re: Why Did The Western Die as a Genre?

I grow up in the 60's, western donated the small screen and the large for many years.

56-64 western tv shows were in re-runs on tv for years near into the 70's.

Look at the westerns released from 55-70, there are more westerns than any other genre in those years, big budgets and big stars.

It was over sold to long and you still see all the shows and movies on tv all the time.

It is hard to resale the same plot line that long.

The comic book super hero movies are ok, but are growing long in the tooth.

I have seen 100's of westerns and near every episode of all the western tv shows from 56-75.

When you place that much of one genre on tv, it is easy to see why it is not a big seller today.

To go with that, todays make up of the US is all about action, action, action, very little into a good story.