Cheyenne

Cheyenne

Townsman / ... (49 episodes, 1957-1962)

The first original television series produced by a major Hollywood film studio Warner Brothers. (Some of "Disneyland", which had premiered the year before, did not really consist of programming made exclusively for TV).

To save money, many of the first year's episode were remakes of Warner Brother's westerns. Warner Brothers used a lot of footage from the movies to save money.

Clint Walker had a contract dispute with Warner Brothers, which led to him briefly leaving. Under his contract, Walker had to give them 50% of his personal appearance fees, and could only record music under the Warner Brothers label. He wanted the amount cut, and to be able to sign with whatever record company he chose. The sides reached an agreement, and Walker eventually returned to work.