The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western that aired from 1951 to 1955 and consisted of 104 episodes.[1] While airing, the show was shown in over 130 markets and was sold to the Coca-Cola Bottling Company by MCA-TV.[2] After airing, MCA-TV acquired syndication rights to the show. In New York, the show aired on Tuesday evenings on WNBT (TV) and ran for thirty-minutes.[2] The show starred Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson, and Don Diamond co-starred as El Toro, Carson's Mexican companion. Though the show may have been inspired by the historic Kit Carson, it is not historically accurate.[3]
Series overview edit
Episodes edit
Season 1 (1951–52) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "California Outlaws" | August 11, 1951 |
| 2 | 2 | "Prince of Padua Hills" | August 18, 1951 |
| 3 | 3 | "Road to Monterey" | August 25, 1951 |
| 4 | 4 | "Padres Treasure" | September 1, 1951 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Murango Story" | September 8, 1951 |
| 6 | 6 | "Rides of Capistrano" | September 15, 1951 |
| 7 | 7 | "Enemies of the West" | September 22, 1951 |
| 8 | 8 | "Law of Six Guns" | September 29, 1951 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Devil Angel's Camp" | October 6, 1951 |
| 10 | 10 | "Law of the Frontier" | October 13, 1951 |
| 11 | 11 | "The Road to El Dorado" | October 20, 1951 |
| 12 | 12 | "Fury at Red Gulch" | October 27, 1951 |
| 13 | 13 | "Outlaws of Manzanita" | November 3, 1951 |
| 14 | 14 | "The Desperate Sheriff" | November 10, 1951 |
| 15 | 15 | "Hero of Hermosa" | November 17, 1951 |
| 16 | 16 | "A Ticket to Mexico" | November 24, 1951 |
| 17 | 17 | "The Return of Trigger Dawson" | December 1, 1951 |
| 18 | 18 | "The Teton Tornado" | December 8, 1951 |
| 19 | 19 | "Bad Man of Briscoe" | December 15, 1951 |
| 20 | 20 | "Spoilers of California" | December 22, 1951 |
| 21 | 21 | "Feud in San Felipe" | December 29, 1951 |
| 22 | 22 | "The Trap" | January 5, 1952 |
| 23 | 23 | "Border Corsairs" | January 12, 1952 |
| 24 | 24 | "Curse of the Albas" | January 19, 1952 |
| 25 | 25 | "Bandit's Blade" | January 26, 1952 |
| 26 | 26 | "The Marauder of Madera" | February 2, 1952 |
Season 2 (1952–53) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Snake River Trappers" | August 2, 1952 |
| 28 | 2 | "Baron of Black Springs" | August 9, 1952 |
| 29 | 3 | "Danger Hill" | August 16, 1952 |
| 30 | 4 | "Wild Horses of Pala" | August 23, 1952 |
| 31 | 5 | "Trail to Fort Hazard" | August 30, 1952 |
| 32 | 6 | "Warwhoop" | September 6, 1952 |
| 33 | 7 | "Outlaw Paradise" | September 13, 1952 |
| 34 | 8 | "Powdersnake Trail" | September 20, 1952 |
| 35 | 9 | "Trouble in Tuscarora" | September 27, 1952 |
| 36 | 10 | "Trail to Old Sonora" | October 4, 1952 |
| 37 | 11 | "Road to Destiny" | October 11, 1952 |
| 38 | 12 | "Border Town" | October 18, 1952 |
| 39 | 13 | "Roaring Challenge" | October 25, 1952 |
| 40 | 14 | "Range Masters" | November 1, 1952 |
| 41 | 15 | "Thunder Over Inyo" | November 8, 1952 |
| 42 | 16 | "Pledge to Danger" | November 15, 1952 |
| 43 | 17 | "Golden Snare" | November 22, 1952 |
| 44 | 18 | "Singing Wires" | November 29, 1952 |
| 45 | 19 | "Mojave Desperados" | December 6, 1952 |
| 46 | 20 | "Highway to Doom" | December 13, 1952 |
| 47 | 21 | "Hideout" | December 20, 1952 |
| 48 | 22 | "Broken Spur" | December 27, 1952 |
| 49 | 23 | "Ventura Feud" | January 3, 1953 |
| 50 | 24 | "Bad Men of Marysville" | January 10, 1953 |
