Classic Western Movies on TV This Week: November 9-16
What To Know
- Classic Western movies are enjoying renewed popularity on television, with a variety of channels airing both iconic and lesser-known films throughout the week of November 9-16.
- This week’s TV schedule features renowned titles such as The Man From Laramie, How the West Was Won, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Unforgiven, Tombstone, and numerous John Wayne classics.
- The guide provides a day-by-day listing to help viewers catch their favorite Westerns and discover new ones across cable and over-the-air networks.
Westerns are always a beloved genre, but in the last few years, they’ve staged a major comeback — not just in new shows like Yellowstone, but with classic Western shows and movies becoming a major staple of both cable and over-the-air antenna TV. Our day-by-day weekly guide to classic Western films on TV will help you make sure you don’t miss your favorite, while also helping you discover new Westerns you’ll love.
This week, expect classics like The Man From Laramie, How the West Was Won, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, as well as more modern fare like Unforgiven and Tombstone — and, of course, plenty of John Wayne films, including The War Wagon and The Trail Beyond.
Sunday November 9
12am The Mercenary (1968, Western) Franco Nero, Tony Musante GRIT
2:30am Showdown at Boot Hill (1958, Western) Charles Bronson, Robert Hutton GRIT
4am Arizona Days (1937, Western) Tex Ritter, Eleanor Stewart RETROTV
6am How the West Was Won (1962, Western) Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb GRIT
9:30am Escape From Fort Bravo (1953, Western) William Holden, Eleanor Parker GRIT
11am Arizona Days (1937, Western) Tex Ritter, Eleanor Stewart RETROTV
12pm Wild Rovers (1971, Western) William Holden, Ryan O’Neal GRIT
3pm The Long Riders (1980, Western) David Carradine, Keith Carradine GRIT
5:30pm Tom Horn (1980, Western) Steve McQueen, Linda Evans GRIT
10:30pm Riders of the Purple Sage (1996, Western) Ed Harris, Amy Madigan GRIT
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Monday November 10
1am American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James (2010, Western) George Stults, Jeffrey Combs GRIT
4:20am The Shootist (1976, Western) John Wayne, Lauren Bacall MGM
7am Column South (1953, Western) Audie Murphy, Joan Evans GRIT
7:48am Ride a Crooked Trail (1958, Western) Audie Murphy, Gia Scala RETRO
9am The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957, Western) Audie Murphy, Kathryn Grant GRIT
10:48am No Name on the Bullet (1959, Western) Audie Murphy, Charles Drake RETRO
11:30am Quigley Down Under (1990, Western) Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo HDNETMV
1:43pm Jericho (2000, Western) Mark Valley, Leon Coffee RETRO
2pm Back to the Future Part III (1990, Comedy/Western) Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd AMC
3pm The Proud and the Damned (1972, Western-Adventure) Chuck Connors, Aron Kincaid RETROTV
6:31pm Ride a Crooked Trail (1958, Western) Audie Murphy, Gia Scala RETRO
8pm No Name on the Bullet (1959, Western) Audie Murphy, Charles Drake RETRO
8pm The Duel at Silver Creek (1952, Western) Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue GRIT
8pm The Train Robbers (1973, Western) John Wayne, Ann-Margret MOVIES!
10pm Stagecoach (1966, Western) Alex Cord, Ann-Margret MOVIES!
10pm The Quick Gun (1964, Western) Audie Murphy, Merry Anders GRIT
Tuesday November 11
Everett Collection
12am Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963, Western) Audie Murphy, Ben Cooper GRIT
12:26am Ride a Crooked Trail (1958, Western) Audie Murphy, Gia Scala RETRO
1:55am Smoke Signal (1955, Western) Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie RETRO
7:47am Smoke Signal (1955, Western) Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie RETRO
2am The Texican (1966, Western) Audie Murphy, Broderick Crawford GRIT
3:05am My Darling Clementine (1946, Western) Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell FXM
3:24am No Name on the Bullet (1959, Western) Audie Murphy, Charles Drake RETRO
4am Between God, the Devil and a Winchester (1968, Western) Gilbert Roland, Richard Harrison RETROTV
5:30am A Fistful of Dynamite (1971, Western) Rod Steiger, James Coburn MGM
6am The Man From Laramie (1955, Western) James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy GRIT
8:30am Two Rode Together (1961, Western) James Stewart, Richard Widmark GRIT
10:52am Hell Bent for Leather (1960, Western) Audie Murphy, Felicia Farr RETRO
3pm Between God, the Devil and a Winchester (1968, Western) Gilbert Roland, Richard Harrison RETROTV
6:31pm Smoke Signal (1955, Western) Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie RETRO
10:30pm The Long Riders (1980, Western) David Carradine, Keith Carradine GRIT
Wednesday November 12
Everett Collection
1am Dirty Dingus Magee (1970, Western) Frank Sinatra, George Kennedy GRIT
2:18am The War Wagon (1967, Western) John Wayne, Kirk Douglas RETRO
6am Riders of the Purple Sage (1996, Western) Ed Harris, Amy Madigan GRIT
6:26am Hell Bent for Leather (1960, Western) Audie Murphy, Felicia Farr RETRO
11am The Trail Beyond (1934, Western) John Wayne, Noah Beery Sr. HDNETMV
