Roy Rogers Show

The Roy Rogers Show
Harry Harvey and Roy Rogers in 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 at times had a mind of her own and sped away driverless with Brady in frantic pursuit on foot. Earlier, during the show's 1952 episodes, the jeep was called LuLubelle. Animal stars were Roy's Palomino horse Trigger and his German Shepherd Bullet, the "Wonder Dog".

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, con artists, claim jumpers, rustlers, and other "bad guys."

In addition to traditional Western plot themes such as cattle rustling and bank robberies, the program featured more contemporary topics, including gun safety and conservation of natural resources. "Many of the shows expressed a moral, and several preached a Christian message."

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 by her and Rogers over the end credits of each episode.