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 ...

A new show is burning ... running scripted TV series on television; it was eventually passed in number of seasons by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and in number of episodes by The Simpsons.

Initially made from edited films before switching to original episodes, the show helped launch the TV Western boom. Duncan Renaldo, who played The Cisco Kid in 8 films (1945-50) and on TV (1950-56 ...