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Westerns4u TV Program Guide 29-Mar-15 23-Mar-15 Westerns4U TV Program Guide 29-Mar-15 Eastern Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Pacific Time Over the Hill Gang 12:00 AM Rides Again Four Rode Out It Can Be Done Molly And One-Eyed Jacks 9:00pm Kid Vengeance Jeremiah Johnson Walter Brennan Sue Lyon Amigo Lawless John Marlan Brando Lee Van Cleef Fred Astaire Robert Redford 12:30 AM Leslie Nielsen Jack Palance Sam Elliott Western 9:30pm Fred Williamson Jack Elam Western Western Bud Spencer Vera Miles Movie 2 Hrs 1:00 AM Movies 2 Hours Andy Devine 2 Hours 1972 10:00pm Edgar Buchanan 2 Hours 1970 Movie 2hrs 1974 Movie 2hrs 1972 Classic 1:30 AM 10:30pm Movie 2hrs Over the Hill Gang Cisco Kid 2:00 AM One-Eyed Jacks It Can Be Done Molly And Rides Again 11:00pm Kid Vengeance The Searchers Walter Brennan Marlan Brando Amigo Lawless John The Gun and the 2:30 AM Lee Van Cleef John Wayne Fred Astaire 11:30pm Western Jack Palance Sam Elliott Fred Williamson Natalie Wood Jack Elam Pulpit Movie 2 Hrs Bud Spencer Vera Miles 3:00 AM Movies 2 Hours Movie 2Hrs 1956 Andy Devine Marjoe Gortner 12:00am Classic Movie 2hrs 1974 Movie 2hrs 1972 Edgar Buchanan Slim Pickens 3:30 AM Movie 2hrs Western 12:30am The Gun and the 2 Hours 1974 4:00 AM One-Eyed Jacks Four Rode Out It Can Be Done Four Rode Out 1:00am Pulpit The Searchers Marlan Brando Sue Lyon Amigo Jack Sue Lyon 4:30 AM Marjoe Gortner John Wayne Red Fury 1:30am Western Leslie Nielsen Palance Leslie Nielsen Slim Pickens Natalie Wood Cal Bartlett Movie 2 Hrs Western Bud Spencer Western 5:00 AM Western Movie 2Hrs 1956 Wendy Lynn 2:00am Classic 2 Hours 1970 Movie 2hrs 1974 2 Hours 1970 2 Hours 1974 Family-Western 5:30 AM Movie Time 2:30am Red Fury 2 hrs 1984 6:00 AM The Searchers Murder in Jeremiah Molly And 3:00am YUMA Cal Bartlett John Wayne Coweta County Johnson Lawless John Clint Walker Wendy Lynn 6:30 AM Natalie Wood Andy Griffith Robert Redford Sam Elliott It Can Be Done 3:30am Movie 2 Hours Family-Western Movie 2Hrs Johnny Cash Western Vera Miles Amigo 7:00 AM 1971 Movie Time 4:00am 1956 Movie 2hrs 1983 2 Hours 1972 Movie 2hrs 1972 Jack Palance 2 hrs 1984 7:30 AM Bud Spencer 4:30am Movie 2hrs 1974 8:00 AM 5:00am Bonanza Series Bonanza Series Bonanza Series Bonanza Series Bonanza Series Bonanza Series 8:30 AM Molly And 5:30am Over the Hill Gang The Gun and the Lawless John 9:00 AM Four Rode Out Molly And Rides Again 6:00am Kid Vengeance Pulpit Jeremiah Johnson Sam Elliott Sue Lyon Lawless John Walter Brennan Lee Van Cleef Fred Astaire Marjoe Gortner Robert Redford Vera Miles 9:30 AM Leslie Nielsen Sam Elliott 6:30am Fred Williamson Jack Elam Slim Pickens Western Movie 2hrs 1972 Western Vera Miles 10:00 AM Movies 2 Hours Andy Devine Western 2 Hours 1972 7:00am 2 Hours 1970 Movie 2hrs 1972 Edgar Buchanan 2 Hours 1974 10:30 