Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 19, 1962
Seasons: 9
Episodes: 249
Networks: NBC
Genres: Western, Drama

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The Virginian(1962)

With every hoofbeat, history is made.

TMDB Rating: 6.3 (33 votes)

Overview

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.

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Season 1

30 episodes • 1962Avg: 7.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Executioners	Sep 19, 1962	0.0
2	Woman from White Wing	Sep 26, 1962	0.0
3	Throw a Long Rope	Oct 3, 1962	0.0
4	The Big Deal	Oct 10, 1962	0.0
5	The Brazen Bell	Oct 17, 1962	0.0
6	Big Day, Great Day	Oct 24, 1962	0.0
7	Riff-Raff	Nov 7, 1962	0.0
8	Impasse	Nov 14, 1962	0.0
9	It Tolls for Thee	Nov 21, 1962	0.0
10	West	Nov 28, 1962	0.0
11	The Devil's Children	Dec 5, 1962	0.0
12	Fifty Days to Moose Jaw	Dec 12, 1962	0.0
13	The Accomplice	Dec 19, 1962	7.0
14	Man from the Sea	Dec 26, 1962	0.0
15	Duel at Shiloh	Jan 2, 1963	0.0
16	The Exiles	Jan 9, 1963	0.0
17	The Judgement	Jan 16, 1963	0.0
18	Say Goodbye to All That	Jan 23, 1963	0.0
19	The Man Who Couldn't Die	Jan 30, 1963	0.0
20	If You Have Tears	Feb 13, 1963	0.0
21	The Small Parade	Feb 20, 1963	0.0
22	Vengeance is the Spur	Feb 27, 1963	0.0
23	The Money Cage	Mar 6, 1963	0.0
24	The Golden Door	Mar 13, 1963	0.0
25	A Distant Fury	Mar 20, 1963	0.0
26	Echo of Another Day	Mar 27, 1963	0.0
27	Strangers at Sundown	Apr 3, 1963	0.0
28	The Mountain of the Sun	Apr 17, 1963	0.0
29	Run Away Home	Apr 24, 1963	0.0
30	The Final Hour	May 1, 1963	0.0

Season 2

30 episodes • 1963

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Ride a Dark Trail	Sep 18, 1963
2	To Make This Place Remember	Sep 25, 1963
3	No Tears for Savannah	Oct 2, 1963
4	A Killer in Town	Oct 9, 1963
5	The Evil That Men Do	Oct 16, 1963
6	It Takes a Big Man	Oct 23, 1963
7	Brother Thaddeus	Oct 30, 1963
8	A Portrait of Marie Valonne	Nov 6, 1963
9	Run Quiet	Nov 13, 1963
10	Stopover in a Western Town	Nov 27, 1963
11	The Fatal Journey	Dec 4, 1963
12	A Time Remembered	Dec 11, 1963
13	Siege	Dec 18, 1963
14	Man of Violence	Dec 25, 1963
15	The Invaders	Jan 1, 1964
16	Roar from the Mountain	Jan 8, 1964
17	The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones	Jan 15, 1964
18	The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath	Jan 22, 1964
19	The Drifter	Jan 29, 1964
20	First to Thine Own Self	Feb 12, 1964
21	A Matter of Destiny	Feb 19, 1964
22	Smile of a Dragon	Feb 26, 1964
23	The Intruders	Mar 4, 1964
24	Another's Footsteps	Mar 11, 1964
25	Rope of Lies	Mar 25, 1964
26	The Secret of Brynmar Hall	Apr 1, 1964
27	The Long Quest	Apr 8, 1964
28	A Bride for Lars	Apr 15, 1964
29	Dark Destiny	Apr 29, 1964
30	A Man Called Kane	May 6, 1964

Season 3

30 episodes • 1964

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Ryker	Sep 16, 1964
2	Dark Challenge	Sep 23, 1964
3	The Stallion	Sep 30, 1964
4	The Hero	Oct 7, 1964
5	Felicity's Spring	Oct 14, 1964
6	The Brazos Kid	Oct 21, 1964
7	Big Image . . . Little Man	Oct 28, 1964
8	A Father for Toby	Nov 4, 1964
9	The Girl from Yesterday	Nov 11, 1964
10	Return a Stranger	Nov 18, 1964
11	All Nice and Legal	Nov 25, 1964
12	A Gallows for Sam Horn	Dec 2, 1964
13	Portrait of a Widow	Dec 9, 1964
14	The Payment	Dec 16, 1964
15	Man of the People	Dec 23, 1964
16	The Hour of the Tiger	Dec 30, 1964
17	Two Men Named Laredo	Jan 6, 1965
18	Hideout	Jan 13, 1965
19	Six Graves at Cripple Creek	Jan 27, 1965
20	Lost Yesterday	Feb 3, 1965
21	A Slight Case of Charity	Feb 10, 1965
22	You Take the High Road	Feb 17, 1965
23	Shadows of the Past	Feb 24, 1965
24	Legend of a Lawman	Mar 3, 1965
25	Timberland	Mar 10, 1965
26	Dangerous Road	Mar 17, 1965
27	Farewell to Honesty	Mar 24, 1965
28	Old Cowboy	Mar 31, 1965
29	Showdown	Apr 14, 1965
30	We've Lost a Train	Apr 21, 1965

