The Monroes (1966 TV series)
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8.6/10 TV Country of origin United States No. of seasons 1 | 8.3/10 IMDb Created by Milt Rosen Original language(s) English Director James B. Clark No. of episodes 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Monroes was a Western television series which originally aired on ABC during the 1966–67 season. The series centered on five orphans trying to survive as a family on the frontier in the area around what is now Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyoming. Their parents die in an accident in the first episode and they try to carry on without them.
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Production
The series was produced by Qualis in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Filming took place on location in Jackson Hole, Wyoming as well as Century City, California.
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Reception
The Monroes premiered at 8 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, September 7, 1966. Though it benefited from the lead-in of ABC’s popular Batman series, The Monroes faced stiff competition against the last hour of NBC’s The Virginian and CBS’s second half of Lost in Space and The Beverly Hillbillies. The series was unable to develop sufficient audience to remain on the air, and its concluding episode aired on March 15, 1967. Although not a ratings success, Michael Anderson, Jr. and Barbara Hershey both won American Heritage Awards for their work on the series.
DVD Release
The Monroes was first released on DVD by Shout! Factory on September 6, 2016. The DVD set includes all 26 original episodes from the series' single broadcast season. The product was initially released exclusively in Walmart stores, but is now widely available.