For decades, the Western has lived a cyclical existence in American entertainment. It rises, it fades, and then-just when it feels like it's been left behind-it rides again. From the dominance of ...

When watching Yellowstone, it's easy to think its creator, Taylor Sheridan, more or less reinvented the television Western by ...

Long before Yellowstone or the Dutton Ranch were concepts in Taylor Sheridan's mind—in fact, long before he was even born—there was the Cartwright family and the Ponderosa Ranch on Bonanza. And ...

Bonanza premiered on television in 1959. The story of a family of prosperous Nevada cattle ranchers, Bonanza followed the exploits of Ben Cartwright and his three sons, each son by a different, late ...

It was 50 years ago this month that NBC opened the Ponderosa for business. After a slow start, the Cartwrights' sprawling ranch became a ratings gold mine, and it was ... well, it was nothing less ...

Opening with one of the most recognizable themes in television history, Bonanza followed the lives and exploits of thrice-widowed patriarch Ben Cartwright and his sons Adam, Eric “Hoss” and Little Joe ...

The following guide covers 194 different Western television shows, beginning with the dawn of the genre in the 1940s and riding all the way into the 2020s, proving the Western series isn't just ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

For decades, the Western has lived a cyclical existence in American entertainment. It rises, it fades, and then—just when it feels like it’s been left behind—it rides again. From the dominance of ...