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.ib-tv-network-release th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1}</style><table class="infobox ib-tv vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><i>The Virginian</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Thevirginiantitle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/Thevirginiantitle.jpg/220px-Thevirginiantitle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/Thevirginiantitle.jpg/330px-Thevirginiantitle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b3/Thevirginiantitle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="346" data-file-height="259" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Also known as</th><td class="infobox-data ib-tv-aka"><i>The Men from Shiloh</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">Western</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Virginian_(novel)" title="The Virginian (novel)">The Virginian</a></i><br />by <a href="/wiki/Owen_Wister" title="Owen Wister">Owen Wister</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Morton_Fine" title="Morton Fine">Morton Fine</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/David_Friedkin" title="David Friedkin">David Friedkin</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Burt_Kennedy" title="Burt Kennedy">Burt Kennedy</a></li><li>Harold Swanton</li><li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Miller" title="Winston Miller">Winston Miller</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jessup" title="Richard Jessup">Richard Jessup</a></li><li>True Boardman</li><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Chase_(screenwriter)" title="Frank Chase (screenwriter)">Frank Chase</a></li><li>John Hawkins</li><li><a href="/wiki/Ward_Hawkins" title="Ward Hawkins">Ward Hawkins</a></li><li>Don Ingalls</li><li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Huggins" title="Roy Huggins">Roy Huggins</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Stevens" title="Leslie Stevens">Leslie Stevens</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/John_Dunkel" title="John Dunkel">John Dunkel</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>David Friedkin</li><li><a href="/wiki/Burt_Kennedy" title="Burt Kennedy">Burt Kennedy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Post" title="Ted Post">Ted Post</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Don_McDougall_(director)" title="Don McDougall (director)">Don McDougall</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Abner_Biberman" title="Abner Biberman">Abner Biberman</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/William_Witney" title="William Witney">William Witney</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/James_Sheldon" title="James Sheldon">James Sheldon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Bellamy" title="Earl Bellamy">Earl Bellamy</a></li><li>Michael Caffey</li><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Bare" title="Richard L. Bare">Richard L. Bare</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Pevney" title="Joseph Pevney">Joseph Pevney</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_McEveety" title="Bernard McEveety">Bernard McEveety</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Stanley_(director)" title="Paul Stanley (director)">Paul Stanley</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Drury" title="James Drury">James Drury</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Doug_McClure" title="Doug McClure">Doug McClure</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lee_J._Cobb" title="Lee J. Cobb">Lee J. Cobb</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bickford" title="Charles Bickford">Charles Bickford</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/John_McIntire" title="John McIntire">John McIntire</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Clu_Gulager" title="Clu Gulager">Clu Gulager</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Clarke" title="Gary Clarke">Gary Clarke</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Boone" title="Randy Boone">Randy Boone</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Roberta_Shore" title="Roberta Shore">Roberta Shore</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Roter" title="Diane Roter">Diane Roter</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Lane_(actress)" title="Sara Lane (actress)">Sara Lane</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Don_Quine" title="Don Quine">Don Quine</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Percy_Faith" title="Percy Faith">Percy Faith</a></li> <li>(seasons 1–8)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ennio_Morricone" title="Ennio Morricone">Ennio Morricone</a></li> <li>(season 9)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening theme</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>"Lonesome Tree"</li> <li>conducted by <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Wilson_(composer)" title="Stanley Wilson (composer)">Stanley Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ending theme</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>"Lonesome Tree"</li> <li>conducted by <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Wilson_(composer)" title="Stanley Wilson (composer)">Stanley Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Composers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Percy_Faith" title="Percy Faith">Percy Faith</a></li> <li>Richard Shores</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Grusin" title="Dave Grusin">Dave Grusin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">249 <span class="nowrap">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Virginian_episodes" title="List of The Virginian episodes">list of episodes</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Marquis_Warren" title="Charles Marquis Warren">Charles Marquis Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Macdonnell" title="Norman Macdonnell">Norman Macdonnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Price" title="Frank Price">Frank Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Huggins" title="Roy Huggins">Roy Huggins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Morton_Fine" title="Morton Fine">Morton Fine</a></li> <li>David Friedkin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Rogosin" title="Joel Rogosin">Joel Rogosin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Miller" title="Winston Miller">Winston Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cy_Chermak" title="Cy Chermak">Cy Chermak</a></li> <li>Frank Telford</li> <li>Arthur H. Nadel</li> <li>Don Ingalls</li> <li>Paul Freeman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_B._Duff" title="Warren B. Duff">Warren B. Duff</a></li> <li>Jules Schermer</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production locations</th><td class="infobox-data">United States <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Movie_ranch#Iverson_Movie_Ranch" title="Movie ranch">Iverson Movie Ranch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simi_Hills" title="Simi Hills">Simi Hills, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Pine,_California" title="Lone Pine, California">Lone Pine, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronson_Canyon" title="Bronson Canyon">Bronson Canyon</a>, Los Angeles</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_H._Kline" title="Benjamin H. Kline">Benjamin H. Kline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Lindon" title="Lionel Lindon">Lionel Lindon</a></li> <li>Enzo Martinelli</li> <li>John Russell</li> <li>Walter Strenge</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">65–75 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Television" title="Universal Television">Revue Studios</a></li> <li>(1962–1963)</li> <li>(season 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Television" title="Universal Television">Universal Television</a></li> <li>(1963–1971)</li> <li>(seasons 2–9)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">September 19, 1962<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1962-09-19</span>)</span> –<br />March 24, 1971<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1971-03-24</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Related</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Laredo_(TV_series)" title="Laredo (TV series)"><i>Laredo</i></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Virginian</b></i> (later renamed <i><b>The Men from Shiloh</b></i> in its final year) is an American <a href="/wiki/Westerns_on_television" title="Westerns on television">Western television series</a> starring <a href="/wiki/James_Drury" title="James Drury">James Drury</a> in the title role, along with <a href="/wiki/Doug_McClure" title="Doug McClure">Doug McClure</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lee_J._Cobb" title="Lee J. Cobb">Lee J. Cobb</a>, and others. It originally aired on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> from 1962 to 1971, for a total of 249 episodes. Drury had played the same role in 1958 in an unsuccessful pilot that became an episode of the NBC summer series <i><a href="/wiki/Decision_(TV_series)" title="Decision (TV series)">Decision</a></i>. Filmed in color, <i>The Virginian</i> became television's first 90-minute Western series (75 minutes excluding <a href="/wiki/Television_advertisement" title="Television advertisement">commercial breaks</a>). Cobb left the series after four seasons, and was replaced over the years by mature character actors <a href="/wiki/John_Dehner" title="John Dehner">John Dehner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Bickford" title="Charles Bickford">Charles Bickford</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_McIntire" title="John McIntire">John McIntire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Granger" title="Stewart Granger">Stewart Granger</a>, all portraying different characters. It was set before Wyoming became a state in 1890, as mentioned several times as Wyoming Territory, although other references set it later, around 1898. </p><p>The series was loosely based on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Virginian_(novel)" title="The Virginian (novel)">The Virginian: Horseman of the Plains</a></i>, a 1902 Western novel by <a href="/wiki/Owen_Wister" title="Owen Wister">Owen Wister</a> that Hollywood had previously adapted for movies. <a href="/wiki/Percy_Faith" title="Percy Faith">Percy Faith</a> composed the show's original theme. </p><p>The series ran for nine seasons, making it network television's third-longest running Western series,<sup id="cite_ref-TheVirginian.net_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheVirginian.net-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> behind <i><a href="/wiki/Bonanza" title="Bonanza">Bonanza</a></i> at 14 seasons and 430 episodes, and <i><a href="/wiki/Gunsmoke" title="Gunsmoke">Gunsmoke</a></i> at 20 seasons and 635 episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-TheVirginian.net_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheVirginian.net-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When <a href="/wiki/Revue_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Revue Productions">Revue Productions</a>' hour long series <i><a href="/wiki/Wagon_Train" title="Wagon Train">Wagon Train</a></i> moved from the NBC network to ABC, <i>The Virginian</i> was proposed to replace it. From the beginning, the 90-minute series was filmed in <a href="/wiki/Technicolor" title="Technicolor">Technicolor</a> on <a href="/wiki/35_mm_movie_film" title="35 mm movie film">35 mm movie film</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The half-hour pilot in 1958 was filmed in black-and-white. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Synopsis">Synopsis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Synopsis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pilot">Pilot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pilot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The half-hour black and white pilot titled <i>The Virginian</i> aired in 1958 as part of the <a href="/wiki/Anthology_series" title="Anthology series">anthology series</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Decision_(TV_series)" title="Decision (TV series)">Decision</a></i>, which in other weeks aired pilots for six other series. </p><p>In the pilot, unlike in the later series, the Virginian had a noticeable Southern accent and wore a belt buckle marked "CSA", indicating service in the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate States Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The portrayal of him as a young <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> veteran would indicate that the time period of the pilot was decades earlier than that of the series. He arrived by invitation at the ranch of Judge Henry (Robert Burton) to be an accountant and manager. He soon becomes involved in unraveling a plot to destroy the judge's efforts to create a new town in the surrounding region. Other actors in the pilot, some of whom appeared in the series years later, included <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Duggan" title="Andrew Duggan">Andrew Duggan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeanette_Nolan" title="Jeanette Nolan">Jeanette Nolan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Blocker" title="Dan Blocker">Dan Blocker</a> (in a small, nonspeaking role). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seasons_1–8"><span id="Seasons_1.E2.80.938"></span>Seasons 1–8</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Seasons 1–8"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Virginian_cast_1964.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/The_Virginian_cast_1964.JPG/260px-The_Virginian_cast_1964.JPG" decoding="async" width="260" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/The_Virginian_cast_1964.JPG/390px-The_Virginian_cast_1964.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/The_Virginian_cast_1964.JPG/520px-The_Virginian_cast_1964.JPG 2x" data-file-width="975" data-file-height="705" /></a><figcaption>The main cast in the fall of 1964: Center: Lee J. Cobb (Judge Garth), from left: Roberta Shore (Betsy Garth), Clu Gulager (Emmett Ryker), Doug McClure (Trampas), Randy Boone (ranch hand), James Drury (the Virginian)</figcaption></figure> <p>Set in the late 19th century, and loosely based on <i>The Virginian, A Horseman of the Plains</i>, a 1902 novel by Owen Wister, the series revolved around the foreman of the Shiloh Ranch, played by Drury. His top hand, Trampas (McClure), was the only character to remain with the show for the entire run, although <a href="/wiki/Ross_Elliott" title="Ross Elliott">Ross Elliott</a>, as Sheriff Abbott, recurred throughout the run, appearing in 61 episodes over nine years. As in the book, the foreman went only by the name "the Virginian". The series was set in <a href="/wiki/Medicine_Bow,_Wyoming" title="Medicine Bow, Wyoming">Medicine Bow, Wyoming</a>. Various references in the first season indicate that setting is 1898: </p> <ul><li>In episode five, "The Brazen Bell", guest star <a href="/wiki/George_C._Scott" title="George C. Scott">George C. Scott</a> quotes from <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Wilde" title="Oscar Wilde">Oscar Wilde</a>'s<i> <a href="/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Reading_Gaol" title="The Ballad of Reading Gaol">The Ballad of Reading Gaol</a></i>, which was first published in 1898.</li> <li>In episode seven, "Riff Raff", several of the main characters join <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Rough_Riders" title="Rough Riders">Rough Riders</a>, the volunteer cavalry unit formed in 1898 to fight in <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a>.</li> <li>In episode 11, "The Devil's Children", the grave marker for one of the characters who dies in the episode states 1898 as the year of death.</li> <li>In episode 13, "The Accomplice", an 1898 calendar is present in the bunkhouse.