Frontier(1955)
Overview
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.
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30 episodes • 1955
Season 1
30 episodes • 1955
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paper Gunman | Sep 25, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Tomas And The Widow | Oct 2, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 3 | A Stillness In Wyoming | Oct 16, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Shame Of A Nation | Oct 23, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Founding Of Omaha, Nebraska | Oct 30, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Suspects | Nov 6, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 7 | King of the Dakotas | Nov 13, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Cattle Drive to Casper | Nov 27, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Romance of Poker Alice | Dec 11, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Ferdinand Meyer's Army | Dec 18, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Long Road To Tucson | Dec 25, 1955 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Texicans | Jan 8, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Mother Of The Brave | Jan 15, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Ten Days Of John Leslie | Jan 22, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Devil And Doctor O'Hara | Feb 5, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Captivity Of Joe Long | Feb 12, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Voyage Of Captain Castle | Feb 19, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Assassin | Mar 4, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Hanging At Thunder Butte Creek | Mar 18, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Big Dry | Mar 25, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Ballad Of Pretty Polly | Apr 1, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Well | Apr 8, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Salt War | Apr 22, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Patrol | Apr 29, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 25 | A Somewhere Voice | May 6, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 26 | The Hunted | May 13, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Georgia Gold | Jun 10, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Out From Texas | Jun 24, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 29 | The Return Of jubal Dolan | Aug 26, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 30 | The Hostage | Sep 9, 1956 | 0.0 |
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