The following sources list almost every prime time television show in existence (with some rare exceptions). For citing broadcast dates and timeslots, as well as primary credits and a general synopsis (if needed), these are considered to be reliable sources. Both of these books are available at archive.org to be checked out and reviewed as needed (direct links provided). Preformatted citation templates are provided that you can easily copy/paste if needed.
<ref name="Brooks_and_Marsh">{{Cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|author-link=Tim Brooks (historian)|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle F.|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present|publisher=[[Ballantine Books]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0-345-49773-4|location=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC}}</ref>
McNeil, Alex
Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present
<ref name="McNeil">{{cite book|last=McNeil |first=Alex |title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |location=New York |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=0-14-02-4916-8 |date=1996 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dctkAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>
<ref name="Lackmann">{{cite book |last=Lackmann |first=Ronald W. |title=The Encyclopedia of American Television |date=2003 |publisher=Facts on File |isbn=0-8160-4554-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZ_FjgEACAAJ}}</ref>
<ref name="Stark">{{Cite book |last=Stark |first=Steven D. |title=Glued to the Set: the 60 Television Shows and Events That Made Us Who We Are Today |date=1997 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |isbn= |language=en |url= }}</ref>
Western Television
The following sources are deemed to be reliable. While they may not list every television Western ever made, there is a lot of information on most of the westerns made during the "golden age" of the TV Western. Some of these books are available at archive.org to be checked out and reviewed as needed (direct links provided). Preformatted citation templates are provided that you can easily copy/paste if needed.
Magers, Boyd, and Michael G. Fitzgerald. Westerns women: interviews with 50 leading ladies of movie and television Westerns from the 1930s to the 1960s (McFarland, 2004)
<ref name="Magers">{{Cite book |last=Magers |first=Boyd |last2=Fitzgerald |first2=Michael G. |title=Westerns Women: Interviews with 50 Leading Ladies of Movie and Television Westerns from the 1930s to the 1960s |date=2004-07-01 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |isbn=978-0-7864-2028-5 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2YvBhX8CZ0C&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover}}</ref>
Marill, Alvin H. Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders (Scarecrow Press, 2011)
<ref name="Marill">{{Cite book |last=Marill |first=Alvin H. |title=Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders |date=2011-06-01 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |isbn=978-0-8108-8133-4 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TrIspiOaqboC&newbks=0 }}</ref>
MacDonald, J. Fred. Who Shot the Sheriff?: The Rise and Fall of the Television Western (Praeger, 1987)
<ref name="MacDonald">{{Cite book |last=MacDonald |first=J. Fred |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9VkAAAAMAAJ |title=Who Shot the Sheriff?: The Rise and Fall of the Television Western |date=1987 |publisher=[[Praeger Paperback|Praeger]]|isbn=978-0-275-92326-6 |language=en}}</ref>
Yoggy, Gary A. Riding the Video Range: The Rise and Fall of the Western on Television (McFarland & Company, 1995)
<ref name="Yoggy">{{Cite book |last=Yoggy |first=Gary A. |title=Riding the Video Range: The Rise and Fall of the Western on Television |date=1995 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |isbn=978-0-7864-0021-8 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSzuAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0}}</ref>
West, Richard Television Westerns, Major and Minor Series, 1946-1978 (McFarland & Company, 1987)
<ref name="West">{{cite book|last=West|first=Richard|title=Television Westerns: Major and Minor Series, 1946-1978|date=1987|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|isbn=9780899502526|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O9VkAAAAMAA}}</ref>
Film
Broughton, Lee (ed). Critical Perspectives on the Western : From a Fistful of Dollars to Django Unchained (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016)
