Lonesome Dove on CBS

1989, TV Show

Roush Review: Pillars Revives the Old-Fashioned Epic

They really don't make them like this anymore. And we're not talking about 12th-century Gothic cathedrals. The Pillars of the Earth, a sprawling historical melodrama based on Ken Follett's mammoth bestseller, conjures nostalgic memories of the days of yore, way back in the 20th century, when networks devoted entire weeks to "event" miniseries like Shogun, The Winds of War, The Thorn Birds, Lonesome Dove, to name a memorable few—although in this case, North and South is the best comparison...  read full article

Season 1, Episode 21
Curtis Wells is cut off from the rest of the world until the snow clears in the passes. Newt and Kearny rescue a group of minors lost in the mountains and near frozen to death. Mosby and Newt come to blows over Hannah, but are forced to fight together when the miners turn out to be a ruthless gang of criminals. The gang takes control of the town led by a psychotic murderer.
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Season 1, Episode 20
Newt is ambushed and left for dead by a prisoner he is escorting to the gallows. Meanwhile, Captain Woodrow Call rides into Curtis Wells looking for his son. Call has to confront the possibility that Newt is no longer alive when the Hell Bitch gallops into town, riderless. Later, a body found by trappers and presumed to be Newt is unrecognizable. The Captain refuses to accept that Newt is dead. He rides out in search of his son.
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Season 1, Episode 19
Mountain man, Curtis, strikes gold near the town that bears his name and returns a rich man. The discovery of the mother lode changes the community as miners and opportunists start rolling in. Mosby revels in the boom at the Ambrosia Club until a chance encounter with a Union soldier forces him to confront his past. He discovers that Captain Armstrong, who is set to escort the gold shipment to the mint, was responsible for the massacre of Mosby's family during the Civil War. Mosby tries to beat the truth out of Armstrong.
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Season 1, Episode 18
Newt trails horses to Sweetwater, only to find the deal he made with the livery no longer stands. He discovers the entire town is in tyrant Martin Sullivan's pocket and Sullivan has hired a group of enforcers to make sure it stays that way. Newt meets Frances Maitland, (12 years old) who has just come to town to live with her father, Sheriff Clind Maitland. Newt finds out that a small group of Sweetwater residents have done to heroic lengths to get their town back. He helps them see that justice is served and Sullivan ousted.
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Length: 45:56
Posted: 10/24/2011
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Roush Review: Pillars Revives the Old-Fashioned Epic

They really don't make them like this anymore. And we're not talking about 12th-century Gothic cathedrals. The Pillars of the Earth, a sprawling historical melodrama based on Ken Follett's mammoth bestseller, conjures nostalgic memories of the days of yore, way back in the 20th century, when networks devoted entire weeks to "event" miniseries like Shogun, The Winds of War, The Thorn Birds, Lonesome Dove, to name a memorable few—although in this case, North and South is the best comparison... read more

How I Met Your Mother and Other Announced Releases

New releases announced today, May 13:Animalia - Welcome to the Kingdom on DVD & Blu-ray Disc will be coming out September 23 Fat Albert's Halloween Special will be coming out August 26 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - Volume 3 will be coming out August 5 How I Met Your Mother - Season 3 will be coming out October 14 Lonesome Dove - 2-Disc Collector’s Edition on DVD and Blu-ray Disc will be coming out August 19 Sunset Tan - Season 1 will be coming out August 5 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items. read more

Watched Any Good Books Lately?

Much like getting hooked on a TV show, it’s easy to become addicted to a favorite author. They don’t come much more different than Wild West chronicler Larry McMurtry and the 19th century’s droll Jane Austen, each returning to TV this week. McMurtry’s epic Western Lonesome Dove ranks among the all-time greatest TV miniseries, but with the six-hour prequel Comanche Moon, he and CBS have dipped into this mythic well once too often. Perilously poky and sometimes just plain hokey, this sloppy and scattershot yarn finds Gus and Woodrow, the Dove characters immortalized in their twilight years by Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones, as young and restless Texas Rangers. Steve Zahn is scrappy fun as gabby Gus, but Karl Urban is a dud as the sullen, scowling Woodrow. Through most of the meandering story, our heroes bicker, banter and woo the womenfolk they will ultimately disappoint. Meanwhile, they track clichéd foes: murderous, horse- read more

Lonesome Dove Prequel Takes Flight

CBS will present the final chapter of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove saga, Commanche Moon, Jan. 13-16. The cast includes Val Kilmer, Rachel Griffiths, ER's Linda Cardellini, Scrubs' Elizabeth Banks, the ubiquitous Wes Studi and pretty much everyone who's ever tried on a Stetson (except for Larry Hagman). — Ben Katner read more

Grading the Finales

So are we supposed to think Bob Dylan is the final Cylon? Wouldn’t surprise me a bit after Sunday’s mind-blowing season finale of Battlestar Galactica. I watched a rough cut of this episode several weeks ago, in order to be able to include it in a mid-season roundup, but it feels like a year has passed, I’ve been so anxious for it to get out there so more dedicated and obssessed fans than I could ever claim to be can start weighing in. I rarely have the luxury to watch anything twice, but I decided to watch Sunday’s episode in more or less real time, so I could savor it again in a more polished version and see if it would have the same impact the second time around.Did it ever. As they say, holy frak, right?Battlestar earns an A-plus with its jam-packed finale, the last we’ll get of the show until the next calendar year. (That’s the bad news. The good: There will be at least 22 more hours of Battlestar to kick around come 2008.) Not only was Baltar’... read more

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Premiered: February 05, 1989, on CBS
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Premise: A sprawling, highly rated four-part paean to the Old West about two former Texas Rangers as they lead a cattle drive to Montana in the late 19th century. Based on Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the $20 million star-laden miniseries garnered seven Emmys (including one for director Simon Wincer) and a Peabody Award; and inspired an impressive sequel miniseries, `Return to Lonesome Dove,' in 1993, and a weekly series a year later.

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