</li></ul> <p>The series focused on the foreman's quest to maintain an orderly lifestyle at Shiloh Ranch. The ranch was named after the two-day <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh" title="Battle of Shiloh">Battle of Shiloh</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Pittsburg_Landing,_Tennessee" title="Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee">Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee</a>. The show's white <a href="/wiki/Appaloosa" title="Appaloosa">Appaloosa</a> was named Joe D., and Trampas' <a href="/wiki/Buckskin_(horse)" title="Buckskin (horse)">buckskin horse</a> was named Buck. </p><p>Several cast changes were made throughout the program's run. In the first four seasons (1962–1966), the owner of the ranch was Judge Henry Garth (Cobb). His <i>de facto</i> daughter<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Betsy (<a href="/wiki/Roberta_Shore" title="Roberta Shore">Roberta Shore</a>) lived at the ranch with him, and had a sister relationship with the ranch hands. Ranch hand Steve Hill (<a href="/wiki/Gary_Clarke" title="Gary Clarke">Gary Clarke</a>) joined in episode storylines. Randy Boone joined the show in the second season as a youthful ranch hand who played guitar and sang duets with Betsy. </p><p>In 1965, <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a> released an LP of songs from the two singing actors. In the episode "First to Thine Own Self" (February 12, 1964), Boone's character sings "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_So_Lonesome_I_Could_Cry" title="I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry">I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a> in 1949. </p><p>In the third season, <a href="/wiki/Clu_Gulager" title="Clu Gulager">Clu Gulager</a>, who had previously guest-starred twice in earlier seasons, was added to the show as deputy Emmett Ryker. At the end of season three, executive producer <a href="/wiki/Frank_Price" title="Frank Price">Frank Price</a> was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Norman_Macdonnell" title="Norman Macdonnell">Norman Macdonnell</a>. Conversely, season four's production was strained and troublesome. When Shore left the cast, Macdonnell added a new leading woman—<a href="/wiki/Diane_Roter" title="Diane Roter">Diane Roter</a>, who played Jennifer, the judge's niece. When Cobb left the show in 1966, <a href="/wiki/John_Dehner" title="John Dehner">John Dehner</a>, as Morgan Starr, was brought in as the manager of Shiloh when Judge Garth left to become the governor of Wyoming. </p><p>Producer Frank Price returned for season five. The characters of Randy, Morgan Starr, and Jennifer were subsequently replaced with characters of a more familiar tone. John Grainger (played by Charles Bickford) became the new owner. Elizabeth Grainger (played by <a href="/wiki/Sara_Lane_(actress_born_1949)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sara Lane (actress born 1949)">Sara Lane</a>), was John Grainger's granddaughter. Her brother Stacey (<a href="/wiki/Don_Quine" title="Don Quine">Don Quine</a>) rounded out this new cast. </p><p>Although Price later left again, the series continued smoothly in the pattern he set. Due to Charles Bickford's sudden death in November 1967, season six saw Clay Grainger (John McIntire), take ownership of Shiloh after his brother John's apparent departure "on business". The sixth season also added Holly Grainger (played by Jeanette Nolan, McIntire's real-life wife, with whom he often worked professionally) as Clay's wife. Season seven had the entrance of David Sutton, played by <a href="/wiki/David_Hartman_(TV_personality)" title="David Hartman (TV personality)">David Hartman</a>. Sutton was replaced in season eight with a younger hand, Jim Horn (<a href="/wiki/Tim_Matheson" title="Tim Matheson">Tim Matheson</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_9">Season 9</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Season 9"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Men_from_Shiloh_title_card.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/The_Men_from_Shiloh_title_card.png/260px-The_Men_from_Shiloh_title_card.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/59/The_Men_from_Shiloh_title_card.png 1.5x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="276" /></a><figcaption>The new <i>The Men from Shiloh</i> title card</figcaption></figure> <p>In season 9 (1970–1971), the name of the program was changed to <i>The Men from Shiloh</i> and the look of the series was completely redesigned. Ownership of the Shiloh Ranch was changed once more, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie (<a href="/wiki/Stewart_Granger" title="Stewart Granger">Stewart Granger</a>) took over.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also <a href="/wiki/Lee_Majors" title="Lee Majors">Lee Majors</a> joined as a new character, Roy Tate, introduced in the fifth episode of the season. Granger said of his character: </p> <blockquote><p>They had some idea of Colonel Mackenzie against the West. I wanted no part of that. Englishmen were running cattle here from the beginning. The English have this thing for land; for animals and crops... I said this old cocker's out of India and the colonies: he can take the American West on his own terms.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In several countries, including the United Kingdom, the show went under the extended title <i>The Virginian: Men from Shiloh.</i><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A new opening theme song was composed by <a href="/wiki/Ennio_Morricone" title="Ennio Morricone">Ennio Morricone</a>, and the look of the show was changed reflecting a style similar to <a href="/wiki/Spaghetti_Western" title="Spaghetti Western">spaghetti Westerns</a>, which were popular at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These changes brought a better ranking (number 18) in the top-30 primetime shows in the United States, after the previous year had the show slip out of the top-30 rankings for the first time. (It was one of only four Western series shown in primetime.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </p><p>The final season operated on a "rotating lead actor" basis of the four stars, with normally just one lead appearing each week. Two of the four lead actors (Lee Majors and Doug McClure) never appeared together in the last season. The ranch itself played a very nominal part in season 9, with most scripts featuring the four stars away from the ranch. Little seemingly could save it, as the final season brought in several big guest stars to the remaining episodes. The studio and network were set on ending the series, as evidenced by rivals CBS and ABC making demographic moves away from rural-oriented shows (see "<a href="/wiki/Rural_purge" title="Rural purge">rural purge</a>"). The final episode aired on March 24, 1971, ending the show's nine-season run. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characters">Characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Virginian">The Virginian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The Virginian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Fictional character</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1256394594">.mw-parser-output .ib-character{border-spacing:2px 5px}.mw-parser-output .ib-character .infobox-above,.mw-parser-output .ib-character .infobox-header{background-color:#DEDEE2}.mw-parser-output .ib-character .infobox-image img{background-color:#f8f9fa}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-character .infobox-above,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-character .infobox-header{background:hsl(240,6%,20%);color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-character .infobox-above,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-character .infobox-header{background:hsl(240,6%,20%);color:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox ib-character"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above notheme">The Virginian</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Drury_The_Virginian.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/James_Drury_The_Virginian.JPG/220px-James_Drury_The_Virginian.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/James_Drury_The_Virginian.JPG/330px-James_Drury_The_Virginian.