September 22, 1957 –
The comedy-western series Maverick, premiered on ABC-TV on this date.
Producer Roy Huggins stated the writers’ guiding principle for the Maverick series was his belief that, “In the traditional Western, the situation was always serious, but never hopeless. In a “Maverick” story, the situation is always hopeless, but never serious.“
The Haus of Dcaligari 