CBS was looking for another Western to complement Gunsmoke, if not also Wild, Wild West, and they thought they had it with Cimarron Strip. Unfortunately, not enough viewers seemed to agree.
Cimarron Strip, at 90 minutes, matched the length of NBC's The Virginian, which had a 5 year head start, but not the fan base. Stuart Whitman starred as Marshal Jim Crown, who had a lot more ground to cover, shall we say, than Matt Dillon (James Arness) did on Gunsmoke. Four years after the series' original premiere, CBS brought the show back to fill time during the season, and that's where I first ran across Cimarron Strip, a show that may actually have been before its time.
Here's the open:
Rating: A.
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