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/James_Drury_The_Virginian.JPG/440px-James_Drury_The_Virginian.JPG 2x" data-file-width="698" data-file-height="925" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">James Drury as the Virginian in the Universal series by the same name</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">"The Executioners" (1962)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">"Jump-up" (1971)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Owen_Wister" title="Owen Wister">Owen Wister</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Portrayed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Drury" title="James Drury">James Drury</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Male" title="Male">Male</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Foreman of the Shiloh Ranch in Medicine Bow, Wyoming</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Played by <a href="/wiki/James_Drury" title="James Drury">James Drury</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Season_1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Season_1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Virginian was the tough foreman of the Shiloh Ranch. Based loosely on the character in the Owen Wister novel, he always stood his ground firmly. Respected by the town citizens and the hands of the ranch, he was a prominent figure in Medicine Bow. In the series, the Virginian is the ranch foreman from the first episode. This way, the producers were able to establish a feeling that he had been there for a while, thus keeping a consistent story line; this differed from the book, where he was the deputy foreman, eventually promoted to foreman. The Virginian usually wore a black hat, black leather vest, black boots, a maroon red shirt and a single right-handed holster and revolver. He often ordered Monongahela brand whiskey in saloons. </p><p>When making the show, the producers chose not to reveal the Virginian's real name, and little about his past was actually made known, making the Virginian an intriguing and mysterious character. The foreman worked under five ranch owners throughout the series: Judge Garth (Lee J. Cobb), Morgan Starr (John Dehner), John Grainger (Charles Bickford), Clay Grainger (John McIntire), and Colonel Alan Mackenzie (Stewart Granger). Drury was the only cast member to appear in the pilot (aired as an episode of the series <i>Decision</i>) and the entire nine season run of <i>The Virginian</i>, with McClure the only other cast member to remain with the show for all nine seasons of <i>The Virginian</i>, though not in the initial pilot. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judge_Garth">Judge Garth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Judge Garth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lee_J._Cobb" title="Lee J. Cobb">Lee J. Cobb</a>'s Judge Garth was portrayed as a stern man with a soft side to his personality, acting as a father figure to the Virginian. Respected by all the townspeople as well as his employees, Garth was often looked to as mediator for certain matters. Cobb left the series near the end of season four. In the episode "Morgan Starr", the character was stated to have left Shiloh to become governor of Wyoming. Garth had previously said he would leave Shiloh to his daughter Betsy in "The Hero" (season three, episode four). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trampas">Trampas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Trampas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Played by <a href="/wiki/Doug_McClure" title="Doug McClure">Doug McClure</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Season_1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Season_1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the character of Trampas took on a completely different personality from the character in the novel. In Wister's book, Trampas was a villain throughout the story and at the end was shot by the Virginian. In the series, producers chose to make Trampas a fun-loving and rowdy character; McClure fit the part perfectly. Trampas, a sandy-haired, rowdy cowhand who eventually settled down on the ranch, was by far the most developed character in the series, as compared to the minimal history on the title character. Several episodes were made detailing his past. McClure added a touch of light comedy to the series to counterbalance the Virginian's serious manner. For part of season 9, the Trampas character wore a thick mustache and broader brimmed hat. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Steve_Hill">Steve Hill</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Steve Hill"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Played by <a href="/wiki/Gary_Clarke" title="Gary Clarke">Gary Clarke</a>, Steve was a good friend of both Trampas' and the Virginian's. He was constantly getting Trampas in and out of his usual scrapes. The on-screen chemistry that Gary Clarke and Doug McClure possessed reflected a good friendship off screen, and was loved by fans worldwide. Although he was with the show at the beginning, Clarke was being phased out of the show at the end of season two, but remained as a guest star for a few episodes in season three, before departing permanently. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Betsy_Garth">Betsy Garth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Betsy Garth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Played by <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Shore" title="Roberta Shore">Roberta Shore</a> from seasons 1–4, Betsy was the only daughter of Judge Garth. Early in the series, she was made clear to be adopted, but nevertheless, the judge treated her as his own. Betsy and the ranch hands had a relationship similar to that of brother and sister. Trampas and Steve had a particular soft spot for her, often jumping to protect her, and looking out for her wellbeing. At the start of the series, Betsy was said to be 15 years old. In a season-four episode, "The Awakening", she married a minister (<a href="/wiki/Glenn_Corbett" title="Glenn Corbett">Glenn Corbett</a>), and moved to Pennsylvania, reflecting Shore's departure from the show. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Randy_Benton">Randy Benton</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Randy Benton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Played by Randy Boone from seasons 2–4, Randy was a young ranch hand who played guitar and sang. He came into the show as Steve Hill was being phased out as a regular cast member. Before the new Grainger family was brought in for season five, his character was discontinued. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_Sheriff_Emmett_Ryker">Deputy Sheriff Emmett Ryker</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Deputy Sheriff Emmett Ryker"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the beginning of season three, a new cast regular was introduced. <a href="/wiki/Clu_Gulager" title="Clu Gulager">Clu Gulager</a> played the restless deputy Emmett Ryker. Ryker was the first cast regular not to live on Shiloh. A former lawman turned hired gun, because the pay was better, Ryker decided to settle in Medicine Bow before he took his new profession too far. He was hired by Sheriff Abbott, with whom he had been acquainted, after solving the murder of a prominent rancher in the introductory episode "Ryker". He became the sheriff in season four. Gulager remained with the show for four seasons, leaving briefly at the beginning of season five, then returning for the rest of season five before leaving for good toward the end of season six. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jennifer_Sommers">Jennifer Sommers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Jennifer Sommers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After Roberta Shore's departure, <a href="/wiki/Diane_Roter" title="Diane Roter">Diane Roter</a> was brought in as the judge's niece. At the end of season four, along with Boone and Dehner, she left, making room for the new owners. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Morgan_Starr">Morgan Starr</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Morgan Starr"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Halfway through season four, Morgan Starr was brought in to run the ranch for Judge Garth because of Garth's appointment as governor of Wyoming. <a href="/wiki/John_Dehner" title="John Dehner">John Dehner</a> played a tough and demanding man, who was hard to befriend, as the Virginian and Trampas soon found out. Fans disliked Dehner's character, and he left the show at the end of the season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="John_Grainger">John Grainger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: John Grainger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the beginning of season five, with Judge Garth, Betsy, and Jennifer gone, a new character was brought in to run Shiloh.