19 Best Western TV Shows on Freevee 2026
Explore 20 western and frontier TV picks on Freevee, from The Rifleman and Wyatt Earp to Wild West Chronicles, Strange Empire, and more.
If you’re searching for a reliable lineup of western series and frontier-style adventures on Freevee, this guide pulls together a mix of classics, revivals, and offbeat gems worth your time. You’ll find enduring favorites like The Rifleman, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, and Death Valley Days alongside newer picks such as Wild West Chronicles and Ultimate Cowboy Showdown. For viewers who want a little genre blending, titles like Tin Man and Strange Empire add drama, fantasy, and a fresh take on the Old West. With 20 titles on the page, it’s an easy way to sort through the platform’s best frontier-flavored viewing and choose what fits your mood.
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Death Valley Days
western
Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945 and continued from 1952 to 1970 as a syndicated television series, with reruns continuing through August 1, 1975.
The series was sponsored by the Pacific Coast Borax Company and hosted by Stanley Andrews, Ronald Reagan, Robert Taylor, and Dale Robertson. With the passing of Dale Robertson in 2013, all the former Death Valley Days hosts are now deceased.
Directed by Stuart E. McGowan, Harmon Jones, Tay Garnett, Jack Hively, Jean YarbroughCast Stanley Andrews, John Pickard, Don Haggerty, Michael Vallon, Gregg BartonAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Wild West Chronicles
history · western · action & adventure · drama
Once a feared lawman, the legendary Bat Masterson trades his sheriff's badge for a pen and becomes a newspaper reporter. He now travels the frontier to chronicle the amazing true stories of the Wild West and bring them to life once more.
Directed by Michael S. Ojeda, Jim Orr, Adrian Stewart, Robert Kirbyson, Cedric St. ClairCast Jack Elliott, Sid Kramer, Leslie Koch Foumberg, Robert Gatewood, Yakov KolontarovPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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Tin Man
adventure · fantasy · sci-fi · western
Tin Man is a three-part American miniseries, a reimagining of the classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with added science fantasy elements. Produced by RHI Entertainment for the Sci-Fi Channel, It focuses on small-town waitress DG, who is pulled into a magical realm called the O.Z. (Outer Zone), ruled by the tyrannical sorceress Azkadellia. Together with her companions Glitch, Raw, and Cain, DG journeys to uncover her lost memories, find her true parents, and foil Azkadellia's plot to trap the O.Z. in eternal darkness.
Directed by Nick WillingCast Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, Raoul Max TrujilloAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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The Rifleman
western · kids & family · action & adventure
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis, Arnold Laven, Arthur H. Nadel, Gene Nelson, Don MedfordCast Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Joe Benson, Bill QuinnAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
western
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.
Directed by Frank McDonald, Roy Rowland, Paul Landres, Sidney Salkow, Lewis R. FosterCast Hugh O'Brian, Jimmy Noel, Ethan Laidlaw, Bill Coontz, Morgan WoodwardPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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Matt and Jenny
drama · kids & family · western
Two English children, Matt and Jenny Tanner, and their mother depart for the New World from Bristol, England. During the voyage, their mother dies of typhoid fever. The two children arrive in Canada and begin a search for their uncle Bill Tanner, who arrived before they had. Along the way, they encounter the enigmatic Adam Cardston and woodsman Kit, who join them on their journey westward.
Directed by Joseph L. Scanlan, René Bonnière, Francis ChapmanCast Derrick Jones, Megan Follows, Neil Dainard, Duncan Regehr, Sharon AckerFreevee -
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Strange Empire
drama · western
Set in 1869 Alberta-Montana border country, “Strange Empire” is a Western whose heroes are women. With most of their men gone, and those who remain battling for control, the women struggle to survive, to find their independence, and to build a life in which to thrive and raise families.
Directed by Anne Wheeler, Mairzee Almas, Andy Mikita, William Waring, Gary HarveyCast Cara Gee, Tattiawna Jones, Melissa Farman, Aaron Poole, Michelle CreberAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Ultimate Cowboy Showdown
adventure · reality-tv · western
Top cowboys compete for a chance to win a herd of cattle and a lifetime of bragging rights. Hosted by country music icon Trace Adkins.
Directed by India Dupré, Leander RappmannCast Trace AdkinsAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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Into the Wild Frontier
drama · history · western
As America expands westward, intrepid explorers and rugged mountain men risk their lives to blaze new trails into the wild frontier.
