followed, and in 1958, he took a role on "Cimarron City." He left the TV Western after two seasons, but continued to appear in war movies and Westerns.
www.freep.com /news/obituaries/mont14_20001214.htm   (474 words)

  
 1930-1940 Westerns Current Month TV Schedule   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sat Nov 5 04:30P on Encore Westerns Fri Nov 18 12:00P on Encore Westerns Sun Nov 27 07:10A on Encore Westerns Sun Nov 27 01:15P on Encore Westerns
Tue Nov 8 01:00P on Encore Westerns Wed Nov 9 05:50A on Encore Westerns Wed Nov 9 06:50A on Movie Plex Fri Nov 18 02:50P on Encore Westerns Thu Nov 24 04:00A on Encore Westerns Sun Nov 27 05:30A on Encore Westerns
Thu Nov 3 11:05A on Encore Westerns Sat Nov 19 03:20A on Encore Westerns
www.tv-now.com /stars/western.htm   (3568 words)

  
 Wagon Train - Ward Bond - Robert Horton
Wagon Train first rolled on the air on September 18, 1957 to begin an eight year run which would eventually place the TV show in the number one spot in the Nielson ratings.
Unlike other shows in the Western genre, Wagon Train attracted big name guest stars whose stories were told across the panorama of the American western expansion in the post Civil War period.
He left the stage briefly in 1965 to be the sole star of TV's A Man Called Shenandoah.
www.fiftiesweb.com /wt/wagon-train.htm   (521 words)

  
 ‘Deadwood’ hopes there’s life in the western - TV DRAMA - MSNBC.com
Given that there hasn't exactly been an avalanche of successful TV westerns in the last 10 years, it's quite a gamble to hope that viewers will embrace one now.
In fact, "The Sopranos" is, more generally, a fairly obvious ancestor of "Deadwood." It is, after all, television's most beloved moral quagmire, in and out of which stomp a colorful collection of greedy, aggressive, often bumbling guys living by a complicated set of rules of engagement that they themselves often seem not to understand.
In many ways, it hints at classic western elements — posses, tortured sheriffs, and the grim pragmatism of having only the devil you know to protect you from the devil you don't.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4548105   (1122 words)

  
 TV Western -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
TV Western -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
(Click link for more info and facts about McCloud) McCloud was a fusion of the western with the modern big-city crime drama.
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga has similar themes but is set in (A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony) Australia, so it might be called a "southern".
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tv/tv_western1.htm   (394 words)

  
 Digital TV markets 2004: development of the Western European and US markets to 2008: Table of Contents
Digital TV markets 2004: development of the Western European and US markets to 2008 - Provides a detailed analysis of the Western European and US digital TV markets, focusing on the development of digital TV across the different national broadcast environments.
The continuing growth of digital satellite services, coupled with the success of DTT in the UK, Finland and Sweden in particular, have provided a welcome boost to the sector.
Datamonitor forecasts that the European digital TV market will grow from 31 million households at the end of 2003 to 89 million households at the end of 2007, with most growth coming from digital cable and terrestrial services
www.market-research-report.com /datamonitor/DMTC0980.htm   (1007 words)

  
 BreakingNews.ie: Spielberg saddles up for TV western   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Health Minister Micheal Martin is under pressure to establish a public inquiry into the actions of a Co Louth doctor who was struck off the medical register yesterday.
Spielberg will be the executive producer and his company DreamWorks TV will produce the series.
Limited series are attractive to Spielberg and topline actors who may not want to get locked into a regular series that could tie them up for five years or more.
www.breakingnews.ie /2003/07/30/story107973.html   (245 words)

  
 Peter Brown Fan Site
To diehard babyboomer Westerns fans, Peter Brown will always be one of our favorite Western's stars: Deputy Johnny McKay -- eager, earnest, courageous [and sweetly guileless with women] in LAWMAN and Texas Ranger Chad Cooper -- cocky, charming, scheming, courageous [and an unrepentant womanizer] in LAREDO.
Peter did many guest shots on TV Westerns before, after and in between his own series but eventually the genre almost disappeared from the small screen.
On this fansite we plan to post a page or two on every one of Peter's many TV and movie roles including every episode of his two Western series.
www.peterbrown.tv   (306 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / TV / Don Durant, star of 1950s TV Western, dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Don Durant, who in the 1950s starred as gunslinger-turned-sheriff "Johnny Ringo" and also wrote and sang the television show's theme song, has died.
Though it only ran for a season, the show generated about 100 toys and other items, including board games, character puppets, gun sets and canteens.
Durant who was born in Long Beach in 1932, spent most of his youth at his stepfather's ranch in Elko, Nev., where he learned to ride, rope and shoot.
www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2005/03/25/johnny_ringo_star_don_durant_dies_at_72   (322 words)

  
 WSOCTV.com - WSOC-TV - Western Bureau
The actual building, off Interstate 85 and New Hope Road, is where our Western Bureau is located.
We are able to broadcast via a microwave line, back to the TV station in Charlotte.
Bureau reporter Ken Lemon covers the stories in Gaston County as well as Cleveland and Lincoln counties.
www.wsoctv.com /station/3011963/detail.html   (137 words)

  
 TV page of ULTIMATE WESTERNS WEB GUIDE
He taught many of the TV Western stars how to use their guns.
By the time this series ended, the golden age of traditional TV Westerns was over.
Not really a Western, but the protagonist is similar to a character in a Western in terms of rural location.
www.magicdragon.com /WESTtv.html   (8630 words)

  
 The High Chaparral Home Page
The series strove for realism...the sweat, the dirt, the heat, the desert...even the Apaches who worked on the set as extras were real.
And it explored culture and class conflicts among white Americans, Mexicans, and various Indian tribes at a level not attempted before or since by a television Western.
Inside you will find a growing archive of information about the show and other items of interest for Western fans to enjoy.
www.thehighchaparral.com   (355 words)

  
 EETimes.com - China plans to leapfrog western digital TV specs
BEIJING — In a blow to U.S. and European digital TV standards being heavily promoted in China, the country's foremost technology university has joined with a Chinese-owned U.S. technology partner in a closely held digital TV development effort.
Of the remainder, 10 to 15 percent is controlled by the military and the rest is available for existing cell phone applications.
Responding to the Chinese government's plan to roll out digital TV broadcasts in 2003, three different groups are expected to submit unique terrestrial DTV transmission technologies to the Standards Institute of the State Administration of Radio, Film and TV (Sarft).
www.eetimes.com /story/OEG20010126S0032   (1641 words)

  
 tv western posters and photos
Welcome to PosterLovers.com where finding your favorite tv western poster and photo is easy.
This is a beautiful western art print by Tim Cox.
Check out these great classic tv western photos, and while your at it pilgrim check out art.com's custom framing area.
www.posterlovers.com /western.htm   (60 words)

  
 Tv westerns sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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