The Californians (TV series)

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The Californians
Adam Kennedy as Dion Patrick with Maria Tsien.
Starring	Richard Coogan Art Fleming Herbert Rudley Sean McClory Adam Kennedy Carole Mathews
Theme music composer	Harry Warren Harold Adamson
Opening theme	"I've Come to California"
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	69
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	California Film Enterprises Louis F. Edelman Enterprises
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Black and white
Original release	September 24, 1957 (63 years ago) (1957-09-24) – May 26, 1959 (62 years ago) (1959-05-26)

The Californians is a half-hour Western television series, set during the San Francisco gold rush of the 1850s, which was broadcast by NBC from September 24, 1957, to May 26, 1959, for 69 episodes.^{[citation needed]}

Cast[]

Adam Kennedy starred in the first year in early episodes as Dion Patrick, an Irish newspaperman who helps the local vigilante committee. Season one episodes also featured Sean McClory as store owner Jack McGivern, who headed the vigilante committee and as his wife, Martha McGivern. Early season one episodes featured Herbert Rudley as newspaper editor Sam Brennan but Jack McGivern later took over the newspaper. Due to sagging ratings, Richard Coogan was brought in in later season one episodes; his introduction boosted ratings, and led to the departure of Kennedy and McCrory. In season two, Coogan stars as Matthew Wayne, a sheriff and then marshal who organizes the city police, courts a young widow, Wilma Fansler, portrayed by Carole Mathews, and clashes with an ambitious attorney, Jeremy Pitt, played by Art Fleming, later the original host of Jeopardy!. At the end of season two, Matt departs when the vigilante committee becomes active again, and the last episode has James Coburn as Matt's cousin, Anthony "(Pittsburgh)" Wayne, taking over as deputy marshal and series lead; however, the show was not renewed for a third season.^{[citation needed]}

Episode list[]

• Nº = Overall episode number
• Ep = Episode number by season

Season 1: 1957–58[]

Season 2: 1958–59[]

Guest actors[]

Production notes[]

The Californians theme song was composed by Harry Warren, with lyrics by Harold Adamson, entitled "I've Come to California". Ken Darby, of the Ken Darby Singers, did some of the musical composition for the series.^{[citation needed]}

The Californians had competition from The West Point Story, which was broadcast by the American Broadcasting Company, and The $64,000 Question by CBS. In its second season, the western competed with The Garry Moore Show on CBS and the crime/police reality show Confession, hosted by , on ABC.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• The Californians at IMDb