Just finished the Colt .45 complete series, now bring on The Alaskans this coming summer. I'll be making a purchase and will be waiting for it and watching all 37!
The sponsor billboard for Beech-Nut gum came after the end credits, a PSA, and the WB shield fanfare w/in-text credit and announcement, "THIS HAS BEEN AN ABC TELEVISION NETWORK PRESENTATION". You can find it on YouTube.
Then give us Temple Houston starring Jeffrey Hunter and Jack Elam. Jack Webb sold it to NBC, and low ratings of this series cost him his job as executive producer as Bill Orr came back to helm the final five of 26 episodes! The show ran the gamut from straight legal drama to comedy ala Maverick.
It was never renewed for a fourth season by ABC, Chris Colt's guns and holster were gathering dust in an office scene of a Maverick episode "Hadley's Hunters".
Let me see, season two had just 13 episodes due to Wayde Preston having labor issues with Warners, but about the same time, ABC brought back Tombstone Territory from Ziv for a 13-episode run, too! Colt.45 was renewed for a third and final season, Tombstone Territory wasn't renewed, but went into...
BTW, Bert Shefter wrote the original theme tune in season one, and the Hopper/Heyes composition replaced it midway through season one for the end credits.
I've watched six episodes so far with 61 more to go. I also play Super Mario RPG on Nintendo Switch, and I could imagine Chris Colt offering to sell a pair of Colt.45s to Mario to aid in the battles all the way to Smithy. The plumber would be one dude you wouldn't want to mess with!
It was Hal Hopper, presumably multi-tracking his vocals w/echo delay
He and Douglas Heyes wrote the theme song. Should get it now by Saturday from Amazon.
Wouldn't mind seeing Cheyenne, Maverick, Sugarfoot, Bronco, and Lawman on BD. Maybe The Dakotas, Temple Houston, F Troop, and those of MGM-TV origin, The Travels of Jamie Mc Pheetres, A Man Called Shenandoah, and Hondo would all benefit from remastering on BD!
Jefferson Drum? That was a Goodson-Todman/Screen Gems production (Sony). I'd like to see Temple Houston be released, The Travels of Jamie McPheeters (MGM/Turner), The Rounders, same as TOJMcP, and those detective shows!