Bronco (TV series)
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Ty Hardin and Nina Shipman in Bronco (1962)
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| Also known as | ''Cheyenne: Bronco and The Cheyenne Show: Bronco officially, only season 2 was called, Bronco. |
| Genre | western |
| Starring | Ty Hardin |
| Theme music composer |
Mack David and Jay Livingston |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 68 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | William T. Orr |
| Producer(s) |
Arthur W. Silver |
| Location(s) | California |
| Running time | 60 mins. |
| Production company(s) | Warner Bros. Television |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | 1.33:1 monochrome |
| Audio format | monaural |
| First shown in | Tuesdays at 7:30pm |
| Original release | September 23, 1958 – April 30, 1962 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Cheyenne |
Arthur W. Silver
Sidney Biddel
Charles Hoffman
Oren W. Haglund (production manager)
Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin (the last played by Scott Marlowe).
Bronco premiered in the fall of 1958 when Warner Brothers executives and actor Clint Walker clashed over Walker's contract on the series Cheyenne. Walker had walked out on his show over such stringent clauses as a requirement that he return half of all personal appearance fees to Warner Brothers, and that he only record for Warner music labels. When the two sides came to an impasse, the network hired newcomer Ty Hardin to play the new character of Bronco Layne, but kept the title of Cheyenne.
When Walker came back to his series, Bronco became a spin-off of Cheyenne. Bronco at first alternated with another Western series, Sugarfoot, featuring Will Hutchins. In 1960, the two began alternating with Cheyenne under the Cheyenne title. Sugarfoot was dropped in 1961, leaving only Bronco and Cheyenne to alternate. Other Warner Brothers westerns in production around this time included Maverick with James Garner, Jack Kelly, and Roger Moore, Colt .45 with Wayde Preston, and Lawman with John Russell; series characters occasionally crossed over into each other's series.
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