<sup id="cite_ref-Season_5_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Season_5-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Bickford" title="Charles Bickford">Charles Bickford</a> played a stern but loving grandfather to his two grandchildren, Stacey and Elizabeth. Although the Virginian and Mr. Grainger never quite had the father–son relationship that the Virginian and Judge Garth had, they got along well. Charles Bickford's death on November 9, 1967, was a shock to the cast. He was replaced by John McIntire as his brother Clay. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stacey_Grainger">Stacey Grainger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Stacey Grainger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Played by <a href="/wiki/Don_Quine" title="Don Quine">Don Quine</a>, Stacey Grainger, the grandson of John Grainger, lived at Shiloh, beginning in season five.<sup id="cite_ref-Season_5_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Season_5-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked alongside Trampas, and the two become good friends. Stacey's sister Elizabeth looked up to him as a big brother, and he filled the role more than competently. Quine's two seasons on <i>The Virginian</i> were the only ones that finished in the Nielsen rating top-15 year-end rankings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elizabeth_Grainger">Elizabeth Grainger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Elizabeth Grainger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stacey's younger sister Elizabeth (<a href="/wiki/Sara_Lane_(actress)" title="Sara Lane (actress)">Sara Lane</a>) was the granddaughter of John Grainger, starting in season five.<sup id="cite_ref-Season_5_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Season_5-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trampas, the Virginian, and Stacey all looked out for her wellbeing. Elizabeth was cast as a teenage girl enjoying her life on the frontier. She loved horses, riding the range, and going to the ever-present Saturday-night dances. Sara Lane departed the series in season eight. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Clay_Grainger">Clay Grainger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Clay Grainger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the death of Charles Bickford, <a href="/wiki/John_McIntire" title="John McIntire">John McIntire</a> was hired as his brother, Liz and Stacey's great uncle. Clay had a wife, Holly (<a href="/wiki/Jeanette_Nolan" title="Jeanette Nolan">Jeanette Nolan</a>), and was the ranch owner for seasons five through eight. McIntire had earlier taken over the lead role in <i>Wagon Train</i> upon the death of Ward Bond, assuming the role of the new wagonmaster. In season 9, <i>The Virginian</i> was revamped, and McIntire, along with Nolan, Lane, David Hartman, and Tim Matheson, left the show. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 1052px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Drury_The_Virginian_1971.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="James Drury as the Virginian"><img alt="James Drury as the Virginian" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/James_Drury_The_Virginian_1971.JPG/113px-James_Drury_The_Virginian_1971.JPG" decoding="async" width="113" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/James_Drury_The_Virginian_1971.JPG/170px-James_Drury_The_Virginian_1971.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/James_Drury_The_Virginian_1971.JPG/226px-James_Drury_The_Virginian_1971.JPG 2x" data-file-width="694" data-file-height="919" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">James Drury as the Virginian</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lee_J._Cobb_The_Virginian.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Lee J. Cobb as Judge Garth"><img alt="Lee J. Cobb as Judge Garth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Lee_J._Cobb_The_Virginian.JPG/197px-Lee_J._Cobb_The_Virginian.JPG" decoding="async" width="197" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Lee_J._Cobb_The_Virginian.JPG/296px-Lee_J._Cobb_The_Virginian.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Lee_J._Cobb_The_Virginian.JPG/395px-Lee_J._Cobb_The_Virginian.JPG 2x" data-file-width="982" data-file-height="747" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Lee J. Cobb as Judge Garth</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lee_J._Cobb_James_Drury_The_Virginian_1962.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Lee J. Cobb and James Drury"><img alt="Lee J. Cobb and James Drury" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lee_J._Cobb_James_Drury_The_Virginian_1962.JPG/120px-Lee_J._Cobb_James_Drury_The_Virginian_1962.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lee_J._Cobb_James_Drury_The_Virginian_1962.JPG/179px-Lee_J._Cobb_James_Drury_The_Virginian_1962.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lee_J._Cobb_James_Drury_The_Virginian_1962.JPG/239px-Lee_J._Cobb_James_Drury_The_Virginian_1962.JPG 2x" data-file-width="752" data-file-height="943" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Lee J. Cobb and James Drury</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Doug_McClure_Trampas_The_Virginian.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Doug McClure as Trampas"><img alt="Doug McClure as Trampas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Doug_McClure_Trampas_The_Virginian.JPG/115px-Doug_McClure_Trampas_The_Virginian.JPG" decoding="async" width="115" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Doug_McClure_Trampas_The_Virginian.JPG/173px-Doug_McClure_Trampas_The_Virginian.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Doug_McClure_Trampas_The_Virginian.JPG/231px-Doug_McClure_Trampas_The_Virginian.JPG 2x" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Doug McClure as Trampas</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gary_Clarke_The_Virginian_1962.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Gary Clarke as Steve Hill"><img alt="Gary Clarke as Steve Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gary_Clarke_The_Virginian_1962.JPG/155px-Gary_Clarke_The_Virginian_1962.JPG" decoding="async" width="155" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gary_Clarke_The_Virginian_1962.JPG/232px-Gary_Clarke_The_Virginian_1962.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gary_Clarke_The_Virginian_1962.JPG/310px-Gary_Clarke_The_Virginian_1962.JPG 2x" data-file-width="734" data-file-height="711" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gary Clarke as Steve Hill</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roberta_Shore_Betsy_Garth_The_Virginian.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Roberta Shore as Betsy Garth"><img alt="Roberta Shore as Betsy Garth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Roberta_Shore_Betsy_Garth_The_Virginian.JPG/114px-Roberta_Shore_Betsy_Garth_The_Virginian.JPG" decoding="async" width="114" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Roberta_Shore_Betsy_Garth_The_Virginian.JPG/171px-Roberta_Shore_Betsy_Garth_The_Virginian.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Roberta_Shore_Betsy_Garth_The_Virginian.JPG/229px-Roberta_Shore_Betsy_Garth_The_Virginian.JPG 2x" data-file-width="703" data-file-height="922" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Roberta Shore as Betsy Garth</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Bickford_John_Grainger_The_Virginian.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Charles Bickford as John Grainger"><img alt="Charles Bickford as John Grainger" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Charles_Bickford_John_Grainger_The_Virginian.JPG/117px-Charles_Bickford_John_Grainger_The_Virginian.JPG" decoding="async" width="117" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Charles_Bickford_John_Grainger_The_Virginian.JPG/175px-Charles_Bickford_John_Grainger_The_Virginian.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Charles_Bickford_John_Grainger_The_Virginian.JPG/234px-Charles_Bickford_John_Grainger_The_Virginian.JPG 2x" data-file-width="714" data-file-height="915" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Charles Bickford as John Grainger</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Bickford_Sara_Lane_Don_Quine_The_Virginian.