Frontier
Frontier is an American Western anthology series that aired on NBC from September 1955, to September 1956. The series de-emphasizes gunplay and focuses on the hazards of the settlement of the American West. It was only the second anthology Western series in television history, having been preceded by Death Valley Days. Frontier aired premiered on September 25, 1955, and ran sporadically in its last five months. Walter Coy narrated the series and starred in occasional episodes, which are dramatizations based on actual events. The program was produced by Worthington Miner.
Top cast
Seasons
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- September 25, 1955
- Last air date
- September 9, 1956
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 30
- Episode runtime
- 30m
- Network
- NBC
- Original language
- EN
Recommended
7.0Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
6.8The High Chaparral
1967
7.6Hell on Wheels
2011
6.2The Big Valley
1965
7.3Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
6.1Cheyenne
1955
8.0Into the West
2005
7.2Rawhide
1959
7.6The Wild Wild West
1965
6.3F Troop
1965
6.5The Virginian
1962
8.31883
2021
7.0How the West Was Won
1977
7.6Billy the Kid
2022
7.9Lonesome Dove
1989
7.1Comanche Moon
2008
7.7Centennial
1978
8.21923
2022
Similar shows
6.8Fievel's American Tails
1992
- 7.6
Hell on Wheels
2011
8.1Deadwood
2004
7.7Kung Fu
1972
6.6Bordertown
1989
6.0Temple Houston
1963
7.5Bonanza
1959
6.9Trackdown
1957
- 6.3
F Troop
1965
7.9Little House on the Prairie
1974
6.7Gun Shy
1983
7.1Gunslingers
2014
7.0The Westerner
1960
6.7Gunsmoke
1955
5.5Ned Blessing
1993
5.8The Californians
1957
- Action in the Afternoon7.0
Action in the Afternoon
1953
6.6The Quick Draw McGraw Show
1959