Branded (TV series)
Branded is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1965 through 1966. It was sponsored by Procter & Gamble in its Sunday night, 8:30 p.m. Eastern time period. The series is set in the Old West, following the end of the American Civil War. The show starred Chuck Connors as Jason McCord, a United States Army cavalry captain who had been court-martialed and drummed out of the service following an unjust accusation of cowardice.
Branded
"Branded" by Dominic Frontiere and Alan Alch
- Dominic Frontiere
- Richard Markowitz
United States
English
2
48 (13 in black-and-white, 35 in color)
Harris Katelman
- Cecil Barker
- Andrew J. Fenady
- The Branded Company (1965)
- Goodson-Todman Productions
- Sentinel Productions
January 24, 1965 –
April 24, 1966
Production[edit]
Created by Larry Cohen, the show was co-produced for most of its run by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions (which later folded ultimately into Fremantle), more widely associated with their productions of various game shows, in association with Sentinel Productions. Current distribution rights are possessed by CBS Television Distribution, the successor in interest to original distributor KingWorld, who had purchased Leo A. Gutman in 1984.[1] Historically, stations that air Branded have paired it with another Western series, the early Aaron Spelling production The Guns of Will Sonnett; this series, which starred veteran Western actor Walter Brennan in the title role, is also distributed by CBSTD, under Gutman, the show was part of Chuck Connors' Great Western Theatre.[1] The series was originally syndicated internationally by ABC Films,[2] and then Firestone Film Syndication, who later go on to distribute many Goodson-Todman game shows.[3]
Parts of the series were filmed at the Kanab movie fort and Kanab Canyon in Utah.[4]
The series followed Chuck Connors's series The Rifleman, but it did not have that show's longevity, lasting only 48 episodes over two seasons. For the first season, 13 episodes were shot in black-and-white; the three-part story "The Mission" was shot in color. The second season of 32 episodes was made entirely in color.
Andrew J. Fenady served as the producer, later executive producer, on the series. Fenady was also the producer of The Rebel.
Home media[edit]
Timeless Media Group released both seasons of Branded on DVD in Region 1 in 2004–2005. Season 1 was released on August 3, 2004,[5] and season 2 was released on February 8, 2005.[6] On February 16, 2010, Timeless Media Group released Branded: The Complete Series, a six-disc box set featuring all 48 episodes of the series and several bonus features.[7] More-recent prints cut for syndication are used for the set, and as a result, three minutes are missing from each episode. Broken Saber (the film re-editing of "The Mission Parts One, Two, And Three") is not included.
Merchandise[edit]
A tie-in board game called Branded Game was released by Milton Bradley in 1966.