Series Description:

The Californians TV show was a 30 minute western action series on NBC about Dion Patrick who went out West seeking gold and found a town that was being run by a bunch of brutal crooks. He ended out becoming a reporter for the local newspaper and he also joined a group of men who had grown tired of the crooks who were running their town. They decided to fight for their city as vigilantes until formal and effective law enforcement reached the old West.

The Californians TV Show Cast:

Adam Kennedy ............... Dion Patrick (1957-1958)
Sean McClory ............... Jack McGivern (1957-1958)
Richard Coogan ............. Matthew Wayne (1958-1959)
Herbert Rudley ............. Sam Brennan (1957-1958)
Nan Leslie ................. Martha McGivern (1957-1958)
Howard Caine ............... Schaab (1957-1958)
Arthur Fleming ............. Jeremy Pitt (1958-1959)
Carole Matthews ............ Wilma Fansler (1958-1959)

The Californians Trivia:

The Californians TV show was set in San Francisco in the 1950s.

Most people probably don't remember Arthur Fleming in his role as Jeremy Pitt on The Californians TV show but many more are sure to remember him as Art Fleming, the first host of the Jeopardy TV game show! Art hosted the hit series from 1964 to 1975!

In the middle of the first season, Matthew Wayne arrived in San Francisco and was elected Sheriff. The two main members of the vigilantes, Patrick and McGivern were slowly phased out of the show and Wayne became the new main character.

By season 2 Wayne's job title had changed from Sheriff to City Marshal. He lead a fifty man police force and the emphasis was still on fighting the evil criminals who still felt that they should run the city. Wayne also got a love interest who was a widow who ran a gambling establishment.

The Californians began in the Tuesday night at 10PM time slot. That had it in competition with CBS's amazingly popular game show, "The $64,000 Question". In March it was moved to 9PM but that put it in competition with another highly-rated CBS game show, "To Tell the Truth". The new slot may have been worse than its original slot because it initially followed one of NBC's best shows, "Love That Bob".

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The First Season

The Vigilantes Begin (9/24/1957)
All That Glitters (10/1/1957)
The Noose (10/8/1957)
The Avenger (10/15/1957)
The Search for Lucy Manning (10/22/1957)
The Lost Queue (10/29/1957)
The Regulators (11/5/1957)
Man from Boston (11/12/1957)
The Barber's Boy (11/19/1957)
The Magic Box (11/26/1957)
Little Lost Man (12/3/1957)
Strange Quarantine (12/10/1957)
Truce of the Tree (12/17/1957)
The PO 8 (12/31/1957)
The Coward (1/7/1958)
Panic on Montgomery Street (1/14/1958)
China Doll (1/21/1958)
Mr. Valejo (1/28/1958)
The Alice Pritchard Case (2/4/1958)
The Man from Paris (2/11/1958)
The Duel (2/18/1958)
Sorley Boy (2/25/1958)
Gentleman from Philadelphia (3/4/1958)
The Marshal (3/11/1958)
Death by Proxy (3/18/1958)
The Street (3/25/1958)
J. Jimmerson Jones, Inc. (4/1/1958)
Skeleton in the Closet (4/8/1958)
Pipeline (4/22/1958)
The Foundling (4/29/1958)
Second Trial (5/6/1958)
The Inner Circle (5/13/1958)
The Golden Bride (5/20/1958)
Murietta (5/27/1958)
Shanghai Queen (6/3/1958)
Bridal Bouquet (6/10/1958)
Golden Grapes (6/17/1958)

The Second Season

Dishonor for Matt Wayne (9/23/1958)
Mutineers from Hell (9/30/1958)
Lola Montez (10/7/1958)
A Girl Named Sam (10/14/1958)
The Salted Gold Mine (10/21/1958)
Overland Mail (10/28/1958)
Prince of Thieves (11/11/1958)
Hangtown (11/18/1958)
Dangerous Journey (11/25/1958)
Halfway House (12/2/1958)
The Painless Extractionist (12/9/1958)
Old Sea Dog (12/16/1958)
The Long Night (12/23/1958)
The Man Who Owned San Francisco (12/30/1958)
The First Gold Brick (1/6/1959)
The Painted Lady (1/13/1959)
Bella Union (1/20/1959)
Crimps' Meat (1/27/1959)
Corpus Delicti (2/3/1959)
A Turn in the Trail (2/17/1959)
Wolf's Head (2/24/1959)
Cat's Paw (3/3/1959)
Gold-Tooth Charlie (3/10/1959)
Stampede at Misery Flats (3/17/1959)
Guns for King Joseph (3/24/1959)
Deadly Tintype (3/31/1959)
A Hundred Barrels (4/21/1959)
The Fugitive (4/28/1959)
The Fur Story (5/5/1959)
One Ton of Peppercorns (5/12/1959)
The Bell Tolls (5/19/1959)
An Act of Faith (5/26/1959)

Series Description:

The Californians TV Show Cast:

The Californians Trivia:

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The First Season

The Second Season

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