I've just binge-watched all 23 episodes on YouTube and generally enjoyed them, especially identifying guests stars such as Royal Dano, Philip Carey, David Carradine etc.Stuart Whitman was fine in the lead role, but I wasn't so sure about the other three regulars.
The 23 (90 minute) episodes of the CBS television western "Cimarron Strip" were originally broadcast during the 1967-68 television season, running from 7:30PM to 9PM on Thursday nights. In 1967 a 90-minute time slot seemed reasonable as "The Virginian" (1962-1971) had enjoyed considerable success with this expanded running length; 248 episodes in total.
For my money no other western achieved as much as this show. Each show without commercials ran one hour and seventeen minutes.
The theme song for this show still gets me, magnificent arrangement and orchestration.
I recently discovered this show in reruns on Encore Westerns. I honestly never saw this show in its first run, and don't know how I missed it.
What is with these people who give such wonderful reviews of this show.? I became a viewer with high expectations having seen Stuart Whitman in big budget westerns such as Commancheros with John Wayne.
The short lived television series "Cimarron Strip" lasted one season on the air and it was originally broadcast in prime time on Thursday nights for the 1967-1968 season running 90 minutes in length(including commercials) and had some strong competition. "Cimarron Strip" went up against ABC's "Batman", "The Flying Nun", and "Bewitched" and it went up against NBC's "Daniel Boone", and "Ironside".
When Cimarron Strip first aired I was a young girl of 14. The theme music was wonderful.