AM Movie 2hrs High Chaparral 7:30am Series Cisco Kid Cisco Kid Cisco Kid Cisco Kid 11:00 AM 8:00am Bonanza Series Bonanza Series 11:30 AM 8:30am Cimarron Strip Cimarron Strip Cimarron Strip Cimarron Strip Cimarron Strip Series Series Wagon Train Series Series Series 12:00 PM Wagon Train Series 9:00am Series 12:30 PM 9:30am Over the Hill Gang Molly And 1:00 PM One-Eyed Jacks Four Rode Out Rides Again 10:00am Lawless John Jeremiah Johnson Kid Vengeance Bonanza Series Marlan Brando Sue Lyon Walter Brennan Sam Elliott Robert Redford Lee Van Cleef Fred Astaire 1:30 PM Western Leslie Nielsen 10:30am Vera Miles Western Fred Williamson Jack Elam Movie 2 Hrs Western 2:00 PM Movie 2hrs 2 Hours 1972 Movies 2 Hours Andy Devine 11:00am Classic 2 Hours 1970 1972 Cimarron Strip Edgar Buchanan 2:30 PM Series Movie 2hrs 11:30am Cooking with Cooking with Cooking with 3:00 PM Papa Tuck Papa Tuck Papa Tuck 12:00pm Bonanza Series Bonanza Series Bonanza Series The Rez The Rez The Rez 3:30 PM 12:30pm Bonanza Series Over the Hill Gang 4:00 PM Red Fury 1:00pm Rides Again Four Rode Out The Searchers Cal Bartlett Jeremiah Johnson Cimarron Strip Walter Brennan Sue Lyon John Wayne 4:30 PM Wendy Lynn Fred Astaire Robert Redford High Chaparral Series 1:30pm Leslie Nielsen Natalie Wood Family-Western Jack Elam Western Series Western Movie 2Hrs 5:00 PM Movie Time Andy Devine 2 Hours 1972 2:00pm 2 Hours 1970 1956 2 hrs 1984 Edgar Buchanan Movie 2hrs The Rez The Rez 5:30 PM 2:30pm The Gun and the 6:00 PM Murder in One-Eyed Jacks High Chaparral Wagon Train 3:00pm Kid Vengeance Pulpit YUMA Coweta County Marlan Brando Series Series 6:30 PM Lee Van Cleef Marjoe Gortner Clint Walker 3:30pm Andy Griffith Western Fred Williamson Slim Pickens Movie 2 Hours Johnny Cash Movie 2 Hrs 7:00 PM Movies 2 Hours Western 1971 It Can Be Done Murder in 4:00pm Movie 2hrs 1983 Classic 2 Hours 1974 Amigo Coweta County 7:30 PM 4:30pm Jack Palance Andy Griffith 8:00 PM High Chaparral High Chaparral Wagon Train High Chaparral Bud Spencer Johnny Cash 5:00pm Wagon Train Series Series Series Series Series Movie 2hrs 1974 Movie 2hrs 1983 8:30 PM 5:30pm Over the Hill Gang The Gun and the Red Fury 9:00 PM Jeremiah Rides Again Molly And Murder in Coweta 6:00pm YUMA Pulpit Cal Bartlett Johnson Walter Brennan Lawless John County 9:30 PM Clint Walker Fred Astaire Marjoe Gortner Wendy Lynn 6:30pm Robert Redford Sam Elliott Andy Griffith Movie 2 Hours Jack Elam Slim Pickens Family-Western Western Vera Miles Johnny Cash 10:00 PM 1971 Andy Devine Western Movie Time 7:00pm 2 Hours 1972 Movie 2hrs 1972 Movie 2hrs 1983 Edgar Buchanan 2 Hours 1974 2 hrs 1984 10:30 PM Movie 2hrs 7:30pm 11:00 PM Wagon Train High Chaparral Wagon Train High Chaparral Wagon Train 8:00pm Bonanza Series Bonanza Series Series Series Series Series Series 11:30 PM 8:30pm.
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