<ref name="Broughton">{{Cite book |editor-last=Broughton|editor-first=Lee |title=Critical Perspectives on the Western : From a Fistful of Dollars to Django Unchained |date=2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781442272422 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hKnqDAAAQBAJ}}</ref>
Carter, Matthew. Myth of the Western: New Perspectives on Hollywood's Frontier Narrative (Edinburgh University Press, 2014)
<ref name="Edgerton">{{Cite book |last=Carter |first=Matthew |title=Myth of the Western: New Perspectives on Hollywood's Frontier Narrative |date=2014 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=9780748685592 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1larBgAAQBAJ}}</ref>
Edgerton, Gary R. & Marsden, Michael T. eds. Westerns: The Essential Journal of Popular Film & Television Collection (Routledge, 2012)
<ref name="Edgerton">{{Cite book |last=Edgerton |first=Gary R. |title=Westerns: The Essential 'Journal of Popular Film and Television' Collection |date=2013-09-13 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-76515-6 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-eraAAAAQBAJ}}</ref>
McDonald, Archie P. Shooting stars: Heroes and Heroines of Western Film (Indiana University Press, 1987)
<ref name="McDonald>{{Cite book |last=McDonald |first=Archie P. |title=Shooting Stars: Heroes and Heroines of Western Film |publisher=[[Indiana University Press]] |year=1987 |isbn=978-0-8357-3957-3 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9z5JPgAACAAJ}}</ref>
Matheson, Sue. The Westerns and War Films of John Ford (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016)
<ref name="Matheson">{{Cite book |last=Matheson |first=Sue |title=The Westerns and War Films of John Ford |date=2016 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=978-1-4422-6106-8 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMZ4CwAAQBAJ}}</ref>
<ref name="Munn">{{Cite book |last=Munn |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Munn |title=John Wayne: The Man Behind the Myth |date=2005 |publisher=[[Robson Books]] |isbn=978-1-101-21026-0 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVJL6w1T3ocC}}</ref>
Parks, Rita. The Western Hero in Film and Television: Mass Media Mythology (UMI Research Press, 1982)
<ref name="Parks">{{Cite book |last=Parks |first=Rita |title=The Western Hero in Film and Television: Mass Media Mythology |date=1982 |publisher=[[UMI Research Press]] |isbn=978-0-8357-1287-3 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wwO1AAAAIAAJ}}</ref>
<ref name="Sarf">{{Cite book |last=Sarf |first=Wayne Michael |title=God Bless You, Buffalo Bill: A Layman's Guide to History and the Western Film |date=1983 |publisher=[[Fairleigh Dickinson University Press]] |isbn=978-0-8453-4732-4 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r22_IwAACAAJ}}</ref>
Simmon, Scott. The Invention of the Western Film: A Cultural History of the Genre's First Half Century (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
<ref name="Simmon">{{Cite book |last=Simmon |first=Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EN64jzq4Q3AC |title=The Invention of the Western Film: A Cultural History of the Genre's First Half Century |published=2003 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-0-521-55581-4 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EN64jzq4Q3AC}}</ref>
<ref name="Verhoeff">{{Cite book |last=Verhoeff |first=Nanna |title=The West in Early Cinema: After the Beginning |date=2006 |publisher=[[Amsterdam University Press]] |isbn=978-90-5356-831-6 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XKDAsYDXxz8C}}</ref>
Silent Film
Langman, Larry A Guide to Silent Westerns (Greenwood Publishing, 1992)
<ref name="Langman">{{Cite book |last=Langman |first=Larry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-40mFfGB4VMC |title=A Guide to Silent Westerns |date=1992 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-27858-7 |language=en}}</ref>
Rollins, Peter C. & O'Connor, John E. eds. Hollywood's West: the American frontier in film, television, and history (University Press of Kentucky, 2005)
<ref name="Rollins">{{Cite book |last=Rollins |first=Peter C. |last2=O'Connor |first2=John E. |title=Hollywood's West: The American Frontier in Film, Television, & History |date=2005-11-11 |publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]] |isbn=978-0-8131-3855-8 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=suc99SBlbnEC&newbks=0}}</ref>
There are two templates used to make an episode table - episode table and episode list. The episode list template is used within the episode table, with one episode list template for each episode.
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