Rawhide: The Fourth Season, Vol. 2 Reviews

By its fourth season, CBS’ Rawhide was beginning to show some signs of weariness from viewers. It had peaked during season three finishing that season as one of the top ten rated shows on television, but the decline was beginning; it was only a top twenty show in season four, and its fifth season would be its last in the hallowed regions of the most popular programs being broadcast barely finishing among the top thirty programs. Qualitatively, the series was actually no better or worse than it had ever been, but adult westerns, while still popular, were ebbing in number compared to the giddy years of the 1950s when they were the most popular genre on television. After season four, Rawhide had a season and a half more life left in it before its network run ended.

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