Directed by Paul Epstein, Jason Sklaver, Christopher CasselCast Delbert Hunt, Walter Runningcrane Jr., Rick Hurst, Danny Winn, Jack PearsonPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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Queen of Swords
action · adventure · western
Queen of Swords is an action–adventure television series set in California during the early 19th century that ran for one season, from 2000 to 2001.
The series premiered October 7, 2000. After filming had been completed on 22 episodes and the first eight episodes were broadcast, the series was canceled.
Directed by Paolo Barzman, Peter Ellis, Brian Grant, Jon Cassar, Richard MartinCast Tessie Santiago, Anthony Lemke, Paulina Gálvez, Elsa Pataky, Peter WingfieldAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Nomad of Nowhere
animation · adventure · drama · fantasy · sci-fi · western
A mysterious nomad traverses a western wasteland-but a price on his head sends him on the run from captors and bounty hunters, who all want to score big when they bring in the world's last magical being.
Directed by Jordan Cwierz, Yssa Badiola, Paula Decanini, Miles LunaCast Elizabeth Maxwell, Danu Uribe, Alejandro Saab, Ryan Haywood, Eddy RivasPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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The Californians
western
San Franciscans during the goldrush of the 1850s attempt to maintain law and order in their wild city. Newly arrived Matthew Wayne becomes sheriff, then marshal, and organizes the city police force while expressing interest in the young widow Fanzler and sparring with attorney Pitt. Adam Kennedy appears as Dion Patrick, an Irish newspaperman who helps the local vigilante committee.
Directed by Felix E. Feist, Jacques Tourneur, Byron Haskin, Paul Guilfoyle, Paul HenreidCast Richard Coogan, Sean McClory, Adam Kennedy, Nan Leslie, Art FlemingPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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The Adventures of Jim Bowie
adventure · drama · western
The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.
Directed by Lewis R. Foster, George Archainbaud, Anton Leader, Christian Nyby, Hollingsworth MorseCast Scott Forbes, William Schallert, John Laing, Joyce Vanderveen, Jack PerryPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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Dominion Creek
action · drama · western
The story of the Connolly Brothers; three Irish emigrants who travel from Montana to the Yukon during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890’s in the hope of striking it rich where they become embroiled in a deadly feud with the man who runs the town.
Directed by Dathaí KeaneCast Owen McDonnell, Dara Devaney, Seán T. Ó Meallaigh, Robert O'Mahoney, Ned DennehyAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Death and Compromise
action · comedy · western
The price is high for two Texan outlaws whose run-in with a corrupt deputy gets them framed for murder as they become targets of a sheriff's wrath.
Directed by Brian ElderCast Michael J. Rodriguez, Brian Elder, Andrea Flowers, Jennifer Kendall, John HallFreevee -
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Jericho
drama · western
In the Yorkshire Dales in the 1870s, the shantytown of Jericho is the home of a community that will live, thrive and die in the shadow of the viaduct they've been brought together to build.
Directed by Robert McKillop, David Moore, Paul WhittingtonCast Jessica Raine, Samuel Bottomley, Hans Matheson, Clarke Peters, Daniel RigbyFreevee -
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Yancy Derringer
western · action & adventure
Yancy Derringer is an American Western series
Directed by Richard Sale, William F. Claxton, Edward O. Denault, Boris SagalCast Jock Mahoney, X Brands, Kevin Hagen, Frances Bergen, Fred KroneFreevee -
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Return to Lonesome Dove
drama · western
After returning the body of Gus McCrae to Lonesome Dove, Woodrow Call takes on the challenge of driving a herd of wild mustangs 2500 miles north to the Hat Creek Ranch in Montana. But tragedy, triumph, despair and deceit will greet him before he ever gets there.
Directed by Mike RobeCast Jon Voight, Barbara Hershey, Ricky Schroder, William Petersen, Oliver ReedPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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Black Fox: Good Men and Bad
western
A former slave affects peace between Indian tribes and homesteaders in 1860s West Texas.
Directed by Steven Hilliard SternCast Christopher Reeve, Kim Coates, Tony Todd, Janet Bailey, Nancy SorelFreevee
Wrapping Up
From hard-edged gunfighter tales to character-driven dramas and modern reality takes on ranch life, this collection shows how wide the western genre can stretch on Freevee. Whether you came for The Rifleman, Wyatt Earp, or something more unexpected like Tin Man, there’s enough variety here to keep your watchlist moving. Bookmark this page and come back whenever you want a fresh pick from the frontier. It’s updated regularly, so the lineup stays current as titles shift in and out of the catalog.
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Last updated: September 11, 2026