Starring Bill Williams as frontier scout Kit Carson and Don Diamond as his loyal companion El Toro, this series followed the duo as they roamed the Old West, righting wrongs and helping those in need.

Time has been extremely kind to Western shows like CBS' Lonesome Dove, NBC's Bonanza, and HBO's Deadwood, with their reputation improving with age.

If one were to ask which Western TV series is the most iconic, invariably the answer is going to be one of two: Gunsmoke, which premiered in 1955 and ended after 20 seasons, or Bonanza, which debuted ...

Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon as Ben, Adam, Hoss, and Joe Cartwright, riding horses and looking at the sky in Bonanza. Image via NBC When it comes to classic television ...

Westerns have been riding tall on television since the medium's very beginning. Long before superheroes, police procedurals or reality shows took over primetime, Americans were glued to their sets ...