Forgotten TV: Overland Trail (1960)

Revue's Overland Trail was a winter replacement series that spent four months on the air (February-June 1960), and it could be argued that if Westerns weren't glutting the schedule, it could've stuck around.

Instead, it was a formulaic entry from Revue, built around William Bendix (ex-The Life of Riley) and Doug McClure (pre-Virginian), and a fictionalized version of the Overland stagecoach. Seen one, seen just about all.

Edit, 2/7/24: Had to change the video. Here's "First Stage to Denver":

So why did it fail? Sundays, airing opposite Disney, Lassie, & Dennis The Menace. Enough said.

Rating: B.