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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pogre" data-source="post: 1696814" data-attributes="member: 6588">I must disagree with your thesis here - someone said the 70's were the beginning of the end for the western and that seems about right.Here are the top ten TV shows in 1959:1. Gunsmoke CBS2. Wagon Train NBC3. Have Gun Will Travel CBS4. The Rifleman ABC5. The Danny Thomas Show CBS6. Maverick ABC7. Tales of Wells Fargo NBC8. The Real McCoys ABC9. I've Got A Secret CBS10. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp ABCHere are the top ten shows in 1969:1. Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In NBC 2. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. CBS 3. Bonanza NBC  4. Mayberry R.F.D. CBS 5. Family Affair CBS 6. Gunsmoke CBS 7. Julia NBC 8. The Dean Martin Show NBC 9. Here's Lucy CBS 10. The Beverly Hillbillies CBS Here are the top ten shows in 1979:1. Laverne & Shirley  ABC  2. Three's Company  ABC 3. Mork & Mindy  ABC 4. Happy Days (tie) ABC 4. The Ropers (tie)  ABC 6. What's Happening!! (tie) ABC 6. Alice (tie) CBS 8. M*A*S*H CBS 9. One Day at a Time (Monday) CBS 10. Taxi ABC Will the western come back? Probably not in the popularity it enjoyed in the 50's and 60's. I think it is interesting there was no shoot 'em up type shows in the top ten in 1979. I do agree folks got tired of the same formulas in entertainment.</blockquote>