Saddle Up! TV Westerns Hot

6:00 AM PDT 9/20/2011 by Lacey Rose

As "Hell on Wheels" comes to AMC, several networks prep cowboy shows.

Long considered a dormant TV format, the Western series could be making a big return to the small screen. In addition to AMC's Hell on Wheels, which bows in November and is set amid the building of the Union Pacific Railroad in the 1860s, the genre has become one of the most in-demand in TV development circles during the current cycle.