In Reply to: I can also recommend posted by KT88 on July 24, 2005 at 10:11:22:
There were quite a few Saturday morning westerns aimed at kids during the 1950's (Sky King, My Friend Flicka, Cisco Kid, Lone Ranger, etc.), but after the initial success of Gunsmoke most western series (Have Gun Will Travel, Wanted Dead or Alive, Bat Masterson, Rifleman, Cheyenne, Maverick, Yancy Derringer, The Virginian, Bonanza, etc., etc., etc.) targeted adults and were prime time fare.You're absolutely right about the low budgets, but it seems like most shows back then were cheaply made regardless of genre. As for when you saw them as a kid (as did I), well, some of the more sophisticated prime time westerns were probably shown earlier when rerun in local markets, unless of course they had been syndicated, as opposed to network produced, to begin with.
If your recollections are different, please correct mine.
Cheers,
AuPh
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