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Lonesome Dove: The Series

Lonesome Dove: The Series

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Overview

Set in the small western town of Curtis Wells, Lonesome Dove: The Series follows first the romance and later the marriage of Newt Call and Hannah Peale, and the obsession that Clay Mosby, who owns most of the town, has with young Hannah, who looks remarkably like his late wife, Mary. In addition to the talented regular Canadian cast of Scott Bairstow, Christianne Hirt, and Eric McCormack, the show also featured the recurring players of Dennis Weaver as legend Buffalo Bill Cody, Diahann Carroll as innkeeper and widow Ida Grayson, Paul Johansson as newspaperman and family member Austin Peale, and Paul Le Mat as Hannah's father and the editor of the local paper.

NetworksSyndication

Top Cast

Scott Bairstow

Scott Bairstow

Newt Call

Eric McCormack

Eric McCormack

Col. Francis Clay Mosby

Christianne Hirt

Christianne Hirt

Hannah Peale Call

Dennis Weaver

Dennis Weaver

Buffalo Bill Cody

Bret Hart

Bret Hart

Luther Root

Themes & Keywords

19th century

About Lonesome Dove: The Series

Lonesome Dove: The Series is a western series that first aired in 1994 exploring themes of 19th century. it stars Scott Bairstow, Eric McCormack, Christianne Hirt. Set in the small western town of Curtis Wells, Lonesome Dove: The Series follows first the romance and later the marriage of Newt Call and Hannah Peale, and the obsession that Clay Mosby, who owns most of the town, has with young Hannah, who looks remarkably like his late wife, Mary. In addition to the talented regular Canadian cast of Scott Bairstow, Christianne Hirt, and Eric McCormack, the show also featured the recurring players of Dennis Weaver as legend Buffalo Bill Cody, Diahann Carroll as innkeeper and widow Ida Grayson, Paul Johansson as newspaperman and family member Austin Peale, and Paul Le Mat as Hannah's father and the editor of the local paper.

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