Fifty Years of The Virginian

On September 19, 1962, The Virginian made its debut on NBC, and 50 years later, this seminal series was honored at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles, with a cast reunion, screenings, panel discussion and tribute dinner. The cast recalled that producer Frank Price and Universal Studios head Lew Wasserman decided to make The Virginian different from its start, by expanding the standard, one-hour episode to a 90-minute movie every week. Star Clu Gulager regarded Price as a television pioneer: “F