12:10pm Border River (1954, Western) Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo RETRO
1:32pm The War Wagon (1967, Western) John Wayne, Kirk Douglas RETRO
4:50pm Shootout (1971, Western) Gregory Peck, Pat Quinn RETRO
8:00pm Battle of Rogue River (1954, Western) George Montgomery, Richard Denning GRIT
8:00pm The Wild Bunch: The Director’s Cut (1969, Western) William Holden, Ernest Borgnine MVIES
10:00pm Jack McCall, Desperado (1953, Western) George Montgomery, Angela Stevens GRIT
11:19pm Shootout (1971, Western) Gregory Peck, Pat Quinn RETRO
11:45pm Unforgiven (1992, Western) Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman MGM
Thursday November 13
12am Black Patch (1957, Western) George Montgomery, Diane Brewster GRIT
12:54am Incident at Phantom Hill (1966, Western) Robert Fuller, Jocelyn Lane RETRO
2am Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado (1956, Western) Howard Duff, Victor Jory GRIT
2:23am The Far Country (1955, Western) James Stewart, Ruth Roman RETRO
5:34am Showdown (1963, Western) Audie Murphy, Kathleen Crowley RETRO
6:30am Navajo Joe (1966, Western) Burt Reynolds, Aldo Sambrell GRIT
6:54am Law and Order (1953, Western) Ronald Reagan, Dorothy Malone RETRO
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8:15am Border River (1954, Western) Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo RETRO
9:37am Incident at Phantom Hill (1966, Western) Robert Fuller, Jocelyn Lane RETRO
11:06am Showdown (1963, Western) Audie Murphy, Kathleen Crowley RETRO
12:26pm The Far Country (1955, Western) James Stewart, Ruth Roman RETRO
3:37pm Law and Order (1953, Western) Ronald Reagan, Dorothy Malone RETRO
4:58pm The Great Man’s Lady (1942, Western) Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea RETRO
6:31pm Incident at Phantom Hill (1966, Western) Robert Fuller, Jocelyn Lane RETRO
8pm Canyon River (1956, Western) George Montgomery, Marcia Henderson GRIT
8pm The Far Country (1955, Western) James Stewart, Ruth Roman RETRO
9:38pm Law and Order (1953, Western) Ronald Reagan, Dorothy Malone RETRO
10pm Masterson of Kansas (1954, Western) George Montgomery, Nancy Gates GRIT
Friday November 14
12am Man From God’s Country (1958, Western) George Montgomery, Randy Stuart GRIT
12:32am Showdown (1963, Western) Audie Murphy, Kathleen Crowley RETRO
1:30am Seminole Uprising (1955, Western) George Montgomery, Karin Booth GRIT
6:29am Don Ricardo Returns (1946, Western) Fred Coby, RETRO
7am Billy the Kid (1941, Western) Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy GRIT
8:15am Alvarez Kelly (1966, Western) William Holden, Richard Widmark MOVIES!
9:30am The Black Dakotas (1954, Western) Gary Merrill, Wanda Hendrix GRIT
Everett Collection
10:35am The Train Robbers (1973, Western) John Wayne, MOVIES!
1:48pm The Great Man’s Lady (1942, Western) Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea RETRO
4:35pm El Diablo (1990, Western) Anthony Edwards, Louis Gossett Jr. HBOC
7:45pm Quigley Down Under (1990, Western) Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo HDNETMV
8pm How the West Was Won (1962, Western) Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb GRIT
9:55pm The Last Sunset (1961, Western) Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas RETRO
11:30pm Great Day in the Morning (1956, Western) Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack GRIT
Saturday November 15
1:10am Quigley Down Under (1990, Western) Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo HDNETMV
1:30am War Paint (1953, Western) Robert Stack, Joan Taylor GRIT
2:53am This Savage Land (1968, Western) Barry Sullivan, Andrew Prine RETRO
4:40am El Dorado (1966, Western) John Wayne, Robert Mitchum MGM
6am River of No Return (1954, Western) Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe MOVIES!
6:28am The Last Sunset (1961, Western) Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas RETRO
9:54am This Savage Land (1968, Western) Barry Sullivan, Andrew Prine RETRO
10am Four Faces West (1948, Western) Joel McCrea, Frances Dee GRIT
12pm Fort Massacre (1958, Western) Joel McCrea, Forrest Tucker GRIT
Everett Collection
12:10pm Quigley Down Under (1990, Western) Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo HDNETMV
2pm Wichita (1955, Western) Joel McCrea, Vera Miles GRIT
2:45pm The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966, Western) Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach MGM
4pm Gunsight Ridge (1957, Western) Joel McCrea, Mark Stevens GRIT
4:33pm The Last Sunset (1961, Western) Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas RETRO
5:45pm Unforgiven (1992, Western) Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman MGM
6pm Frenchie (1951, Western) Joel McCrea, Shelley Winters GRIT
8pm The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959, Western) Joel McCrea, Julie Adams GRIT
8pm Tombstone (1993, Western) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer MGM
10pm The Outriders (1950, Western) Joel McCrea, Arlene Dahl GRIT
10:10pm Open Range (2003, Western) Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner MGM
11:05pm Border River (1954, Western) Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo RETRO
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