The Virginian
About The Virginian
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.
The Virginian is a western series that ran on NBC. The series is filed under ranch and 19th century.
Its 9 seasons and 249 episodes aired between September 1962 and March 1971. Seasons run to about 28 episodes.
Doug McClure leads the cast as Trampas, James Drury as The "Virginian", Lee Majors as Roy Tate, and Stewart Granger as Col. Alan MacKenzie.
American members can watch it on Philo. Bonanza, The High Chaparral, and Laramie make useful companions to The Virginian. It carries a TV-PG rating.