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Stacey (Don Quine) and Elizabeth (Sara Lane) Grainger with their grandfather"><img alt="Stacey (Don Quine) and Elizabeth (Sara Lane) Grainger with their grandfather" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Charles_Bickford_Sara_Lane_Don_Quine_The_Virginian.JPG/196px-Charles_Bickford_Sara_Lane_Don_Quine_The_Virginian.JPG" decoding="async" width="196" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Charles_Bickford_Sara_Lane_Don_Quine_The_Virginian.JPG/294px-Charles_Bickford_Sara_Lane_Don_Quine_The_Virginian.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Charles_Bickford_Sara_Lane_Don_Quine_The_Virginian.JPG/393px-Charles_Bickford_Sara_Lane_Don_Quine_The_Virginian.JPG 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="688" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stacey (Don Quine) and Elizabeth (Sara Lane) Grainger with their grandfather</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jeannette_Nolan_The_Virginian.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Jeannette Nolan as Clay Grainger's wife, Holly"><img alt="Jeannette Nolan as Clay Grainger's wife, Holly" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jeannette_Nolan_The_Virginian.JPG/113px-Jeannette_Nolan_The_Virginian.JPG" decoding="async" width="113" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jeannette_Nolan_The_Virginian.JPG/169px-Jeannette_Nolan_The_Virginian.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jeannette_Nolan_The_Virginian.JPG/226px-Jeannette_Nolan_The_Virginian.JPG 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="930" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Jeannette Nolan as Clay Grainger's wife, Holly</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Redford_Patricia_Blair_The_Virginian_1964.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Robert Redford and Patricia Blair, 1964 episode"><img alt="Robert Redford and Patricia Blair, 1964 episode" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Robert_Redford_Patricia_Blair_The_Virginian_1964.jpg/115px-Robert_Redford_Patricia_Blair_The_Virginian_1964.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Robert_Redford_Patricia_Blair_The_Virginian_1964.jpg/172px-Robert_Redford_Patricia_Blair_The_Virginian_1964.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Robert_Redford_Patricia_Blair_The_Virginian_1964.jpg/230px-Robert_Redford_Patricia_Blair_The_Virginian_1964.jpg 2x" data-file-width="652" data-file-height="851" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Blair" title="Patricia Blair">Patricia Blair</a>, 1964 episode</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Virginian_Jim_Drury_Billy_Mumy_1965.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James Drury and Billy Mumy"><img alt="James Drury and Billy Mumy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/The_Virginian_Jim_Drury_Billy_Mumy_1965.jpg/118px-The_Virginian_Jim_Drury_Billy_Mumy_1965.jpg" decoding="async" width="118" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/The_Virginian_Jim_Drury_Billy_Mumy_1965.jpg/178px-The_Virginian_Jim_Drury_Billy_Mumy_1965.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/The_Virginian_Jim_Drury_Billy_Mumy_1965.jpg/237px-The_Virginian_Jim_Drury_Billy_Mumy_1965.jpg 2x" data-file-width="275" data-file-height="348" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">James Drury and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Mumy" class="mw-redirect" title="Billy Mumy">Billy Mumy</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Victor_Jory-Linden_Chiles_in_The_Virginian.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Victor Jory and Linden Chiles"><img alt="Victor Jory and Linden Chiles" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Victor_Jory-Linden_Chiles_in_The_Virginian.JPG/193px-Victor_Jory-Linden_Chiles_in_The_Virginian.JPG" decoding="async" width="193" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Victor_Jory-Linden_Chiles_in_The_Virginian.JPG/290px-Victor_Jory-Linden_Chiles_in_The_Virginian.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Victor_Jory-Linden_Chiles_in_The_Virginian.JPG/386px-Victor_Jory-Linden_Chiles_in_The_Virginian.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1392" data-file-height="1081" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Jory" title="Victor Jory">Victor Jory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Linden_Chiles" title="Linden Chiles">Linden Chiles</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Virginian_episodes" title="List of The Virginian episodes">List of The Virginian episodes</a></div> <div style="display:block;overflow-x:auto"><table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;height:1px;display:table"><tbody><tr style="text-align:center"><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="min-width:50px;padding:0 8px">Season</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Episodes</th><th scope="colgroup" colspan="2">Originally released</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">First released</th><th scope="col">Last released</th></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#87CEFA;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Virginian_episodes#Season_1_(1962–63)" title="List of The Virginian episodes">1</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">30</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 19, 1962<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1962-09-19</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 1, 1963<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1963-05-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#FFD700;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Virginian_episodes#Season_2_(1963–64)" title="List of The Virginian episodes">2</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">30</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 18, 1963<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1963-09-18</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 6, 1964<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1964-05-06</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#B8B288;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Virginian_episodes#Season_3_(1964–65)" title="List of The Virginian episodes">3</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">30</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 16, 1964<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1964-09-16</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">April 21, 1965<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1965-04-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#6E351B;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Virginian_episodes#Season_4_(1965–66)" title="List of The Virginian episodes">4</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">30</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 15, 1965<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1965-09-15</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">April 20, 1966<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1966-04-20</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#800020;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Virginian_episodes#Season_5_(1966–67)" title="List of The Virginian episodes">5</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">29</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 14, 1966<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1966-09-14</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">April 12, 1967<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1967-04-12</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#FFA500;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Virginian_episodes#Season_6_(1967–68)" title="List of The Virginian episodes">6</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">26</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 13, 1967<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1967-09-13</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">March 20, 