How many TV westerns can you name?

Saddle up for the ultimate western fan challenge.

 
The very beginnings of television are heavily marked by some of the most imaginative Westerns we'll ever see on TV.

Each show had its own twist on Western themes, its own wild setting and a truly distinct cowboy or cowgirl at its center.

Think you can name a dozen of the best TV Westerns based on a brief description of the show? Take your best shot below!
  1. Which TV Western introduced us to the Cartwrights, at home at the Ponderosa?
  2. Which TV Western saw Marshal Matt Dillon keeping the peace in Dodge City?
  3. Which TV Western tells stories of passengers traveling the Mid-West, through the Rockies, to get to California?
  4. Which TV Western featured a pair of brothers, Bret and Bart, who were exceptional card players?
  5. Which TV Western starred a masked lawman and his sidekick Tonto?
  6. Which TV Western saw the widow Victoria Barkley go from fancy lady to hardened cowgirl?
  7. Which TV Western followed the mercenary Paladin on his adventures as a hired gun?
  8. Which TV Western introduced us to Tom Brewster, who arrives in the Oklahoma Territory from back East to become a lawyer, not a cowboy?
  9. Which TV Western centered on a hero who serves as foreman of the Shiloh Ranch, but whose name is never mentioned?
  10. Which TV Western stars U.S. Marshal Jim Crown, who arrives at a homestead to discover the town has no sheriff?
  11. Which TV Western followed a bunch of drovers as they fought to drive cattle between towns?
  12. Which TV Western starred a bounty hunter who was rarely found without his trusty "Mare's Leg"?

How many TV westerns can you name?

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28 Comments

Adamtwelvia 2 months ago
Only 2 wrong. Did better than I thought.
MissChrissy 18 months ago
Guessed on the Cim Strip but never watched it but knew the other two. Perfect score, but I’m old. ☺️
rfjindra MissChrissy 18 months ago
Me too! Got them all!
Kaydee 23 months ago
11/12 #8 Wrong.. I never watched Sugarfoot or The Rebel, but I did watch a few episodes of The Cisco Kid. I was stumped on that one. Ha!
Tresix 26 months ago
11/12, missed the "Cimarron Strip" question.
Cowgirl Tresix 25 months ago
So did I.
ColonelMustard 27 months ago
12/12 very easy. But I've always been a big western fan.
Snickers 33 months ago
10/12. Never saw Trackdown.
Cowgirl Snickers 25 months ago
It used to be on Saturday mornings before they decided to show cartoons instead.
DerekBird 37 months ago
You got 11 out of 12
Well done, Western fan! Clearly you're no stranger to these parts...

Missed Sugarfoot. I had never heard of the show until a few years ago (Thanks to MeTV's site).
EllisClevenger 52 months ago
You got 12 out of 12
Well done, Western fan! Clearly you're no stranger to these parts...
idkwut2use 52 months ago
10/12...lil’ better than I thought I might do
Mukusthebadd1 52 months ago
I got 10 out of 12. Cuz onna counta there was one show I never herd of.
Cowgirl 54 months ago
You got 12 out of 12
Well done, Western fan! Clearly you're no stranger to these parts...
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