Westerns have always presented viewers with a host of strong and smart individuals. These were heroes who defended the ...

While everyone is familiar with the greatest Western movie characters, some of the genre's best creations down the years have been for TV shows.

‘Gunsmoke’ aired from 1955 to 1974 and set a new standard for TV drama Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working for PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared in ...