1968<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1968-03-20</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#FF8C62;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Virginian_episodes#Season_7_(1968–69)" title="List of The Virginian episodes">7</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">26</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 18, 1968<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1968-09-18</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">April 9, 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1969-04-09</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#9ACD32;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Virginian_episodes#Season_8_(1969–70)" title="List of The Virginian episodes">8</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">24</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 17, 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1969-09-17</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">March 18, 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1970-03-18</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#E7E7E7;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Virginian_episodes#Season_9_(1970–71)" title="List of The Virginian episodes">9</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">24</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 16, 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-09-16</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">March 24, 1971<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1971-03-24</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><i>The Virginian</i> aired Wednesday at 7:30–9:00 pm on NBC for its entire run. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ratings">Ratings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Ratings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th>Rank</th> <th>Rating </th></tr> <tr> <td>1962–1963</td> <td>#26</td> <td>21.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963–1964</td> <td>#17</td> <td rowspan="2">24.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964–1965</td> <td>#22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965–1966</td> <td>#23</td> <td>22.0 (Tied with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Wild_West" title="The Wild Wild West">The Wild Wild West</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jackie_Gleason_Show" title="The Jackie Gleason Show">The Jackie Gleason Show</a></i>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966–1967</td> <td>#10</td> <td>22.8 (Tied with <i><a href="/wiki/Gomer_Pyle,_U.S.M.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.">Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lawrence_Welk_Show" title="The Lawrence Welk Show">The Lawrence Welk Show</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Ed Sullivan Show">The Ed Sullivan Show</a></i>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967–1968</td> <td>#14</td> <td>22.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968–1969</td> <td>#17</td> <td>21.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969–1970</td> <td colspan="2">Not in the Top 30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970–1971</td> <td>#18</td> <td>21.2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy">Legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Drury was an active advocate of the series since the end of the original airings. He traveled across the United States, Ireland, and several other countries, appearing in Western-themed conventions, festivals, celebrations, news programs, and TV specials to promote <i>The Virginian.</i> Along with Gary Clarke and Roberta Shore, he participated in interviews for the <a href="/wiki/Encore_Westerns" class="mw-redirect" title="Encore Westerns">Encore Westerns</a> channel. Drury also reunited with key cast members Randy Boone, Gary Clarke, and Roberta Shore at these events.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Virginian_50th_Anniversary.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/The_Virginian_50th_Anniversary.jpg/220px-The_Virginian_50th_Anniversary.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/The_Virginian_50th_Anniversary.jpg/330px-The_Virginian_50th_Anniversary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/The_Virginian_50th_Anniversary.jpg/440px-The_Virginian_50th_Anniversary.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>James Drury, Clu Gulager, and Doug Butts (SVP of Programming, INSP)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2012, Drury also reunited with L. Q. Jones, Clu Gulager, Diane Roter, Sara Lane, and Don Quine in addition to Boone, Clarke, and Shore. Three events were held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of <i>The Virginian</i>, at the Memphis Film Festival on May 31, 2012, the Western Legends Roundup on August 16, 2012, and the <a href="/wiki/Autry_National_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Autry National Center">Autry National Center</a> and Museum on September 22, 2012. During the 50th-anniversary event, INSP, the exclusive cable home to current reruns of "The Virginian" filmed content with the surviving cast to use in the "Cast Favorites Marathon", which continues to be aired several times each year. In 2017, INSP began airing <i>The Men from Shiloh</i> during their Saddle Up Weekends programming block.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filming_locations">Filming locations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Filming locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Western streets in the backlot of <a href="/wiki/Universal_City,_California" title="Universal City, California">Universal City, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iverson_Movie_Ranch" class="mw-redirect" title="Iverson Movie Ranch">Iverson Movie Ranch</a>, Chatsworth, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Pine,_California" title="Lone Pine, California">Lone Pine, California</a></li> <li>Pollock Pines, California (Ghost Mountain Ranch)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronson_Canyon" title="Bronson Canyon">Bronson Canyon</a>, Griffith Park Los Angeles, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Studio_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="CBS Studio Center">CBS Studio Center</a> Los Angeles</li> <li>Albertson Movie Ranch, Ventura County, California</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spin-offs">Spin-offs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Spin-offs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 1965, an episode of <i>The Virginian</i> titled "We've Lost a Train" served as a <a href="/wiki/Television_pilot" title="Television pilot">backdoor pilot</a> for the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Laredo_(TV_series)" title="Laredo (TV series)">Laredo</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Syndication">Syndication</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Syndication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cable channels of <a href="/wiki/Encore_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Encore (TV channel)">Encore</a> Westerns, <a href="/wiki/MoviePlex" title="MoviePlex">MoviePlex</a>, and RetroPlex began airing complete, uncut commercial free episodes of <i>The Virginian</i> starting with a premier marathon in January 2010 and ending in December 2011. Seasons one through eight were shown. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Inspiration_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspiration Network">Inspiration Network</a> cable channel began a three-year agreement to run <i>The Virginian</i> starting with a marathon of episodes on September 22, 2012, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the show. <a href="/wiki/Cozi_TV" title="Cozi TV">Cozi TV</a>, the <a href="/wiki/NBCUniversal" title="NBCUniversal">NBCUniversal</a> classic television digital specialty network, began airing episodes in 2013. The show later returned to <a href="/wiki/Encore_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Encore (TV channel)">Encore</a> Westerns and continues to air every weekday; a marathon of Drury-centric episodes was run shortly after his death in April 2020. