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Best Western TV Series of the 1950s

95 Western series that started in the 1950s, ranked by popularity

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95 series

Sugarfoot

★ 7.4
514 69 1957–1961
Western

The Texan

★ 7.6
469 79 1958–1960
Western

Hopalong Cassidy

★ 7.6
449 52 1952–1954
Western

The Deputy

★ 7.0
449 76 1959–1961
Western

Bronco

★ 7.2
443 68 1958–1962
Western

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

★ 7.5
432 78 1955–1958
Adventure · Western

Annie Oakley

★ 7.3
422 81 1954–1957
Western

The Adventures of Spin and Marty

★ 8.0
408 26 1955–1955
Adventure · Family · Western

Trackdown

★ 7.8
389 71 1957–1959
Western

The Restless Gun

★ 7.5
338 78 1957–1959
Western

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

★ 6.9
334 76 1956–1958
Adventure · Western

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

★ 7.3
312 39 1957–1957
Adventure · Drama · Western

Broken Arrow

★ 7.5
302 72 1956–1958
Western

Circus Boy

★ 7.3
288 49 1956–1957
Family · Western

The Gene Autry Show

★ 7.2
287 91 1950–1955
Western

Casey Jones

★ 7.5
270 32 1957–1958
Family · Western

Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

★ 7.6
257 113 1951–1958
Family · Western

Riverboat

★ 7.4
254 44 1959–1961
Adventure · Western

Stories of the Century

★ 7.1
237 39 1954–1955
Western

Colt .45

★ 7.2
223 67 1957–1960
Western

My Friend Flicka

★ 7.3
210 39 1955–1960
Western

Johnny Ringo

★ 6.9
206 38 1959–1960
Western

Cimarron City

★ 7.4
202 26 1958–1960
Western

The Adventures of Champion

★ 7.2
201 26 1955–1956
Drama · Western
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