Networks Like ABC & NBC Are Trying to Bring Back The Western...Is It Welcome Back??? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 09-02-2011, 12:04 AM

Ron Moore is going from space to the Old West.

The Battlestar Galactica executive producer and Caprica writer Matt Roberts have sold a Western drama, Hangtown, to ABC.

From Sony Pictures Television, Moore will produce the project – described as a Western with procedural elements that takes place in a frontier town in the early 1900s grappling with the development of the railroad.

The potential series would revolve around the Marshal who solves crimes by instinct; an East Cost crime-solving doctor who relies on emerging forensics; and a young woman who writes about crime in the Wild West.

Westerns continue to be a hot property of late, with Friday Night Lights duo Peter Berg and Liz Heldens selling a Western project told from a female point of view to NBC; ABC has David Zabel’s Gunslinger and James Mangold’s Ralph Lamb is at CBS.

AMC also has its upcoming Western Hell On Wheels, set during the building of Union Pacific Railroad in the 1860s, with Gateway at TNT.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...e-sells-229357

TVFactFan · 09-02-2011, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Ron Moore is going from space to the Old West.

The Battlestar Galactica executive producer and Caprica writer Matt Roberts have sold a Western drama, Hangtown, to ABC.

From Sony Pictures Television, Moore will produce the project – described as a Western with procedural elements that takes place in a frontier town in the early 1900s grappling with the development of the railroad.

The potential series would revolve around the Marshal who solves crimes by instinct; an East Cost crime-solving doctor who relies on emerging forensics; and a young woman who writes about crime in the Wild West.

Westerns continue to be a hot property of late, with Friday Night Lights duo Peter Berg and Liz Heldens selling a Western project told from a female point of view to NBC; ABC has David Zabel’s Gunslinger and James Mangold’s Ralph Lamb is at CBS.

AMC also has its upcoming Western Hell On Wheels, set during the building of Union Pacific Railroad in the 1860s, with Gateway at TNT.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...e-sells-229357

No way a western grabs a fan base in 2011

Brian Damage · 09-02-2011, 10:13 PM

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No way a western grabs a fan base in 2011

Why not Sol?

TVFactFan · 09-02-2011, 10:15 PM

[QUOTE=Brian Damage]Why not Sol?[/QUOTE

I don't see how it fits in primetime today with so many other channels.

Brian Damage · 09-02-2011, 10:47 PM

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Why not Sol?[/QUOTE

I don't see how it fits in primetime today with so many other channels.

ABC, NBC, AMC & TNT are all banking that you are wrong lol

TVFactFan · 09-02-2011, 10:52 PM

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ABC, NBC, AMC & TNT are all banking that you are wrong lol

It will probably work on cable not on Network TV.

Brian Damage · 09-02-2011, 10:57 PM

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It will probably work on cable not on Network TV.

That I agree with!

Jaqui-Michel · 09-02-2011, 11:05 PM

Didn't USA Network try this about 5 years ago with Peacemakers? I can't see today's audience watching a western every week. I would think a western today would have to be similar to Deadwood and not in the Dr. Quinn mode.

tiredmike59 · 09-03-2011, 01:40 AM

I am a big fan of the tv westerns of the 1950s-1960s.
I tried to sit thru one of those western mini-series from the 90s,
the writing was bad,the acting was awful,even the horses kept
staring at the camera.

Mr. Television · 09-03-2011, 06:05 AM

I for one am looking forward to the return of the western. It beats all this reality crap that the networks try to cram down our throats.

Brian Damage · 09-03-2011, 06:07 AM

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I for one am looking forward to the return of the western. It beats all this reality crap that the networks try to cram down our throats.

Well said Sonny!

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Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,108	Networks Like ABC & NBC Are Trying to Bring Back The Western...Is It Welcome Back??? Ron Moore is going from space to the Old West. The Battlestar Galactica executive producer and Caprica writer Matt Roberts have sold a Western drama, Hangtown, to ABC. From Sony Pictures Television, Moore will produce the project – described as a Western with procedural elements that takes place in a frontier town in the early 1900s grappling with the development of the railroad. The potential series would revolve around the Marshal who solves crimes by instinct; an East Cost crime-solving doctor who relies on emerging forensics; and a young woman who writes about crime in the Wild West. Westerns continue to be a hot property of late, with Friday Night Lights duo Peter Berg and Liz Heldens selling a Western project told from a female point of view to NBC; ABC has David Zabel’s Gunslinger and James Mangold’s Ralph Lamb is at CBS. AMC also has its upcoming Western Hell On Wheels, set during the building of Union Pacific Railroad in the 1860s, with Gateway at TNT. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...e-sells-229357
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Jaqui-Michel Brick City Citizen Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 22, 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 355	Didn't USA Network try this about 5 years ago with Peacemakers? I can't see today's audience watching a western every week. I would think a western today would have to be similar to Deadwood and not in the Dr. Quinn mode.
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TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 98,971	[QUOTE=Brian Damage]Why not Sol?[/QUOTE I don't see how it fits in primetime today with so many other channels.

09-03-2011, 01:40 AM	#9
tiredmike59 Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 05, 2010 Location: OUTLAW STATE {MO} Posts: 1,868	I am a big fan of the tv westerns of the 1950s-1960s. I tried to sit thru one of those western mini-series from the 90s, the writing was bad,the acting was awful,even the horses kept staring at the camera.