Wyoming towns were the source of names for two TV Westerns. Both Laramie and Cheyenne donated heir names to programs while lesser knowns like Thermopolis didn’t make the grade — the name just didn’t ...

There was a time when the television Western stretched wide across living rooms every week, creating a landscape of dusty trails, clean morals and men who stood tall not because they had to, but ...

When it comes to classic Western television, it's hard to pinpoint exactly which series was the most influential on the ever-expanding genre. Gunsmoke was the longest-running, followed shortly by ...

Actor Clint Walker, best known for manifesting the role of Cheyenne Bodie in the 1955-63 western TV series "Cheyenne," has died at the age of 90 in Grass Valley, Calif. According to TMZ, Walker's ...

Will Hutchins, the star of ABC’s Sugarfoot, thought to be a contender for TV’s first comedy western series, died Monday, April 21, at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York. He was 94.

He starred in one of the westerns that dominated TV in the late 1950s. After losing traction in Hollywood, he became a traveling clown. By Alex Traub Will Hutchins, who had a comically genteel ...

Airing from 1955 to 1962, Cheyenne was the first Western TV show ever aired. Clint Walker’s titular character was the only cast member to appear throughout the show, which speaks to his impressive ...