The Road West is an American
Western television series that aired on
NBC from September 12, 1966 to May 1, 1967 for twenty-nine episodes with rebroadcasts continuing until August 28. The hour-long series, sponsored by
Kraft Foods, aired in the 9 p.m. Eastern Monday time slot opposite
The Andy Griffith Show and
Family Affair on
CBS and the
crime drama Felony Squad and the
prime time soap opera Peyton Place on
ABC.
[Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penquin Books, 1996, 4th ed., appendix] Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall originally alternated with the series as monthly specials.
Cast and premise
The Road West stars
Barry Sullivan as Benjamin "Ben" Pride, the
patriarch of a pioneer family in
Kansas. The series also stars
Kathryn Hays as Elizabeth Pride, Ben's second wife;
Andrew Prine as Ben's 30-year-old son, Timothy "Tim" Pride, and Brenda Scott as the daughter, Midge Pride. Prine and Scott, who played brother and sister in the series, had been briefly married in real life prior to the debut of the program. Other cast members were
Kelly Corcoran as son Kip Pride;
Glenn Corbett as Chance Reynolds, Elizabeth's brother; and Charles Seel as Tom Pride, Ben's father and the grandfather of the family.
[McNeil, Total Television, p. 700]
