“Rawhide”
Rawhide is a western TV series aired from 1959 to 1966 on CBS with 217 episodes. It marks the early rise of Clint Eastwood's career. It became the fourth longest American western TV series beaten by The Virginian, Bonanza, and Gunsmoke. It also starred Eric Fleming, Lon Chaney Jr., and other famous stars.
Rawhide is the story of Gil Favor, the trail boss of the cattle drive that is assisted by Rowdy Yates. Sometimes one of the members of the cattle drive or some would venture into a nearby town and encounter some trouble or other from which they needed to be rescued.
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“Brimstone”
Brimstone ran only from October 23, 1998 to February 12, 1999 with 13 episodes due to cancellation of the program. Peter Horton is Ezekiel Stone, an NYC police who was sent to hell due to the murder of his wife's rapist. After 15 years, 113 spirits escaped from hell. Stone will be returned to Earth to track down these 113 escapees, and if he can return all 113 to Hell he will earn a second chance at life on Earth. Both Stone and the escapees have superhuman powers. Because they are in fact dead, they cannot be killed or injured or even caused pain, except by themselves or by other escapees. He wears this tattoo that disappears when Stone sent back a soul to Hell. In the end of the series, Stone just sent back 12 spirits due to its cancellation.
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Where's Deadwood?
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