It was Gene Roddenberry, the show’s creator. When he was trying to sell it in to NBC executives, he described it in terms they would understand – he called it “Wagon Train to the stars.”
My reply was to skywatcher, who was quoting a blogger, not you
Yeah, this guy is no end of amusement.
Oh, sorry. @fedman1
I’ve been told many time to become a Blogger. In rather rude ways ( I believe )
I’m really really tired of watching westerns. Other than those, I mean how many eps of
Gilligan’s Island can you watch, before you wanna get stabby.
Daytime TV is bad any ways you look at it. I can’t tolerate games how’s
I long for the heady days of Soap opera love. It’s hypnotic/ mindless loyalty was easy. Couldn’t tell you what they are really about. But I bet I could in about 2 eps.
Oh wait, they’re all gone now. I think.
I was excited to find ‘The Real McCoys’ til I watched a few eps. Terrible.
I’m gonna start looking for medical dramas.
As soon as I get done with the series ‘Father knows best’
Ooh, ‘Marcus Welby, MD’!!
I’m a genius.
I actually have a game plan, going forward. My binge can be about Robert Young movies and shows.
And then Clint Eastwood, and so on. This new hobby will take me a life time, provided I live long enough 
There are still a few left:
- The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful on CBS
- Days of our Lives on NBC (though it’s being moved to their streaming service, Peacock, in September)
- General Hospital on ABC
Um… let me explain how this works…
It’s not a sprint, it’s a Toyotathon.
I do my cousin had one …it wasn’t anything great and it was expensive to fix since they didn’t sell parts for it in America you had to have the dealer order it from s Korea and wait two weeks ,
While others have explained why so many, the Rural Purge (Wiki article) is why they disappeared. Basically, a shift to urban audiences.
CBS canceled everything with a tree in it — including Lassie.
— Pat Buttram (Mr. Haney) from Green Acres
Watching repeats of The Rifleman and other westerns, I realized that everyone, including the children, knew how to ride horses. It was also a range of eras for James Garner, and others, going from dusty westerns to gritty WW2 to (relative) modern.