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Best Western TV Series of the 1980s

21 Western series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity

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21 series

Lonesome Dove

★ 8.6
31K 4 1989–1989
Rural & frontier · Bittersweet

The Young Riders

★ 7.7
3K 67 1989–1992
Drama · Romance · Western

Bret Maverick

★ 7.5
800 18 1981–1982
Drama · Western

Paradise

★ 8.0
618 56 1988–1990
Drama · Western

Kapitan Petko Voyvoda

★ 8.8
478 12 1981–present
Drama · Western

Five Mile Creek

★ 7.7
391 39 1983–1985
Drama · Family · Western

Father Murphy

★ 6.6
362 34 1981–1983
Drama · Family · Western

Best of the West

★ 7.7
319 22 1981–1982
Comedy · Western

The Yellow Rose

★ 7.4
308 22 1983–1984
Drama · Western

Wild Times

★ 6.6
278 2 1980–1980
Drama · Western

Bordertown

★ 7.2
266 78 1989–1991
Adventure · Drama · Western

Dream West

★ 6.7
158 3 1986–1986
Biography · Drama · Western

Winnetou le mescalero

★ 6.3
111 7 1980–present
Western

Grande Sertão: Veredas

★ 8.3
107 26 1985–1985
Western

Bloody Destiny

★ 7.2
107 8 1982–1982
Adventure · Western

Wildside

★ 7.7
101 6 1985–1985
Western

Präriejäger in Mexiko

★ 5.1
40 2 1988–1988
Western

Gun Shy

★ 5.6
25 6 1983–1983
Comedy · Western

Born to the Wind

★ 7.3
23 8 1981–present
Adventure · Drama · Western

Brakýri

★ 6.3
12 2 1983–1983
Drama · Western

Tumbleweed Theater

★ 8.8
10 3 1983–1988
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