The Blu Spot

The Show: Back in the 1950s, Westerns were a regular staple of television, with numerous hit shows popping up throughout the decade, including "Bonanza," "Gunsmoke," "Cheyenne," "Rawhide," and "The Rifleman." Another entry in this "Golden Age" of the genre was "Maverick," which used the somewhat simple premise of a pair of traveling gamblers who go about getting into misadventures as they ply their trade, a foundation leading to another success that had the show lasting an im