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The Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West is an American science fiction western television series that ran on the CBS television network for four seasons from September 17, 1965 to April 11, 1969. Two television films were made with the original cast in 1979 and 1980 and the series was adapted for a theatrical film in 1999.
Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set
since their original airing on network television; among the classic series it aired were "The Little Rascals", "", "", "Battlestar Galactica", "", "Night Gallery", "The Wild Wild West" and "McHale's Navy". For a time, the station carried ABC shows that were preempted by WPTA (channel 21), which usually included shows that were part of the "ABC Late Night" block.
In January 1978, just one month after it signed on