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Lee Majors Joins The Virginian Final Season
Lee Majors joined The Virginian's final season as Roy Tate, helping NBC rebrand the show after ratings dropped.
In brief
Lee Majors joined The Virginian's final season as Roy Tate, helping NBC rebrand the show after ratings dropped. Lee Majors appeared in seven episodes of The Virginian's final season as Roy Tate after NBC rebranded the show to The Men from Shiloh. Originally reported by SlashFilm.
Lee Majors' TV Career
Lee Majors began his TV career in Westerns with Gunsmoke and The Big Valley before joining The Virginian's final season.
The Virginian Show
The Virginian aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971, starring James Drury as the Shiloh Ranch foreman.
Season 8 Ratings Drop
By 1970, The Virginian dropped out of the top 30 ratings after eight seasons on NBC.
Rebrand to The Men from Shiloh
NBC renamed The Virginian to The Men from Shiloh and added a 10-year time jump for its final season.
New Characters and Roy Tate
Lee Majors joined as Roy Tate, a ranch hand, in the fifth episode of Season 9, The Mysterious Mr. Tate.
The Mysterious Mr. Tate Episode
Colonel Alan MacKenzie witnesses Roy Tate being lynched and brings him to Shiloh for a job.
Season 9 Episodes
Majors appeared in seven episodes of Season 9, credited as a lead for all 24 episodes.
Cancellation After 24 Episodes
NBC canceled The Men from Shiloh after 24 episodes due to the rural purge.
The main idea
Lee Majors appeared in seven episodes of The Virginian's final season as Roy Tate after NBC rebranded the show to The Men from Shiloh.
