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Laramie (TV series)

American Western television series (1959–1963)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 26, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 15, 1959, to May 21, 1963. A Revue Studios production, the series starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, owner of the Sherman Ranch; Robert L. Crawford Jr. as Andy, Slim's younger brother; Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, a hot-headed drifter who arrives at the Sherman Ranch in the premiere episode; and Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy, who keeps the homestead and stage stop running. Actress Spring Byington was later added to the cast. Laramie is set in Wyoming.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Laramie (TV series)” as american Western television series (1959–1963). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1959, 1963—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Laramie, series and American can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as american Western television series (1959–1963). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 26, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1959 and 1963.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Laramie (TV series)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.