Harts of the West


Harts of the West is an American Western/comedy-drama television series starring Beau Bridges and his father, Lloyd Bridges, set on a dude ranch in Nevada. The series aired on CBS from September 25, 1993, to June 18, 1994.

Synopsis

Dave Hart, sustains a heart attack. He leaves his job as an underwear salesman and heads with his family to the fictitious Sholo, Nevada in the American West. There, Dave tries to revive the defunct Flying Tumbleweed Dude Ranch, where Jake Terrel, played by Lloyd Bridges, had worked years earlier. The 15-episode series ran from September 25, 1993, to January 29, 1994, and again from June 4-June 18, 1994.
Cast members include Harley Jane Kozak as Alison Hart, Dave's wife; Meghann Haldeman as their teen-aged daughter, L'Amour; Sean Murray as their son, Zane Grey Hart; Nathan Watt as their son, John Wayne Hart, known as "Duke"; Saginaw Grant as Augie, an Indian storekeeper; O-Lan Jones as waitress Rose McLaughlin; Sterling Macer, Jr., as Marcus St. Cloud, an African American lawyer who wants to be a cowboy; R.O. Moon as the sheriff; Stephen Root as R.O.; Talisa Soto as Augie's granddaughter, Cassie Velasquez; and Dennis Fimple as Garral.

Episode list

Series episodes include:
The theme song was "In a Laid Back Way" written and performed by Clint Black.
Harts of the West was filmed at Sable Ranch in the Santa Clarita Valley and in Mayer in Yavapai County near Prescott, Arizona by the Kushner-Locke Company. The series aired at 9 p.m. Eastern Saturday following Jane Seymour's Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and preceding Chuck Norris's Walker, Texas Ranger, both long-term CBS series. Its competition was Empty Nest and Nurses on NBC and The Paula Poundstone Show on ABC.

Awards and nominations

Three actors on Harts of the West were nominated for Young Artist Awards in 1994: Nathan Watt, "Best Actor under Ten" in a television series; Sean Murray, "Best Youth Actor Leading Role", and Meghann Haldeman, "Best Youth Actress Leading Role".

Home media

In 2005, the complete series was released on Region 1 DVD in the United States by Tango Entertainment.