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And even now, more than 40 years after its final network telecast, there continues to be a large and faithful audience for the hour-long adventures of Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene), the thrice-widowed owner of the massive Ponderosa ranch in Virginia City, Nevada, and his three adult sons: Adam (Pernell Roberts), Hoss (Dan Blocker) and Little Joe (Michael Landon). It was ever the stuff of legend.” Sounds right to us.īonanza was must-see TV for millions during its 14-season, 430-episode run on NBC.
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Our own Iliad and Odyssey, created from standard elements of the dime novel and the pulp western as romanticized by Buntline, Harte, and Twain.
CLINT EASTWOOD PONCHO SERIES
When the series finally moseyed over to TV’s equivalent of Boot Hill in 1975, Los Angeles Times columnist Cecil Smith noted its cancelation with an eloquent tribute to its high quality and lasting impact: " Gunsmoke was the dramatization of the American epic legend of the west. Goode and Festus Haggen and, for three seasons, Burt Reynolds as half-breed blacksmith Quint Asper. He was backed by a colorful array of supporting players – most notably, Milburn Stone as the crusty Doc Adams Amanda Bake as saloon owner (and implied love interest) Miss Kitty Dennis Weaver and Ken Curtis as, respectively, deputies Chester B. The longest-running western in the history of American television – and, along with Law & Order, one of the longest-running TV dramas of any sort – Gunsmoke almost immediately transformed James Arness into a home-screen superstar for his portrayal of Matt Dillon, the straight-shooting marshal of 1870s Dodge City, Kansas. Here is our list – compiled by polling readers, critics and C&I staffers – of the Top 20 Western TV Series.