Season 4

30 episodes • 1965Avg: 7.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Brothers	Sep 15, 1965	0.0
2	Day of the Scorpion	Sep 22, 1965	0.0
3	A Little Learning	Sep 29, 1965	0.0
4	The Claim	Oct 6, 1965	0.0
5	The Awakening	Oct 13, 1965	0.0
6	Ring of Silence	Oct 27, 1965	0.0
7	Jennifer	Nov 3, 1965	0.0
8	Nobility of Kings	Nov 10, 1965	7.0
9	Show Me a Hero	Nov 17, 1965	0.0
10	Beyond the Border	Nov 24, 1965	0.0
11	The Dream of Stavros Karas	Dec 1, 1965	0.0
12	The Laramie Road	Dec 8, 1965	0.0
13	The Horse Fighter	Dec 15, 1965	0.0
14	Letter of the Law	Dec 22, 1965	0.0
15	Blaze of Glory	Dec 29, 1965	0.0
16	Nobody Said Hello	Jan 5, 1966	0.0
17	Men with Guns	Jan 12, 1966	0.0
18	Long Ride to Wind River	Jan 19, 1966	0.0
19	Chaff in the Wind	Jan 26, 1966	0.0
20	The Inchworm's Got No Wings at All	Feb 2, 1966	0.0
21	Morgan Starr	Feb 9, 1966	0.0
22	Harvest of Strangers	Feb 16, 1966	0.0
23	Ride a Cock-Horse to Laramie Cross	Feb 23, 1966	0.0
24	One Spring Like Long Ago	Mar 2, 1966	0.0
25	The Return of Golden Tom	Mar 9, 1966	0.0
26	The Wolves Up Front, the Jackals Behind	Mar 23, 1966	0.0
27	That Saunders Woman	Mar 30, 1966	0.0
28	No Drums, No Trumpets	Apr 6, 1966	0.0
29	A Bald-Faced Boy	Apr 13, 1966	0.0
30	The Mark of a Man	Apr 20, 1966	0.0

Season 5

29 episodes • 1966

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Legacy of Hate	Sep 14, 1966
2	Ride to Delphi	Sep 21, 1966
3	The Captive	Sep 28, 1966
4	An Echo of Thunder	Oct 5, 1966
5	Jacob Was a Plain Man	Oct 12, 1966
6	The Challenge	Oct 19, 1966
7	Outcast	Oct 26, 1966
8	Trail to Ashley Mountain	Nov 2, 1966
9	Deadeye Dick	Nov 9, 1966
10	High Stakes	Nov 16, 1966
11	Beloved Outlaw	Nov 23, 1966
12	Linda	Nov 30, 1966
13	Long Journey Home	Dec 14, 1966
14	The Girl on the Glass Mountain	Dec 28, 1966
15	Vengeance Trail	Jan 4, 1967
16	Sue Ann	Jan 11, 1967
17	Yesterday's Timepiece	Jan 18, 1967
18	Requiem for a Country Doctor	Jan 25, 1967
19	The Modoc Kid	Feb 1, 1967
20	The Gauntlet	Feb 8, 1967
21	Without Mercy	Feb 15, 1967
22	Melanie	Feb 22, 1967
23	Doctor Pat	Mar 1, 1967
24	Nightmare at Fort Killman	Mar 8, 1967
25	Bitter Harvest	Mar 15, 1967
26	A Welcoming Town	Mar 22, 1967
27	The Girl on the Pinto	Mar 29, 1967
28	Lady of the House	Apr 5, 1967
29	The Strange Quest of Claire Bingham	Apr 12, 1967

