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1. The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards (1989 TV Special)

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Stars: June Allyson, Lucie Arnaz, Frankie Avalon, Lauren Bacall

Votes: 138

2. Here's Hollywood (1960–1962)

30 min | Talk-Show

Hollywood celebrities are interviewed, often at their homes.

Stars: Dean Miller, Helen O'Connell, Jack Linkletter, Joanne Jordan

Votes: 169

3. Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1973)
Episode: Night of the Red Dog (1971)

Not Rated | 60 min | Western

After meeting an old miner, he gives the guys and four other men a map to his mine. All goes well with the mining until an unexpected blizzard snows them all inside their cabin for the winter, and somebody steals Heyes' and Curry's gold.

Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Pete Duel, Ben Murphy, Jack Kelly, Joe Flynn

Votes: 99

4. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: Captive Crew (1960)

13+ | 30 min | Western

A group of convicts take over the work train, killing their guards, and hold the entire crew at the construction site hostage. Bill, who they think they also killed on the train, makes it ... See full summary »

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Alan Hale Jr., Kipp Hamilton, Duncan Lamont

Votes: 28

5. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: Killer's Road (1960)

13+ | 30 min | Western

Bill takes the job of escorting a convicted killer to his hanging, knowing that the man's sons and gang members are in the area planning to free him.

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Robert J. Wilke, James Best, Lane Bradford

Votes: 22

6. The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1960)

60 min | Comedy

The Steve Allen Show was an American variety show hosted by Steve Allen.

Stars: Steve Allen, Gene Rayburn, Louis Nye, Skitch Henderson

Votes: 258

7. The Wildest West Show of the Stars (1986 TV Special)

120 min | Action

Stars from the world of television, film and music compete in a modern day rodeo with all the excitement of a classic Wild West Show. The stars participate in activities ranging from Pony ... See full summary »

Director: Tony Charmoli | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Army Archerd, Dirk Benedict, Linda Blair

Votes: 33

8. Lancer (1968–1970)
Episode: The Rivals (1970)

60 min | Western

Powerful land baron Buck Addison is determined to squeeze out Lancer. He has bought out all the surrounding ranches save one, which is owned by a widowed friend of Murdoch's, whom Addison has now asked to marry him.

Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: James Stacy, Wayne Maunder, Andrew Duggan, Paul Brinegar

Votes: 23

9. Harris and Company (1979– )

60 min | Drama

A black widower and his five children make new lives for themselves in California.

Stars: Bernie Casey, Lia Jackson, David Raynr, Eddie Singleton

Votes: 10

10. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: The Nomad (1960)

13+ | 30 min | Western

Bill comes to the defense of an unassuming man who is being bullied and tries to encourage him to stand up for himself. Soon the man asks Bill to teach him how to use a gun.

Director: Jerry A. Baerwitz | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Danny Scholl, Robert Anderson, Edward Earle

Votes: 22

11. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: Traildust (1959)

13+ | 30 min | Western

After killing one of the outlaw Kiley brothers, the citizens of Calico have buried him as an exhibit in the middle of the main street. The veteran lawman who they've hired as their new ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Brian Donlevy, Chuck Henderson, Addison Richards

Votes: 22

12. The Blue and the Gray (1982)
Episode: Part 3 (1982)

TV-PG | 131 min | Drama, History, War

Beginning at Gettysberg, including a dangerous mission by Jonas, through to the end of The Civil War, where the Geyser and Hales have changed forever.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Stacy Keach, John Hammond, Julia Duffy, Robin Gammell

Votes: 46

13. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: The Marshal of Yellow Jacket (1959)

13+ | 25 min | Western

Longley has just ridden into the town of Yellow Jacket, when he sees a gunman unhitching a team of horses over the loud objections of a pretty woman. When Longley intervenes, he discovers ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Gordon | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Robert J. Wilke, John Beradino, Anne Neyland

Votes: 32

14. Suspicion (1957–1958)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The show consisted of forty episodes, half of which were live and half of which were filmed. The shows, which often involved murder, were intended to confuse and mystify the audience.

Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Mike Ragan, Cris Roberts, David Armstrong

Votes: 520

15. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: 24 Hours to Live (1960)

13+ | 30 min | Western

Bill hopes to prove that his friend Steve Murrow is innocent of killing the man who married the girl he was hoping to marry. But he only has 24 hours to do it before Steve is hung, and the ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Paul Birch, Wendell Holmes, Harry Bartell

Votes: 17

16. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: A Quart of Law (1959)

13+ | 25 min | Western

A crooked sheriff and his henchmen are attempting to continue their reign of terror by running a crooked election. Longley persuades an alcoholic former Harvard law professor to stand up to... See full summary »

Director: Robert Gordon | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Edgar Stehli, Robert Lowery, Charles Cooper

Votes: 33

17. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: No Way Out (1959)

13+ | 30 min | Western

Bill stops at an inn, where he meets an old lawman friend, who is holding two convicted killers. The lawman knows that friends of his two prisoners are in the area and planning to free them... See full summary »

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Helen Wallace, Stuart Randall, Lucien Littlefield

Votes: 29

18. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: The Accuser (1960)

13+ | 30 min | Western

Bill is captured by a posse and accused of being one of the men who robbed the bank and shot the banker. Unfortunately, the victim claims Bill was the robber who shot him. Only the sheriff,... See full summary »

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Don Haggerty, Kristine Miller, Harry Cheshire

Votes: 20

19. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: The Guilty and the Innocent (1960)

13+ | 30 min | Western

A lynch mob wants to hang a young man convicted of killing a family of homesteaders. Bill rides in with a stay of execution from the governor just as the mob is about to break into the jail and the desperate prisoner escapes.

