The Virginian (television series)

E230838

Western television series television series

The Virginian is a 1960s American Western television series set on the Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming, notable for its 90-minute episodes and ensemble cast.

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All labels observed (21)

Label	Occurrences
The Virginian (TV series)	28
The Virginian (television series) canonical	6
The Virginian	3
The Virginian (character)	2
The Virginian season 1	2
Laura on The Virginian (TV series)	1
The Virginian (NBC television series)	1
The Virginian (TV episode)	1
The Virginian (TV series appearance)	1
The Virginian (TV series appearances)	1
The Virginian (Western TV series) music	1
The Virginian (original television series)	1
The Virginian (season 8)	1
The Virginian (television episodes)	1
The Virginian (title character)	1
The Virginian season 2	1
The Virginian season 3	1
The Virginian season 8	1
The Virginian season 9	1
The Virginian universe	1
television series "The Virginian"	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2063706 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Virginian (television series)
Context triple: [Andrew Duggan, notableWork, The Virginian (television series)]

A. Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke is a classic American Western television series that follows U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon as he maintains law and order in the frontier town of Dodge City.
B. Bonanza
Bonanza is a classic American Western television series that aired from 1959 to 1973, following the Cartwright family on their Nevada ranch, the Ponderosa.
C. Hart of Dixie
Hart of Dixie is an American comedy-drama television series about a New York doctor who moves to a small town in Alabama, blending fish-out-of-water humor with Southern charm and romance.
D. Longmire
Longmire is a historic district and visitor area in Mount Rainier National Park known for its early park facilities, museum, and trail access.
E. Sherston’s Progress
Sherston’s Progress is the third volume of Siegfried Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy, chronicling his World War I experiences and evolving disillusionment with the war.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Virginian (television series)
Target entity description: The Virginian is a 1960s American Western television series set on the Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming, notable for its 90-minute episodes and ensemble cast.

A. Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke is a classic American Western television series that follows U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon as he maintains law and order in the frontier town of Dodge City.
B. Bonanza
Bonanza is a classic American Western television series that aired from 1959 to 1973, following the Cartwright family on their Nevada ranch, the Ponderosa.
C. Hart of Dixie
Hart of Dixie is an American comedy-drama television series about a New York doctor who moves to a small town in Alabama, blending fish-out-of-water humor with Southern charm and romance.
D. Longmire
Longmire is a historic district and visitor area in Mount Rainier National Park known for its early park facilities, museum, and trail access.
E. Sherston’s Progress
Sherston’s Progress is the third volume of Siegfried Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy, chronicling his World War I experiences and evolving disillusionment with the war.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Western television series ⓘ television series ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The Virginian: Men From Shiloh ⓘ
audioFormat	monophonic sound ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Owen Wister ⓘ
basedOn	The Virginian (novel) ⓘ
broadcastFormat	weekly series ⓘ
characterPortrayed	Betsy Garth ⓘ Judge Henry Garth ⓘ Steve Hill ⓘ The Virginian ⓘ linked to: The Virginian (novel) Trampas ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution ⓘ
episodeRuntime	90 minutes ⓘ
filmingLocation	Universal Studios Hollywood ⓘ
finalAired	1971-03-24 ⓘ
firstAired	1962-09-19 ⓘ
followedBy	The Men from Shiloh ⓘ
genre	Western ⓘ
hasOpeningTheme	Lonesome Tree ⓘ
hasSpinOff	The Men from Shiloh ⓘ
mainCharacter	Betsy Garth ⓘ Judge Henry Garth ⓘ Steve Hill ⓘ The Virginian ⓘ linked to: The Virginian (novel) Trampas ⓘ
notableFor	90-minute episodes ⓘ ensemble cast ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes	249 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons	9 ⓘ
openingThemeComposer	Percy Faith ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originallyBroadcastIn	1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
originalNetwork	NBC ⓘ
pictureFormat	black-and-white ⓘ color ⓘ
portrayedBy	Doug McClure ⓘ Gary Clarke ⓘ James Drury ⓘ Lee J. Cobb ⓘ Roberta Shore ⓘ
productionCompany	Revue Studios ⓘ Universal Television ⓘ
setIn	Shiloh Ranch ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ
settingPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ

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