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1. 01Drama·Action·WesternThe Abandons2025–2025The Abandons follows a group of diverse, outlier families pursuing their Manifest Destiny in 1850s Oregon when a corrupt force of wealth and power, coveting their land, tries to force them out.6.7
2. 02Drama·Action·WesternAmerican Primeval2025–2025A raw, adventurous exploration of the birth of the American West.7.7
3. 03Drama·Action·WesternThe Son2017–2019Same network — AMC·7.8
4. 04Drama·Action·WesternBonanza1959–1973·NBCBonanza chronicles the weekly adventures of the Cartwright family, headed by the thrice-widowed patriarch Ben Cartwright.7.8
5. 05Drama·Action·WesternTexas Rising2015–2015·HistoryTexas Rising is an 8-hour miniseries that details the Texas Revolution and the rise of the Texas Rangers.In 1836, west of the Mississippi was considered the Wild West and the Texas frontier was viewed as hell on earth.6.8
6. 06Drama·Action·WesternKung Fu1972–1975·ABCKwai Chang Caine, the half-American Buddhist monk from China, wandering the American West as a wanted fugitive, befriends a homeless boy, foils a bounty hunter, and experiences the pain of love.7.8

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