Wagon Train
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- For the musical composition by Morton Gould, see Wagon Train (musical composition).
Wagon Train was a television series on NBC from 1957 to 1962 and on ABC from 1962 to 1965.
Stories of the adventures of a wagon train as it makes its way from Missouri to California. The first episode aired in September 1957 and the last episode September 1965. Some of the actors appearing on Wagon Train included Ward Bond, Robert Horton, Denny Miller, Michael Burns, Robert Fuller, John McIntire and Frank McGrath. The eight-season one-hour show was filmed in black and white except for its 7th season which was 90 minutes and in color.
It ranked #1 in the Nielsen Ratings in the 1961-1962 television season.
When pitching Star Trek to network TV executives in the mid-60s, Gene Roddenberry famously referred to his outer-space series as "a Wagon Train to the stars."
