Rawhide is an American Western series that aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959 to September 3, 1965, before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14, 1965 until January 4, 1966, with a total of 217 black-and-white episodes. Starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood, the series was produced and sometimes directed by Charles Marquis Warren who also produced early episodes of Gunsmoke. Spanning seven and a half years, Rawhide was the fifth-longest-running American television Western, beaten only by eight years of Wagon Train, nine years of The... Virginian, fourteen years of Bonanza, and twenty years of Gunsmoke. Rawhide came to the Western Channel in January 2012. Set in the 1860s, Rawhide portrays the challenges faced by the men of a cattle drive. There are 20-25 riders looking after 3,000 head of cattle. Gil revealed this is about the maximum manageable size for a herd of cows. The cattle drive begins in San Antonio, Texas, and makes its way along the Sedalia Trail .
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| On the air: | January 9, 1959-December 7, 1965 |
| Number of seasons: | 8 |
| Network: | CBS |
| Producer: | Bruce Geller, Bernard Louis Kowalski |
| Genre: | Western |