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List of The Lone Ranger episodes

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Source revisionSep 21, 2026
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The Lone Ranger is an American Western television series that originally aired on the ABC network. The series starred Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels as the Lone Ranger and Tonto, except for season three when John Hart played the role of the Lone Ranger. The first two seasons aired first-run episodes for 78 consecutive weeks without a rerun. After the second season, the show went on hiatus for a year. In 1951–1952, previously aired episodes were rebroadcast. Production resumed in April 1952 with 52 new half-hour programs produced for the third season. The show returned for a fourth season in September 1954 with 52 new first-run half hour episodes. The first four seasons the program was shot in black and white. After the fourth season, the series went on hiatus again for a year until it went back into production for its fifth and final season in the spring of 1956 with the filming 39 new episodes in color. The series premiered on September 15, 1949, and ended June 6, 1957, with a total of 221 episodes over the course of 5 seasons.

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