The Roy Rogers Show

For the radio program of the same name, see The Roy Rogers Show (radio program).

The Roy Rogers Show
Genre	Western
Directed by	George Blair John English Leslie H. Martinson Don McDougall Christian Nyby Robert G. Walker
Starring	Roy Rogers Dale Evans Pat Brady Trigger, the Golden Palomino Bullet, the Wonder Dog
Ending theme	"Happy Trails"
Composer(s)	Lou Bring Nat Farber Frank Worth
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	100 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Larry Kent Jack Lacey Roy Rogers Arthur Rush
Producer(s)	Bob Henry Jack Lacey
Cinematography	Joe Novak
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Roy Rogers Productions
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	December 30, 1951 – June 9, 1957

The Roy Rogers Show is an American Western television series that broadcast 100 episodes on NBC for six seasons between December 30, 1951 and June 9, 1957. The show starred Roy Rogers as a ranch owner, Dale Evans as the proprietress of the Eureka Cafe in fictional Mineral City, and Pat Brady as Roy’s sidekick and Dale's cook. Brady's jeep Nellybelle had a mind of her own and often sped away driverless with Brady in frantic pursuit on foot. The Jeep was first called LuLubelle in the 1952 series. Animal stars were Roy's Palomino horse, Trigger, and his German Shepherd wonder dog, Bullet.

Plot

Like Rogers’s and many other Western films of the 1930s through 1950s, the series featured traditional cowboys and cowgirls riding horses and carrying six-shooters in a contemporary setting where they coexisted with automobiles, telephones, and electric lighting. No attempt was made in the scripts to explain or justify this strange blend of 19th-century characters with 20th-century technology. Typical episodes followed the stars as they rescued the weak and helpless from the clutches of dishonest lawmen, claim jumpers, rustlers, and other "bad guys."

Production

Interior shots for the show were filmed at the Samuel Goldwyn Studio, with much of the outdoor action footage filmed on the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California The program was originally sponsored by General Foods (Post Cereals and Jell-O). The show's theme song, “Happy Trails”, was written by Dale Evans and sung over the end credits by Rogers and Evans.

The show received an Emmy nomination in 1955 for Best Western or Adventure Series, but it lost out to the syndicated Stories of the Century, an anthology series starring and narrated by Jim Davis.^[1] The series finished #27 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1951-1952 season and #30 for 1954-1955.^[2]

The show was merchandised for the juvenile market with comic books, playsets, western costumes, Roy Rogers Longbows, toys, and many other items.

References

↑ Alex McNeil, Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present, 4th ed., New York: Penguin Books, 1996, p. 793
↑ http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/index.htm

External links

Children's programming on CBS in the 1960s

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First-run live-action series	Captain Kangaroo (1955–84) The Magic Land of Allakazam CBS Children's Film Festival

Rebroadcasts	Sky King The Roy Rogers Show My Friend Flicka The Alvin Show The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin The Quick Draw McGraw Show The Jetsons The Adventures of Lassie Jonny Quest The Monkees (1969–72)

Schedules	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

Related programming and topics	Animation in the United States in the television era

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