It's that time again — time to reminisce on the many years of incredible pieces of Western cinema that have shaped our childhoods.
We raised a bit of a ruckus last year when we didn’t include anything from television on our list of all-time best westerns. But, honest, we were only trying to be fair — trying to compare, say, a 95-minute film to an eight-hour miniseries, or a 12-chapter movie serial to a 430-episode TV classic, struck us as pretty dang close to impossible.
Trouble is, after polling readers, editors, academics and critics, we encountered another challenge: How do you compare a long-running series to one of the limited variety? Or a TV-movie to a miniseries?
So we opted to assemble lists of classics in three different categories: TV Series, TV Movie, and Limited Run/Miniseries.
Head over here to check out the Top 20 Western TV Series.
If you still don't see you favorites here, drop us an email with their names and we’ll consider them for a follow-up Readers Choice list we’re planning for September.
Please address your email to [email protected] with “TV Westerns” in the subject line.
