I just stumbled across 'The Outcasts' - Don Murray, Otis Young

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For those who don't know the show, it is the best western ever. Don Murray and Otis Young with an incredibly smart script week after week, excellent background music, directing, casting . . . I could go on. Takes place a short time after the end of the Civil War, when Murray (ex soldier and southern planter) and Young (ex slave) both headed west and after a less than cordial meeting decide to join forces as bounty hunters.



Now showing on WFXB. Well, I just caught the last few minutes of it, but I checked and it runs every Saturday at 4 pm and Sunday at 10 am.

I don't know how long its been running. But I know many people have tried for years to get someone to release the series on DVD, to no avail. It has not been available anywhere, unless on some obscure cable channel. But I don't have cable, just antenna.

“In the decade following the Civil War, people of all creeds and colors were part of the West.” Thus began the opening narration of The Outcasts, a groundbreaking Western series that still raises eyebrows more than half a century after its debut.

Don Murray stars as Earl Corey, a former Confederate soldier – and slave owner – from a once-wealthy, now-destitute Virginia family. Otis Young is his reluctant partner Jemal David, an educated former slave. Together, the two men navigate the West, and their own prejudices, as bounty hunters.

Created by Ben Brady and Leon Tokatyan, The Outcasts is unlike any other TV Western of its era. The depiction of the casual racism of the post-bellum West is clear commentary on the racial inequities of the 1960s. But the series was neither a heavy-handed parable nor a light buddy comedy. Over 26 episodes, Corey and Jamal’s relationship evolves from contempt to tolerance to cautious trust. Think The Defiant Ones meets Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, with a dash of Spaghetti Western flavor. So saddle up and enjoy some surprising facts about this never-on DVD gem.

https://www.get.tv/gettv-blog/10-surprising-facts-about-outcasts

Here's the schedule with the call letters, etc.:

https://www.wfxb.com/schedule/

It's listed under last channel on the page: getTV, channel 43.8, at 10 am on Sunday mornings, just before Shane. You'll have to use the arrows to go back and forth on times and dates.

Another schedule, just for the show (click on the schedule button at top of page):

https://www.get.tv/programs/outcasts

Catch it. You won't be sorry. Today was episode 22 out of 26 total. I hope it repeats! I love these guys.

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Get TV

I get that too, over the air, like you. I haven't seen that series, but I have seen it listed.

For me:

https://nocable.org/tv-listings/zip/20500-washington-dc/

It's on Saturdays and Sundays at 10:00 a.m.

I've got Cozi on now. They run four episodes of "Heartland" every Sunday, starting at noon.

Thanks for the recommendation.

[viva la]

2. Another show (soon to be on Netflix) based on the coolest ever-- Bass Reeves

Black US marshal after Civil War arrested more than 3000 outlaws.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. I just checked my local TV schedule. It's about to come on right now.

https://nocable.org/tv-listings/zip/20500-washington-dc/

Thanks.