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 ...

Marshal Matt Dillon is one of the most powerful Western characters. Played by James Arness, Dillon was the moral and legal ...

The 1950s was the greatest decade for the traditional Hollywood Western movie, seeing the release of many underrated classics from unsung masters.

Most of the big names in this television genre come from the golden age of TV Westerns, between the mid-1950s and late 1960s. Still, there are multiple modern-day greats of the neo-Western ...

For throughout the 1950s and 1960s it was television's most popular genre with long-running hits such as Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger and Maverick dominating the small screen.

After Jimmy Stewart’s 1950 Western movie, Broken Arrow was adapted for television by ABC and ran for 72 episodes.

Despite putting a new spin on Westerns, acclaimed NBC series Bat Masterson got unjustly cancelled due to oversaturation.

Her love for the sport and skilled expertise ultimately helped her get cast in regular roles for several of the biggest Westerns of the 1950s and '60s, during which she was signed by Universal.

Her love for the sport and skilled expertise ultimately helped her get cast in regular roles for several of the biggest Westerns of the 1950s and '60s, during which she was signed by Universal.