Harts of the West
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| Genre | Western/Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Robert Moloney |
| Written by | Robert Moloney David Debin |
| Directed by |
James Hayman Bill D'Elia |
| Starring |
Beau Bridges Lloyd Bridges Harley Jane Kozak Sean Murray Meghann Haldeman Talisa Soto Nathan Watt Dennis Fimple Stephen Root |
| Opening theme | "In a Laid Back Way" performed by Clint Black |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Kushner-Locke Company |
| Distributor | Multicom Entertainment Group Inc. |
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| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 25, 1993 – June 18, 1994 |
Harts of the West is an American Western/comedy–drama series starring Beau Bridges and his father, Lloyd Bridges, set on a dude ranch in Nevada. The series aired on CBS from September 1993, to June 1994.
In the story line, Dave Hart (Beau Bridges), sustains a heart attack. He leaves his job as an underwear salesman and heads with his family to the fictitious Sholo, Nevada in the American West. There, Dave tries to revive the defunct Flying Tumbleweed Dude Ranch, where Jake Terrel, played by Lloyd Bridges, had worked years earlier. The 15-episode series ran from September 25, 1993, to January 29, 1994, and again from June 4–June 18, 1994.
Cast members include Harley Jane Kozak as Alison Hart, Dave's wife; Meghann Haldeman as their teen-aged daughter, L'Amour; Sean Murray as their son, Zane Grey Hart; Nathan Watt as their son, John Wayne Hart, known as "Duke"; Saginaw Grant as Augie, an Indian storekeeper; O-Lan Jones as waitress Rose McLaughlin; Sterling Macer, Jr., as Marcus St. Cloud, an African American lawyer who wants to be a cowboy; R.O. Moon as the sheriff; Stephen Root as R.O.; Talisa Soto as Augie's granddaughter, Cassie Velasquez; and Dennis Fimple as Garral.
Series episodes include:
The theme song was "In a Laid Back Way" written and performed by Clint Black.
Harts of the West was filmed at Sable Ranch in the Santa Clarita Valley and in Mayer in Yavapai County near Prescott, Arizona by the Kushner-Locke Company. The series aired at 9 p.m. Eastern Saturday following Jane Seymour's Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and preceding Chuck Norris's Walker, Texas Ranger, both long-term CBS series. Its competition was Empty Nest and Nurses on NBC and The Paula Poundstone Show on ABC.
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