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Timeless_Media_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeless Media Group">Timeless Media Group</a> (under license from NBCUniversal) has released all seasons of <i>The Virginian</i> on DVD in <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#1" title="DVD region code">Region 1</a>. All episodes on all releases have been fully restored and digitally remastered in full color and are available in special collectors' edition tin cases. They also each include a bonus disk with interviews from the actors.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Euro Video of Germany released season one, part one, in Germany, on October 14, 2010. Season one, part two, was released June 16, 2011. The release is presented with original English audio with German subtitles, as well as a German-dubbed soundtrack. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Acorn_Media_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Acorn Media UK">Acorn Media UK</a> released the first season of <i>The Virginian</i> on DVD in the UK on April 4, 2011. The DVD also contains an interview with James Drury. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>DVD name </th> <th>Ep # </th> <th>Release date </th></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete First Season </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30 </td> <td>May 25, 2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Second Season </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30 </td> <td>December 21, 2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Third Season </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30 </td> <td>March 15, 2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Fourth Season </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30 </td> <td>May 17, 2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Fifth Season </td> <td style="text-align:center;">29 </td> <td>October 25, 2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Sixth Season </td> <td style="text-align:center;">26 </td> <td>May 1, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Seventh Season </td> <td style="text-align:center;">26 </td> <td>February 5, 2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Eighth Season </td> <td style="text-align:center;">24 </td> <td>July 16, 2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Final Season: The Men from Shiloh </td> <td style="text-align:center;">24 </td> <td>October 25, 2011 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Translations_of_the_title">Translations of the title</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Translations of the title"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Germany: <i>Die Leute von der Shiloh Ranch</i></li> <li>French: <i>Le Virginien</i></li> <li>Spanish: <i>El Virginiano</i></li> <li>Swedish: <i>Mannen från Virginia</i></li> <li>Finnish: <i>Virginialainen</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_media">Other media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Other media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Gold_Key_Comics" title="Gold Key Comics">Gold Key Comics</a> published a single issue of a comic book tie-in in summer 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Transogram" title="Transogram">Transogram</a> published a board game in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1962–63 United States network television schedule">1962–63 United States network television schedule</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In episode 2 of season 1 ("Woman from White Wing"), Betsy's real father is identified as Garth's former friend Frank Dawson; when Dawson went to prison, Garth took custody of baby Betsy and never told her about her true background, and years later Dawson, who has come back to take her with him, chooses to leave Shiloh without telling her either.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-TheVirginian.net-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TheVirginian.net_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheVirginian.net_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thevirginian.net">"The Official Website of James Drury"</a>. <i>Thevirginian.net</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 19,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Thevirginian.net&rft.atitle=The+Official+Website+of+James+Drury&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thevirginian.net&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Virginian+%28TV+series%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Green, Paul; Price, Frank. <i>A History of Television's "The Virginian", 1962–1971</i>, p. 17, McFarland, May 30, 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUt-eReRkSA&list=PLDUsZRzIoAi_ODJfSWVIZT6RUh7c8cnkT">The Virginian season 1</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="The material near this tag possibly contains original research. (March 2019)">original research?</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged June 2024">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">"Stewart Granger to join Virginian". <i>Los Angeles Times</i>. April 2, 1970. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/156444068">156444068</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Stewart+Granger+to+join+Virginian&rft.date=1970-04-02&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Virginian+%28TV+series%29" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(subscription required)</span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmart,_W._E.1970" class="citation journal cs1">Smart, W. E. (July 5, 1970). "Program notes .". <i>The Washington Post and Times-Herald</i>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/147727877">147727877</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post+and+Times-Herald&rft.atitle=Program+notes+..&rft.date=1970-07-05&rft.au=Smart%2C+W.+E.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Virginian+%28TV+series%29" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(subscription required)</span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith,_C.1970" class="citation journal cs1">Smith, C. (August 30, 1970). "GRANGER comes to SHILOH". <i>Los Angeles Times</i>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/156550855">156550855</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=GRANGER+comes+to+SHILOH&rft.date=1970-08-30&rft.au=Smith%2C+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Virginian+%28TV+series%29" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(subscription required)</span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=The+Virginian%3A+Men+from+Shiloh#top">"Search – BBC Programme Index"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Search+%E2%80%93+BBC+Programme+Index&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgenome.ch.bbc.co.uk%2Fsearch%2F0%2F20%3Fq%3DThe%2BVirginian%253A%2BMen%2Bfrom%2BShiloh%23top&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Virginian+%28TV+series%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation audio-visual cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xna6GjwSJ0"><i>The Virginian – Season 9 Opening Credits</i></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 18,</span> 2011</span> – via <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Virginian+%E2%80%93+Season+9+Opening+Credits&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8xna6GjwSJ0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Virginian+%28TV+series%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"1970, Those changes at shiloh ranch". <i>The Washington Post and Times-Herald</i>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/147941084">147941084</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post+and+Times-Herald&rft.atitle=1970%2C+Those+changes+at+shiloh+ranch&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Virginian+%28TV+series%29" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(subscription required)</span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Season_1-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Season_1_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Season_1_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation audio-visual cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWet2qgieVc"><i>The Virginian – Season 1 Opening Credits</i></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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