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The year isn’t over yet, but 2026 has provided us with enough great Western TV series to warrant a celebration. There’s still time for more shows to come along and make us scream “yee-haw,” but let’s take a minute to pay tribute to what we already have.

Once upon a time, the Western was as ubiquitous as superhero movies are today. Across movies like “The Searchers,” “High Noon,” and “Rio Bravo,” and television series like “The Rifleman,” “Gunsmoke,” and “Wagon Train,” tales of the West dominated pop culture for decades.

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In the wake of what can only be described as an onslaught of Taylor Sheridan shows, Western entertainment is enjoying a renaissance. We’ve had everything from straight-up “Yellowstone” clones to Western versions of “The Summer I Turned Pretty” (check out the underrated Netflix show “My Life with the Walter Boys” if you’re intrigued). Now, there’s…

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Are you a fan of Westerns? Do you love a cowboy and a sheriff facing off against each other in a dusty town while, perhaps, an Enrico Morricone theme plays in the background? Whatever you specifically love about Westerns, there are plenty of great Western movies to watch … but what if you want a longer narrative?

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Netflix has handed a straight-to-series order to another major Western adaptation from the creative team behind its upcoming East of Eden series. Zoe Kazan and Jeb Stuart will write, executive-produce, and co-showrun the new project, which is their second collaboration with the streamer before their first has even reached audiences.

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There’s something so comforting about a classic Western, partly because they fit a reliable formula. They take place, typically, in the American south, and they focus on outlaws, local sheriffs and farmers, and other characters that have stood the test of time. So if you have a Paramount+ subscription, what should you watch if you’re…