The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.
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Robert Conrad
James T. West
Ross Martin
Artemus Gordon
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28 episodes • 1965Avg: 7.6Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Night of the Inferno | Sep 17, 1965 | 7.0 |
| 2 | The Night of the Deadly Bed | Sep 24, 1965 | 7.0 |
| 3 | The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth | Oct 1, 1965 | 7.0 |
| 4 | The Night of Sudden Death | Oct 8, 1965 | 8.0 |
| 5 | The Night of the Casual Killer | Oct 15, 1965 | 8.0 |
| 6 | The Night of a Thousand Eyes | Oct 22, 1965 | 4.5 |
| 7 | The Night of the Glowing Corpse | Oct 29, 1965 | 8.0 |
| 8 | The Night of the Dancing Death | Nov 5, 1965 | 8.0 |
| 9 | The Night of the Double-Edged Knife | Nov 12, 1965 | 8.0 |
| 10 | The Night That Terror Stalked the Town | Nov 19, 1965 | 8.0 |
| 11 | The Night of the Red-Eyed Madmen | Nov 26, 1965 | 8.0 |
| 12 | The Night of the Human Trigger | Dec 3, 1965 | 8.0 |
| 13 | The Night of the Torture Chamber | Dec 10, 1965 | 8.0 |
| 14 | The Night of the Howling Light | Dec 17, 1965 | 8.0 |
| 15 | The Night of the Fatal Trap | Dec 24, 1965 | 8.0 |
| 16 | The Night of the Steel Assassin | Jan 7, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 17 | The Night the Dragon Screamed | Jan 14, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 18 | The Night of the Flaming Ghost | Jan 21, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 19 | The Night of the Grand Emir | Jan 28, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 20 | The Night of the Whirring Death | Feb 18, 1966 | 4.5 |
| 21 | The Night of the Puppeteer | Feb 25, 1965 | 8.0 |
| 22 | The Night of the Bars of Hell | Mar 4, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 23 | The Night of the Two-Legged Buffalo | Mar 11, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 24 | The Night of the Druid's Blood | Mar 25, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 25 | The Night of the Freebooters | Apr 1, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 26 | The Night of the Burning Diamond | Apr 8, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 27 | The Night of the Murderous Spring | Apr 15, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 28 | The Night of the Sudden Plague | Apr 22, 1966 | 8.0 |
28 episodes • 1966Avg: 7.2Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Night of the Eccentrics | Sep 16, 1966 | 7.0 |
| 2 | The Night of the Golden Cobra | Sep 23, 1966 | 6.0 |
| 3 | The Night of the Raven | Sep 30, 1966 | 7.0 |
| 4 | The Night of the Big Blast | Oct 7, 1966 | 5.0 |
| 5 | The Night of the Returning Dead | Oct 14, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 6 | The Night of the Flying Pie Plate | Oct 21, 1966 | 5.0 |
| 7 | The Night of the Poisonous Posey | Oct 28, 1966 | 7.0 |
| 8 | The Night of the Bottomless Pit | Nov 4, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 9 | The Night of the Watery Death | Nov 11, 1966 | 7.0 |
| 10 | The Night of the Green Terror | Nov 18, 1966 | 7.0 |
| 11 | The Night of the Ready-Made Corpse | Nov 25, 1966 | 6.5 |
| 12 | The Night of the Man-Eating House | Dec 12, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 13 | The Night of the Skulls | Dec 16, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 14 | The Night of the Infernal Machine | Dec 23, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 15 | The Night of the Lord of Limbo | Dec 30, 1966 | 8.0 |
| 16 | The Night of the Tottering Tontine | Jan 6, 1967 | 7.5 |
| 17 | The Night of the Feathered Fury | Jan 13, 1967 | 7.0 |
| 18 | The Night of the Gypsy Peril | Jan 20, 1967 | 4.5 |
| 19 | The Night of the Tartar | Feb 3, 1967 | 8.0 |
| 20 | The Night of the Vicious Valentine | Feb 10, 1967 | 8.0 |
| 21 | The Night of the Brain | Feb 17, 1967 | 8.0 |
| 22 | The Night of the Deadly Bubble | Feb 24, 1967 | 8.0 |
| 23 | The Night of the Surreal McCoy | Mar 3, 1967 | 8.0 |
| 24 | The Night of the Colonel's Ghost | Mar 10, 1967 | 7.0 |
| 25 | The Night of the Deadly Blossom | Mar 17, 1967 | 7.0 |
| 26 | The Night of the Cadre | Mar 24, 1967 | 8.0 |
| 27 | The Night of the Wolf | Mar 31, 1967 | 7.0 |
| 28 | The Night of the Bogus Bandits | Apr 7, 1967 | 8.0 |
24 episodes • 1967Avg: 7.1
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Night of the Bubbling Death | Sep 8, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Night of the Firebrand | Sep 15, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Night of the Assassin | Sep 22, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Night Dr. Loveless Died | Sep 29, 1967 | 9.5 |
| 5 | The Night of the Jack O'Diamonds | Oct 6, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Night of the Samurai | Oct 13, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Night of the Hangman | Oct 20, 1967 | 7.0 |
| 8 | The Night of Montezuma's Hordes | Oct 27, 1967 | 6.0 |
| 9 | The Night of the Circus of Death | Nov 3, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Night of the Falcon | Nov 10, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Night of the Cut-throats | Nov 17, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Night of the Legion of Death | Nov 24, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Night of the Turncoat | Dec 1, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Night of the Iron Fist | Dec 8, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Night of the Running Death | Dec 15, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Night of the Arrow | Dec 29, 1967 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Night of the Headless Woman | Jan 5, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Night of the Vipers | Jan 12, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Night of the Underground Terror | Jan 19, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Night of the Death Masks | Jan 26, 1968 | 6.0 |
| 21 | The Night of the Undead | Feb 2, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Night of the Amnesiac | Feb 9, 1968 | 7.0 |
| 23 | The Night of the Simian Terror | Feb 16, 1968 | 7.0 |
| 24 | The Night of the Death Maker | Feb 23, 1968 | 0.0 |
24 episodes • 1968Avg: 6.4Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Night of the Big Blackmail | Sep 27, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Night of the Doomsday Formula | Oct 4, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Night of the Juggernaut | Oct 11, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Night of the Sedgewick Curse | Oct 18, 1968 | 6.0 |
| 5 | The Night of the Gruesome Games | Oct 25, 1968 | 7.0 |
| 6 | The Night of the Kraken | Nov 1, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Night of the Fugitives | Nov 8, 1968 | 6.0 |
| 8 | The Night of the Egyptian Queen | Nov 15, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Night of Fire and Brimstone | Nov 22, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Night of the Camera | Nov 29, 1968 | 7.0 |
| 11 | The Night of the Avaricious Actuary | Dec 6, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Night of Miguelito's Revenge | Dec 13, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Night of the Pelican | Dec 26, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Night of the Spanish Curse | Jan 3, 1969 | 6.0 |
| 15 | The Night of the Winged Terror (1) | Jan 17, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Night of the Winged Terror (2) | Jan 24, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Night of the Sabatini Death | Feb 7, 1969 | 7.0 |
| 18 | The Night of the Janus | Feb 14, 1969 | 6.0 |
| 19 | The Night of the Pistoleros | Feb 21, 1969 | 6.0 |
| 20 | The Night of the Diva | Mar 7, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Night of the Bleak Island | Mar 14, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Night of the Cossacks | Mar 21, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Night of the Plague | Apr 4, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 24 | The Night of the Tycoons | Apr 11, 1969 | 0.0 |