Season 6

26 episodes • 1967

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Reckoning	Sep 13, 1967
2	The Deadly Past	Sep 20, 1967
3	The Lady From Witchita	Sep 27, 1967
4	Star Crossed	Oct 4, 1967
5	Johnny Moon	Oct 11, 1967
6	The Masquerade	Oct 18, 1967
7	Ah Sing vs. Wyoming	Oct 25, 1967
8	Bitter Autumn	Nov 1, 1967
9	A Bad Place to Die	Nov 8, 1967
10	Paid in Full	Nov 22, 1967
11	To Bear Witness	Nov 29, 1967
12	The Barren Ground	Dec 6, 1967
13	Execution at Triste	Dec 13, 1967
14	A Small Taste of Justice	Dec 20, 1967
15	The Fortress	Dec 27, 1967
16	The Death Wagon	Jan 3, 1968
17	Jed	Jan 10, 1968
18	With Help from Ulysses	Jan 17, 1968
19	The Gentle Tamers	Jan 24, 1968
20	The Good-Hearted Badman	Feb 7, 1968
21	The Hell Wind	Feb 14, 1968
22	The Crooked Path	Feb 21, 1968
23	Stacey	Feb 28, 1968
24	The Handy Man	Mar 6, 1968
25	The Decision	Mar 13, 1968
26	Seth	Mar 20, 1968

Season 7

26 episodes • 1968

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Saddle Warmer	Sep 18, 1968
2	Silver Image	Sep 25, 1968
3	The Orchard	Oct 2, 1968
4	A Vision of Blindness	Oct 9, 1968
5	The Wind of Outrage	Oct 16, 1968
6	Image of an Outlaw	Oct 23, 1968
7	The Heritage	Oct 30, 1968
8	Ride to Misadventure	Nov 6, 1968
9	The Storm Gate	Nov 13, 1968
10	The Dark Corridor	Nov 27, 1968
11	The Mustangers	Dec 4, 1968
12	Nora	Dec 11, 1968
13	Big Tiny	Dec 18, 1968
14	Stopover	Jan 8, 1969
15	Death Wait	Jan 15, 1969
16	Last Grave at Socorro Creek	Jan 22, 1969
17	Crime Wave at Buffalo Springs	Jan 29, 1969
18	The Price of Love	Feb 12, 1969
19	The Ordeal	Feb 19, 1969
20	The Land Dreamer	Feb 26, 1969
21	Eileen	Mar 5, 1969
22	Incident at Diablo Crossing	Mar 12, 1969
23	Storm Over Shiloh	Mar 19, 1969
24	The Girl in the Shadows	Mar 26, 1969
25	Fox, Hound, and the Widow McCloud	Apr 2, 1969
26	The Stranger	Apr 9, 1969

Season 8

24 episodes • 1969

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Long Ride Home	Sep 17, 1969
2	A Flash of Darkness	Sep 24, 1969
3	Halfway Back from Hell	Oct 1, 1969
4	The Power Seekers	Oct 8, 1969
5	The Family Man	Oct 15, 1969
6	The Runaway	Oct 22, 1969
7	A Love to Remember	Oct 29, 1969
8	The Substitute	Nov 5, 1969
9	The Bugler	Nov 19, 1969
10	Home to Methuselah	Nov 26, 1969
11	A Touch of Hands	Dec 3, 1969
12	Journey to Scathelock	Dec 10, 1969
13	A Woman of Stone	Dec 17, 1969
14	Black Jade	Dec 31, 1969
15	You Can Lead a Horse to Water	Jan 7, 1970
16	Nightmare	Jan 21, 1970
17	The Holocaust	Jan 28, 1970
18	Train of Darkness	Feb 4, 1970
19	A Time of Terror	Feb 11, 1970
20	No War for the Warrior	Feb 18, 1970
21	A King's Ransom	Feb 25, 1970
22	The Sins of the Fathers	Mar 4, 1970
23	Rich Man, Poor Man	Mar 11, 1970
24	Gift	Mar 18, 1970

Season 9

24 episodes • 1970

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The West vs. Colonel MacKenzie	Sep 16, 1970
2	The Best Man	Sep 23, 1970
3	Jenny	Sep 30, 1970
4	With Love, Bullets, and Valentines	Oct 7, 1970
5	The Mysterious Mr. Tate	Oct 14, 1970
6	Gun Quest	Oct 21, 1970
7	Crooked Corner	Oct 28, 1970
8	Lady at the Bar	Nov 4, 1970
9	The Price of the Hanging	Nov 11, 1970
10	Experiment at New Life	Nov 18, 1970
11	Follow the Leader	Dec 2, 1970
12	Last of the Comancheros	Dec 9, 1970
13	Hannah	Dec 30, 1970
14	Nan Allen	Jan 6, 1971
15	The Politician	Jan 13, 1971
16	The Animal	Jan 20, 1971
17	The Legacy of Spencer Flats	Jan 27, 1971
18	The Angus Killer	Feb 10, 1971
19	Flight from Memory	Feb 17, 1971
20	Tate, Ramrod	Feb 24, 1971
21	The Regimental Line	Mar 3, 1971
22	The Town Killer	Mar 10, 1971
23	Wolf Track	Mar 17, 1971
24	Jump-Up	Mar 24, 1971

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