Director: Jerry A. Baerwitz | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Robert F. Simon, Percy Helton, Bud Slater

Votes: 23

20. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.

Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 8,769

21. The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956–1963)

60 min | Music

Dinah hosted this hour-long weekly for seven years. It featured Dinah and guest stars in a variety of songs, skits, production numbers. Also featured: her "See the USA in your Chevrolet" song and her warm kiss to all in conclusion.

Stars: Dinah Shore, Joel Aldred, Janet Blair, John Raitt

Votes: 242

22. Hec Ramsey (1972–1974)
Episode: Mystery of the Green Feather (1972)

75 min | Drama, Mystery, Western

Hec sets out to uncover the killers of a family of settlers. Their arrow-pierced bodies and a brave's medicine sack containing a green feather implicate the Indians, but Hec is reluctant to rush to judgment.

Directors: Herschel Daugherty, Charles Ziarko | Stars: Richard Boone, Rick Lenz, Rory Calhoun, Lloyd Bochner

Votes: 37

23. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: Desert Passage (1958)

13+ | 30 min | Western

Longley, with a sheriff and deputy, are escorting the leader of a notorious gang to prison. Enroute, they are attacked by the leader's gang.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Rory Calhoun, R.G. Armstrong, George Barrows, Gregg Barton

Votes: 15

24. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: The Man Behind the Star (1959)

13+ | 25 min | Western

Longley's old friend, pretty ranch owner Martha Driscoll, negotiates a highly successful sale at the end of a cattle drive. Although her friends urge her to put her money in the bank until ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Ganzer | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Brian Donlevy, Richard Jaeckel, Jean Willes

Votes: 32

25. The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode: A Father for Toby (1964)

TV-PG | 75 min | Western

A boy in an orphanage near Shiloh latches onto Trampas as his father while Trampas is attracted to the woman running the orphanage. Trampas agrees to help the boy but when his father arrives on Shiloh with men chasing him, problems arise.

Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Clu Gulager, Roberta Shore

Votes: 97

26. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)

TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

"Tales from the Crypt" was a 1989 horror story anthology series based on the gruesome E.C. comic books of the 1950s presented by the legendary "Crypt Keeper", a sinister ghoul obsessed with gallows humor and horrific puns.

Stars: John Kassir, Roy Brocksmith, Miguel Ferrer, Cam Clarke

Votes: 27,111

27. December Bride (1954–1959)

30 min | Comedy

Charming and wise Lily Ruskin lives with her daughter and son-in- law who, along with her close friend Hilda Crocker, are always trying to find suitable older marriageable companionship for her.

Stars: Spring Byington, Frances Rafferty, Dean Miller, Harry Morgan

Votes: 268

28. Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958–1960)

60 min | Drama

An anthology series hosted by Betty Furness in the first season, and Desi Arnaz in the second. Stories came from several genres, often based on fact. A two part episode was spun off as the popular show The Untouchables (1959).

Stars: Desi Arnaz, Betty Furness, Bruce Gordon, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 143

29. Place the Face (1953–1955)

30 min | Family, Game-Show

Contestants were tasked with identify people from their past who encountered them in a specific situation within a short time limit. Originally the show's contestants consisted of ordinary ... See full summary »

Stars: Jack Narz, Bill Cullen, Jack Smith, Bob Warren

Votes: 12

30. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: Measure of a Man (1963)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

A retiring Arizona ranger chases one last crook.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Chick Chandler, Robert P. Lieb, Michael Pate

Votes: 29

31. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Honey Pot (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A man comes to town and tells Sam he's going to shoot Matt. It's soon understood he is an old friend. Involved in shooting and killing a man, their friendship is stretched as he claims self defense even though he was the only one armed.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 196

32. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: The Hemp Tree (1958)

13+ | 26 min | Western

The $8300 Bill Longley earned for driving a herd of cattle to Mesa isn't in his hands for thirty seconds before two gunmen rob take his money and the bank's assets as well, mortally ... See full summary »

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Michael Landon, Stuart Randall, Stacy Harris

Votes: 41

33. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: The Taming of Rio Nada (1960)

13+ | 25 min | Western

Longley has been made a special marshal to the Texas town of Rio Nada. The area has been plagued by Mexican bandits who have used it to cross the border into the United States and raid the ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Barbara Stuart, Reed Hadley, Valerie Allen

Votes: 31

34. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: The Troubled Town (1958)

13+ | 24 min | Western

Hot-headed Johnny Kaler, embarrassed that he's been caught cheating at cards, provokes Bill Longley into a barroom brawl and is quickly thrashed. Later in the evening Johnny tries to kill ... See full summary »

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Pat Conway, James Drury, Harry Dean Stanton

Votes: 46

35. Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode: The Artie Matthewson Story (1961)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Duke finds Flint's dying foster mother who asks Flint to check on her real son Artie who she hasn't seen in five years and has a reputation for getting into trouble with the law. Flint finds him on the right side of the law - or is he?

Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Robert Horton, John McIntire, Rory Calhoun, Joyce Meadows

Votes: 67

36. Rawhide (1959–1965)

TV-PG | 50 min | Western

Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive. He is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.

Stars: Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines, Eric Fleming

Votes: 4,621

37. The Tonight Show (1953–1957)

TV-PG | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

The show originated as a local New York City late night program in June 1953 and went onto the network in September 1954. Throughout the summer of 1956, Steve Allen was the only host. When ... See full summary »

Stars: Skitch Henderson, Gene Rayburn, Steve Allen, Steve Lawrence

Votes: 226

38. The Name's the Same (1951–1955)

30 min | Family, Game-Show

Guests who have the same name as famous persons, fictional characters, or things, are quizzed by celebrity panelists who try to determine their name.

Stars: Joan Alexander, Robert Q. Lewis, Gene Rayburn, Roger Price

Votes: 98

39. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: Cowards Don't Die (1959)

13+ | 30 min | Western

A former lawman, now a storekeeper, has lost his nerve after a shooting incident, and is now being harassed by a gang of outlaws led by the brother of a man he once killed. The ex-lawman's ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Karl Swenson, Robert J. Wilke, Bern Hoffman

Votes: 25

40. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: No Place to Stop (1959)

13+ | 26 min | Western

Longley must help a parolee and his pretty daughter battle a family of outlaws who are trying to drive him off his ranch. Longley has a pair of unlikely allies - a young gunman dressed all ... See full summary »

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Chuck Wassil, Charles Arnt, Strother Martin

Votes: 34

41. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: Reunion (1959)

13+ | 26 min | Western

After the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, Longley and two of his junior officers agree to a reunion five years later. The trio rendezvous in Laramie, Wyoming where... See full summary »

Director: Robert Gordon | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Robert F. Simon, Richard Carlyle, Christopher Dark

Votes: 30

42. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: Sixgun Street (1960)

13+ | 30 min | Western

After acting marshal Bill orders no guns to be worn on the streets of Rio Nada, a local casino owner sends for two notorious gunmen to kill him.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Barbara Stuart, Reed Hadley, Valerie Allen

Votes: 26

43. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: The Gunfighter (1959)

13+ | 30 min | Western

Bill stops a trail boss from harassing a saloon girl. The humiliated trail boss then decides to use a young man, too eager to prove his manhood and join up with the group, to get his revenge on Bill.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Dick Kallman, John Pickard, Charles Cooper

Votes: 29

44. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: The Man Hater (1959)

13+ | 30 min | Western

Bill tries to help a young woman who is being pursued by two men. The men tell him that she is a thief and that they are bringing her back to the gunfighter who she is trying to flee from. ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Gordon | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Lori Nelson, William Tannen, Henry Brandon

Votes: 26

45. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: Thirty Hours to Kill (1960)

13+ | 30 min | Western

Bill is forced to kill one of the Dawson brothers after a fight when the man draws on him, and then he must contend with three other brothers who vow to kill him.

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Mort Mills, Katherine Squire, Malcolm Atterbury

Votes: 26

46. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: Town Divided (1960)

13+ | 30 min | Western

Bill finds a town engulfed by a feud between two ranchers. He also learns that his former commanding officer, now a doctor, has turned to drinking, and that a young man blames him for ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Morgan Woodward, June Blair, Walter Coy

Votes: 22

47. Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode: Muletown Gold Strike (1956)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Mason Ward, a former soldier, wants to leave the war behind and find new work. He is hired as the school teacher and finds one of his students obsessed with discovering gold in the area.

Director: John English | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Barbara Eiler, Bobby Clark, Parley Baer

Votes: 45

48. Hec Ramsey (1972–1974)

90 min | Drama, Mystery, Western

The adventures of Hec Ramsey, a turn-of-the-20th-century detective who prefers to use his brains instead of his guns.

Stars: Richard Boone, Rick Lenz, Harry Morgan, Dennis Rucker

Votes: 433

49. Johnny Bago (1993)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

After a Federal faux pas, small-time mobster John Tenuti flees West across the U.S., pursued by bumbling goons from his Jersey outfit plus his rabid ex-wife, a Fed herself (Rose Abdoo). As ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Dobson, Rose Abdoo, Anna Berger, Richard Romanus

Votes: 126

50. Custer (1967)
Episode: Blazing Arrows (1967)

60 min | Western

While escorting a railroad crew through Crow territory, Custer and his men encounter resistance from a town of ex-Confederates who plan to carve out their own independent state. The former ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens, Michael Dante, Robert F. Simon

Votes: 12