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What city is Landman based on? The show names it outright — the cameras were 300 miles away
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What city is Landman based on? The show names it outright — the cameras were 300 miles away
What city is Landman based on? The show names it outright — the cameras were 300 miles away
Landman is unusually specific about where it happens — the city is named, the oil company is headquartered there, the geography is real. The production never went anywhere near it.
Why was Gunsmoke filmed in black and white? The switch to colour came in the same season CBS nearly cancelled it
Why was Gunsmoke filmed in black and white? The switch to colour came in the same season CBS nearly cancelled it
Gunsmoke shot more than 400 episodes in monochrome before CBS paid for color film, and the color arrived in the same season the network decided to kill the show. Here's what kept it black and white, and what the upgrade actually changed.
Where did the term hell on wheels come from? The AMC series borrowed a phrase already 140 years old
Where did the term hell on wheels come from? The AMC series borrowed a phrase already 140 years old
AMC named a five-season Western after a phrase that was already doing heavy work in American print before a single rail was laid across Nebraska. Here's where it came from, and why the man usually credited with coining it didn't.
How did Festus from Gunsmoke die? Ken Curtis spent his last day at a rodeo
How did Festus from Gunsmoke die? Ken Curtis spent his last day at a rodeo
Ken Curtis played Festus Haggen for eleven years and 304 episodes, more than any other deputy Matt Dillon ever had. Here's how his last weekend went, and where that voice actually came from.
What happened to Nate in Euphoria? Sam Levinson says he settled Nate's season 3 fate before filming began
What happened to Nate in Euphoria? Sam Levinson says he settled Nate's season 3 fate before filming began
Euphoria's final season gave Nate Jacobs an exit that took six weeks to shoot and a live snake to finish. Here's what the show did with him, and why Sam Levinson says the decision was locked before anyone stepped on set.
2026 MTV VMAs add presenters Teyana Taylor and Charli XCX
2026 MTV VMAs add presenters Teyana Taylor and Charli XCX
The 2026 MTV VMAs just bulked up its presenters slate, with another batch of names you’ll want to see onstage.
Hell on Wheels: what happens to Mickey? Phil Burke says everyone expected him to die in season one
Hell on Wheels: what happens to Mickey? Phil Burke says everyone expected him to die in season one
AMC's railroad western killed off most of its cast over five seasons. The Irish saloon keeper everyone expected to go first is still standing in the final scene, and the actor knows exactly how unlikely that was.
Ransom Canyon: what did Kit do? Even his own brother had the wrong idea
Ransom Canyon: what did Kit do? Even his own brother had the wrong idea
Netflix's Texas western spent a season pointing at Kit Russell for a death he didn't cause. Here's what he really did that night, what he let everyone believe, and how his younger brother read it exactly wrong.
How much of Hell on Wheels is true? Thomas Durant was real — the rest needs sorting character by character
How much of Hell on Wheels is true? Thomas Durant was real — the rest needs sorting character by character
AMC's railroad western built five seasons around one genuinely historical figure and invented nearly everyone standing next to him. Here's how the cast of Hell on Wheels lines up against the record of the Union Pacific, character by character, and which liberties the Gayton brothers took with the parts that were real.
Who killed Randall in Ransom Canyon? It wasn't the man the sheriff arrested
Who killed Randall in Ransom Canyon? It wasn't the man the sheriff arrested
The crash that opens episode 1 of Netflix's neo-Western is filed as a single-vehicle accident, and Staten Kirkland spends the season proving otherwise. How the investigation actually resolves, why the first arrest doesn't hold, and what season 2 does with it.
Why was Lonesome Dove banned? The Texas lawmaker who raised the idea admitted he hadn't read the book
Why was Lonesome Dove banned? The Texas lawmaker who raised the idea admitted he hadn't read the book
A Pulitzer winner and a Texas institution, Lonesome Dove spent a stretch of 2023 as the most discussed book in the state legislature. The reason involves a bill hearing, a keyword search, and a novel nobody in the room had read.
In Gunsmoke, who did Matt Dillon marry? The full picture takes in the TV movies as well as the series
In Gunsmoke, who did Matt Dillon marry? The full picture takes in the TV movies as well as the series
Twenty years of Gunsmoke, five TV movies, and one of the most-asked questions in classic Western television. Here's what the series, the films, and James Arness himself established about Matt Dillon's love life — and the one episode that changed the answer permanently.
What state was Gunsmoke filmed in? Dodge City stood on a studio backlot — the open-range scenes were shot in other states
What state was Gunsmoke filmed in? Dodge City stood on a studio backlot — the open-range scenes were shot in other states
What state was Gunsmoke filmed in? The truth behind TV's longest-running Western — where Dodge City actually stood, which landscapes played the Kansas prairie, and what's left of those sets today.
Where was Ransom Canyon filmed? The Texas ranch country was recreated in Minka Kelly's own hometown
Where was Ransom Canyon filmed? The Texas ranch country was recreated in Minka Kelly's own hometown
Ransom Canyon is set in Texas Hill Country, but Netflix shot the series in New Mexico — primarily in and around Albuquerque, the city where star Minka Kelly grew up. A rundown of the real ranches, lavender farms, and turn-of-the-century towns standing in for Texas, plus what the production meant for the state and for its leading lady.
How many seasons and episodes of Hell on Wheels are there? The full count
How many seasons and episodes of Hell on Wheels are there? The full count
A complete accounting of Hell on Wheels for anyone sizing up the watch: how many seasons and episodes AMC's railroad Western ran, the exact dates for each stretch, and the scheduling quirk that spread its final season across two calendar years.
Why did Gunsmoke end abruptly? The cast read about it in the papers — the reasons behind CBS's call
Why did Gunsmoke end abruptly? The cast read about it in the papers — the reasons behind CBS's call
Gunsmoke was still pulling top-30 ratings when CBS ended it in 1975, and the network managed the exit so quietly that the people making the show read about it in the trade papers. Here's what was behind the decision, and how close it came to happening eight years earlier.
Who is Reacher based on? Lee Child's explanation — starting in a supermarket aisle
Who is Reacher based on? Lee Child's explanation — starting in a supermarket aisle
Lee Child has told the story of Jack Reacher's origins many times, and it involves a lost TV job, a Bible villain he always rooted for, and a joke his wife made in an English supermarket. Here's who the character is actually based on, in the author's own words.
Who killed Ezra in Hell on Wheels? The boy had already outlived the man who murdered his parents
Who killed Ezra in Hell on Wheels? The boy had already outlived the man who murdered his parents
One of Hell on Wheels' most jarring deaths happens to a character who had already survived the worst the show could throw at him. Here's who was responsible for what happened to Ezra Dutson, how the town answered it, and why the storyline still bothers fans of the AMC western.
When did Godless take place? The year, and the mining disaster that emptied La Belle of men
When did Godless take place? The year, and the mining disaster that emptied La Belle of men
Godless compresses its whole Western into one town, one gang, and one very specific moment in frontier history. When Scott Frank's Netflix miniseries takes place, what the La Belle mining disaster did to the town, and how much of it is drawn from real New Mexico.
How long is the Lonesome Dove miniseries? Here's the full runtime
How long is the Lonesome Dove miniseries? Here's the full runtime
The Lonesome Dove miniseries runs 384 minutes — about six and a half hours split across four feature-length parts. This guide breaks the runtime down night by night, explains how CBS originally scheduled it in February 1989, and covers how much more television is waiting if you continue into the sequels and prequels.
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