When Revue Productions' hour long series Wagon Train moved from the NBC network to ABC, The Virginian was proposed to replace it. From the beginning, the 90-minute series was filmed in Technicolor on 35 mm mo… See more

The half-hour black and white pilot titled The Virginian aired in 1958 as part of the anthology series Decision, which in other weeks aired pilots for six other series.
In the pilot, unlike in the later series, the Virginian h… See more

Played by James Drury, 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 … See more