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Is It Time to Bring Westerns Back to Television?

Pat Gallagher | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Clint Eastwood, Gene Autry, Television, Entertainment, Bonanza, Reality Shows, Westerns, Cowboys, Gunsmoke, Post 50, Fifty News
Pat Gallagher

It probably wouldn't work to recycle Gunsmoke or Bonanza, but we could come up with some "new" Westerns. Here are some suggestions...

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'Bonanza' Illustrator Dies At 98

AP | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Robert Temple Ayres Dies, Robert Temple Ayres Dead, Bonanza, Robert Temple Ayres, Bonanza Illustrator, Robert Temple Ayres Death, Culture News

LOS ANGELES -- Robert Temple Ayres, the set illustrator whose burning Ponderosa map opened TV's long-running Western series "Bonanza," has died in Cal...

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Pernell Roberts, 1928-2010

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Big Valley, Carousel, Universal Studios, Robert Conrad, Robert Goulet, Bonanza, Paul Newman, It's About Time, Hollywood, Los Angeles, The Lucy Show, The Secret War of Harry Frigg, The Wild Wild West, Gilligan's Island, Paul Bogart, Gunsmoke, Lucille Ball, Entertainment News
Gary S. Chafetz

A Broadway actor, Pernell had a commanding presence. He was charismatic, intelligent, and well read. Hence, he could speak with great authority on many subjects. He was energetic, curious, and had a booming laugh.

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Alan Livingston Gave Us the Beatles and Sinatra -- Now Let's Give Him His Due

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nelson Riddle, Steve Miller, Bonanza, The Beach Boys, Mel Blanc, Alan Livingston, Bozo the Clown, Beatles Butcher Cover, The Beatles, Tommy Mottola, Tweety Bird, Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra, Clive Davis, The Band, Nbc, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

You may not know Alan Livingston, who died on Friday at age 91, by name. But if you know anything about 20th century popular culture, you know his work.

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Dying To Be Entertaining

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Diane Dimond Column, Murder as Entertainment, Showtime's Ratings Up on Dexter, Dexter, Bonanza, What's Happened to US? Showtime's Dexter, Superman, Forensic Experts, Murderer Murders Murderers, Serial Killers, Children Watching Tv Violence, Tv Violence, Showtime Dexter, Entertainment News
Diane Dimond

Look, I love a good crime story. But I've dedicated a big part of my career to covering crime and justice and so it's with first hand certainty that I tell you that real murder is never entertaining.

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