One of the most notable television Westerns of the 1960s was the James Drury-led series, The Virginian. Behind NBC's other Western giants, Gunsmoke and Bonanza, The Virginian was the third longest ...
In the 1950s and '60s, television Westerns were all the rage. Each of the Big Three networks (ABC, NBC, CBS) had their fair share of horse operas, with one of the biggest being Gunsmoke.