We continue our look back at the westerns of the 1967-1968 television season with Hondo, an new fall ABC series. The series starred abc as Hondo, riding across the western plains on his faithful horse and with his dog Sam. As we watched this episode and opening title sequence, we could not help but think how tired and worn out that poor dog Sam must have been chasing after Hondo all day! But we digress.

The series had its charms, but could not find an audience. It premiered on September 8, 1967, and aired its final episode on December 29, 1967.

ABC had scheduled Hondo on Friday nights at 8:30 as a lead-in for another new western series, The Guns of Will Sonnet. Sonnet faired better (with well known lead actor Walter Brennan), but Hondo was up against Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C on CBS, and Star Trek on NBC, a tall order. The series was not given an additional order of episodes by ABC into 1968.

This video clip is presented here on YouTube for the entertainment and informational value of the viewer, and no copyright infringement is intended. We pass along out sincere thanks to the fine folks at Get TV (check local cable listings for schedule details) for their continued support of many of television's past, and often forgotten, weekly series.

Enjoy.

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