The Roy Rogers Show

For the radio program of the same name, see The Roy Rogers Show (radio program).

The Roy Rogers Show
Genre	Western Action/Adventure Comedy
Directed by	George Blair John English Leslie H. Martinson Don McDougall Christian Nyby Robert G. Walker
Starring	Roy Rogers Dale Evans Pat Brady Trigger, the Golden Palomino Bullet, the Wonder Dog
Ending theme	"Happy Trails"
Composer(s)	Lou Bring Nat Farber Frank Worth
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	100 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Larry Kent Jack Lacey Roy Rogers Arthur Rush
Producer(s)	Bob Henry Jack Lacey
Cinematography	Joe Novak
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	December 30, 1951 – June 9, 1957
External links
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The Roy Rogers Show is an American Western television series that broadcast 100 episodes on NBC for six seasons between December 30, 1951 and June 9, 1957. The show starred Roy Rogers as a ranch owner, Dale Evans as the proprietress of the Eureka Cafe in fictional Mineral City, and Pat Brady as Roy’s sidekick and Dale's cook. Brady's jeep Nellybelle had a mind of her own and often sped away driverless with Brady in frantic pursuit on foot. The Jeep was first called LuLubelle in the 1952 series. Animal stars were Roy's Palomino horse, Trigger, and his German Shepherd wonder dog, Bullet.

Plot

Like Rogers’s and many other Western films of the 1930s, the series featured traditional cowboys and cowgirls riding horses and carrying six-shooters in a contemporary setting where they coexisted with automobiles, telephones, and electric lighting. No attempt was made in the scripts to explain or justify this strange blend of 19th-century characters with 20th-century technology. Typical episodes followed the stars as they rescued the weak and helpless from the clutches of dishonest lawmen, claim jumpers, rustlers, and other "bad guys."

Production

Interior shots for the show were filmed at the Samuel Goldwyn Studio, with much of the outdoor action footage filmed on the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California The program was originally sponsored by General Foods (Post Cereals and Jell-O). The show's theme song, “Happy Trails”, was written by Dale Evans and sung over the end credits by Rogers and Evans.

The show received an Emmy nomination in 1955 for Best Western or Adventure Series, but it lost out to the syndicated Stories of the Century, an anthology series starring and narrated by Jim Davis. The series finished #27 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1951-1952 season and #30 for 1954-1955.

Beginning on January 7, 1961, CBS broadcast reruns of The Roy Rogers Show for three and a half seasons on Saturday mornings at 11:30am EST. Reruns also aired in France in 1962. Reruns are currently being aired on RFD-TV, which also sells T-shirts and plush toys of Trigger and Bullet. Reruns are also currently broadcast on Cozi TV and the local Christian television channel in Florida, "Good Life 45".

The show was merchandised for the juvenile market with comic books, playsets, western costumes, Roy Rogers Longbows, toys, and many other items.

External links

• The Roy Rogers Show at IMDb
• The Roy Rogers Show at TV.com
• The Roy Rogers Show at epguides.com
• The Roy Rogers Show at the Iverson Movie Ranch
• Iverson Movie Ranch: History, vintage photos.
• Behind-the-scenes production photos Collection of Stephen Lodge.