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Created by
  
Robert Moloney

Final episode date
  
18 June 1994

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Genre
  
Western/Comedy-drama

First episode date
  
25 September 1993

Network
  
CBS

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Written by
  
Robert Moloney David Debin

Directed by
  
James Hayman Bill D'Elia

Starring
  
Beau Bridges Lloyd Bridges Harley Jane Kozak Sean Murray Meghann Haldeman Talisa Soto Nathan Watt Dennis Fimple Stephen Root

Opening theme
  
"In a Laid Back Way" performed by Clint Black

Cast
  
Sean Murray, Beau Bridges, Lloyd Bridges, Harley Jane Kozak, Talisa Soto

Harts of the West is an American Western/comedy–drama series starring Beau Bridges and his father, Lloyd Bridges, set on a dude ranch in Nevada. The series aired on CBS from September 1993, to June 1994.

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Synopsis

In the story line, Dave Hart (Beau Bridges), sustains a heart attack. He leaves his job as an underwear salesman and heads with his family to the fictitious Sholo, Nevada in the American West. There, Dave tries to revive the defunct Flying Tumbleweed Dude Ranch, where Jake Terrel, played by Lloyd Bridges, had worked years earlier. The 15-episode series ran from September 25, 1993, to January 29, 1994, and again from June 4–June 18, 1994.

Cast members include Harley Jane Kozak as Alison Hart, Dave's wife; Meghann Haldeman as their teen-aged daughter, L'Amour; Sean Murray as their son, Zane Grey Hart; Nathan Watt as their son, John Wayne Hart, known as "Duke"; Saginaw Grant as Augie, an Indian storekeeper; O-Lan Jones as waitress Rose McLaughlin; Sterling Macer, Jr., as Marcus St. Cloud, an African American lawyer who wants to be a cowboy; R.O. Moon as the sheriff; Stephen Root as R.O.; Talisa Soto as Augie's granddaughter, Cassie Velasquez; and Dennis Fimple as Garral.

Episode list

Series episodes include:

  • "The Right Stuff" (Guest stars O'Neal Compton and Mark Harmon)
  • "Guess Who's Coming to Chow" (Guest star Diane Ladd)
  • "Dead Man's Leap"
  • "Goodnight, Irene"
  • "Cowboyz in the Hood"
  • "Augie's End"
  • "Jake's Brother" and "Home Alone" (Guest star Dale Robertson)
  • "Ghost Run" (Guest star Betty Garrett)
  • "You Got to Have Heart" (Guest star Robert Pine)
  • "Heart's Vacation" (January 29, 1994, end of initial run)
  • "Back in the Panties Again"
  • "Drive, He Said"
  • "Jake's and Duke's Excellent Adventure" (series finale)

    • Awards and nominations

    Three actors on Harts of the West were nominated for Young Artist Awards in 1994: Nathan Watt, "Best Actor under Ten" in a television series; Sean Murray, "Best Youth Actor Leading Role", and Meghann Haldeman, "Best Youth Actress Leading Role".

    DVD release

    In 2005, the complete series was released on Region 1 DVD in the United States by Tango Entertainment.

    References

    Harts of the West Wikipedia
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