The Range Rider

*The Range Rider*
The Range Rider
Genre	Western
Written by	Buckley Angell; Eric Freiwald; Oliver Drake; Orville H. Hampton; Lawrence Hazard; Edward Llewellyn; Joe Richardson; Arthur Rowe; Jack Townley;
Directed by	George Archainbaud; William A. Berke; Thomas Carr; John English; Wallace Fox; D. Ross Lederman; Frank McDonald; Don McDougall; Ray Nazarro;
Starring	Jock Mahoney; Dick Jones;
Opening theme	"Home on the Range"
Composers	Carl Cotner; Walter Greene;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	78
Production
Executive producers	Gene Autry; Louis Gray;
Producers	Hugh McCollum; Armand Schaefer;
Running time	30 mins. (approx)
Production company	Range Rider Productions
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	April 5, 1951 –; September 1, 1953
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The Range Rider is an American Western television series that was first broadcast in syndication from 1951 to 1952.^[1] A single lost episode surfaced and was broadcast in 1959.^{[citation needed]} In 1954, the BBC purchased rights to show the program in the UK .^[2] It was also shown in Melbourne, Australia, during the 1950s.^{[citation needed]} It was broadcast in Canada and in Rome (with dialog dubbed in Italian).^[3]

ABC ran the program on weekends in 1964-65.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Erickson, Hal (1989). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987'. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 98–99. ISBN 0-7864-1198-8.
^ "B. B. C. gets rights to 'Amos 'n' Andy': TV Series Will Start April 21 in Britain -- Group Also to Show 'Range Rider'". The New York Times. April 7, 1954. p. 47. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
^ Subotnik, Nadine (June 24, 1954). "The Old Range Rider Comes A Lopin' In To Have a Swim". The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved February 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[st-1] Erickson, Hal (1989). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987'. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 98–99. ISBN 0-7864-1198-8.

[2] "B. B. C. gets rights to 'Amos 'n' Andy': TV Series Will Start April 21 in Britain -- Group Also to Show 'Range Rider'". The New York Times. April 7, 1954. p. 47. Retrieved February 10, 2023.

[3] Subotnik, Nadine (June 24, 1954). "The Old Range Rider Comes A Lopin' In To Have a Swim". The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved February 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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