| 51 | 25 | "Claim Jumpers of Juniper" | January 17, 1953 |
| 52 | 26 | "Mask of the Vigilantes" | January 24, 1953 |
Season 3 (1953–54) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | "Outlaw Trail" | August 1, 1953 |
| 54 | 2 | "Savage Outpost" | August 8, 1953 |
| 55 | 3 | "Hawk Raiders" | August 15, 1953 |
| 56 | 4 | "Widow of Indian Wells" | August 22, 1953 |
| 57 | 5 | "The Law of Boot Hill" | August 29, 1953 |
| 58 | 6 | "Trouble at Fort Mojave" | September 5, 1953 |
| 59 | 7 | "Powdersmoke Law" | September 12, 1953 |
| 60 | 8 | "Secret Sheriff" | September 19, 1953 |
| 61 | 9 | "Outlaw Army" | September 26, 1953 |
| 62 | 10 | "Lost Treasure of Panamint" | October 3, 1953 |
| 63 | 11 | "Frontier Mail" | October 10, 1953 |
| 64 | 12 | "Open Season" | October 17, 1953 |
| 65 | 13 | "Gunsmoke Justice" | October 24, 1953 |
| 66 | 14 | "Challenge to Chance" | October 31, 1953 |
| 67 | 15 | "Marshall of Gun Town" | November 7, 1953 |
| 68 | 16 | "Uprising at Pawhuska" | November 14, 1953 |
| 69 | 17 | "Army Renegades" | November 21, 1953 |
| 70 | 18 | "Badman's Escape" | November 28, 1953 |
| 71 | 19 | "Haunted Hacienda" | December 5, 1953 |
| 72 | 20 | "Gunsmoke Valley" | December 12, 1953 |
| 73 | 21 | "Renegade Wires" | December 19, 1953 |
| 74 | 22 | "Ambush" | December 26, 1953 |
| 75 | 23 | "Dry Creek Chase" | January 9, 1954 |
| 76 | 24 | "Copper Town" | January 16, 1954 |
| 77 | 25 | "Counterfeit County" | January 23, 1954 |
| 78 | 26 | "Cache" | January 30, 1954 |
Season 4 (1954–55) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 1 | "Trails Westward" | July 31, 1954 |
| 80 | 2 | "Stampede Fury" | August 7, 1954 |
| 81 | 3 | "Bullets of Mystery" | August 14, 1954 |
| 82 | 4 | "The Wrong Man" | August 21, 1954 |
| 83 | 5 | "Gatling Gun" | August 28, 1954 |
| 84 | 6 | "Powder Depot" | September 4, 1954 |
| 85 | 7 | "Hermit of Indian Ridge" | September 11, 1954 |
| 86 | 8 | "Riders of Hooded League" | September 18, 1954 |
| 87 | 9 | "Frontier of Challenge" | September 25, 1954 |
| 88 | 10 | "Trail to Bordertown" | October 2, 1954 |
| 89 | 11 | "No Man's Law" | October 9, 1954 |
| 90 | 12 | "Missing Hacienda" | October 16, 1954 |
| 91 | 13 | "Renegades of Rejo" | October 23, 1954 |
| 92 | 14 | "Ghost Town Garrison" | October 30, 1954 |
| 93 | 15 | "Eyes of the Outlaw" | November 6, 1954 |
| 94 | 16 | "The Valiant Outlaw" | November 13, 1954 |
| 95 | 17 | "Judge of Black Mesa" | November 20, 1954 |
| 96 | 18 | "Frontier Empire" | November 27, 1954 |
| 97 | 19 | "Trouble at Sundown" | December 4, 1954 |
| 98 | 20 | "Outlaw's Justice" | December 11, 1954 |
| 99 | 21 | "Golden Ring of Cibola" | December 18, 1954 |
| 100 | 22 | "The Overland Stage" | December 25, 1954 |
| 101 | 23 | "Devil's Remuda" | January 1, 1955 |
| 102 | 24 | "Phantom Uprising" | January 8, 1955 |
| 103 | 25 | "Mission to Alkali" | January 15, 1955 |
| 104 | 26 | "Incident at Wagontire" | January 22, 1955 |
References edit
- ^ Agnew, Jeremy (November 1, 2012). The Old West in Fact and Film: History Versus Hollywood. McFarland. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-7864-6888-1. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ a b "Advertisers & Agencies: Coca-Cola of N.Y. Names Murray V.P. for Radio-Tv". Broadcasting, Telecasting. Vol. 45, no. 18. November 2, 1953. ProQuest 1401209923. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ The Adventures of Kit Carson | TVmaze, retrieved 2021-05-06