Other Western series of the 1950s

Other Western series of the 1950s Oct 27, 2017 23:43:35 GMT

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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 27, 2017 23:43:35 GMT

Oct 22, 2017 6:15:46 GMT RiP, IMDb said:

Most of mine are from the early 60s, but may or may not have started in the 50s. Never seen them, but the one with the late Michael Ansara as an Indian lawman?? The one that used jazz music for its theme instead of Country/Western??

My three favorites were (and are still) 'Have Gun-Will Travel', 'Bat Masterson' and 'Lawman' I also LOVE (in no particular order): 'Maverick', 'Cheyenne', 'Yancy Derringer', 'The Iron Horse' < From the late 60s. The one with the late Steve McQueen as a bounty-hunter with I believe a double-barrelled sawed-off shotgun that wasn't invented until some twenty years later (give or take some years). 'Cimarron Strip' from the late sixties which featured the COOLEST looking six-shooter that I've EVER seen in ANY Western tv-series. And others that I can't think of off the top-of-my-head.

I've posted Australian broadcast information for a lot of shows, so I'll do some of these:

Have Gun-Will Travel

First shown in Sydney on 18 February 1958. It aired 9:30PM on Tuesdays on TCN-9. On its first showing there, it aired against documentary series "Australia Unlimited" on ABN-2 (a long running series strangely not listed on IMDb) and the sadly largely lost variety series "Sydney Tonight" on ATN-7.

First shown in Melbourne on 21 February 1958. It aired 8:30PM Fridays on HSV-7, aired against U.S. anthology series episodes on GTV-9, and varying programs on ABV-2.

Bat Masterson

It first aired in both Sydney and Melbourne on 10 February 1959, aired Tuesdays at 9:00PM. In Sydney it aired on ATN-7 and in Melbourne on GTV-9, and aired against films on ABN-2 (Sydney)/ABV-2 (Melbourne) and "Perry Mason" on TCN-9 (Sydney) and HSV-7 (Melbourne). At the time, ATN-7 and GTV-9 were partnered with each other, a relationship severed in the 1960s with the formation of the Seven Network and Nine Network.

The Lawman

First shown in Sydney on 10 March 1959. It aired Tuesdays at 7:30PM on TCN-9. It aired against "The Rifleman" on ATN-7 and "O Henry Playhouse" on ABN-2.

I can't find when it was first shown in Melbourne, but it aired 7:30PM on Tuesdays on HSV-7 by mid-1959, aired against "The Donna Reed Show" on ABV-2 and "The Rifleman" on GTV-9.