About this season
Tate is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from June 8 until September 14, 1960. It was created by Harry Julian Fink, who wrote most of the scripts, and produced by Perry Como's Roncom Video Films, Inc., as a summer replacement for The Perry Como Show. Richard Whorf guest starred once on the series and directed the majority of the episodes. Ida Lupino directed one segment.
Episodes (13)
1. Home Town
Aired 8 June 1960 • 30 min
For Tate the civil war is over. With a severly crippled arm he returns to his boyhood home town to try to help a friend.
2. Stopover
Aired 15 June 1960 • 30 min
Tate is forced into a gunfight & kills who is supposed to be the fastest in the territory.Now he must face Will Smith who wants to be # 1.
3. The Bounty Hunter
Aired 22 June 1960 • 30 min
Tom Sandee is a bounty hunter. He mistakenly thinks Tate is wanted & is going after him.
4. The Mary Hardin Story
Aired 29 June 1960 • 30 min
When Tetlow (Mort Mills) tries to take her property Mary Hardin (Julie Adams) asks Tate for help.
5. Voices of the Town
Aired 6 July 1960 • 30 min
Tate is searching for a war criminal guilty of a heinous act, but in the town he lives in now, Frank Turner is a beloved and respected citizen. The townspeople won't let Tate take him without a fight.
6. A Lethal Pride
Aired 20 July 1960 • 30 min
A man named Arriega hires Tate to hunt down a wanted man.Tate is going to bring the man in but Arriega wants the man brought in dead only.
7. Tigero
Aired 3 August 1960 • 30 min
Tate is escorting a murderer to jail, but there are a group of brothers who don't plan for him to get there.
8. Comanche Scalps
Aired 10 August 1960 • 30 min
Amos Dundee with Tate going along is going home to marry his fiance.When they arrive they find that lucy just married Amos's brother. Amos intends to kill him but Comanche's steal her first.
9. Before Sunup
Aired 17 August 1960 • 30 min
A gang of outlaws shoot up a man badly.Then they make a bet on what time he will die. Tate tries to protect the man before the different oulaws can kill him.
10. The Reckoning
Aired 24 August 1960 • 30 min
Tate is chasing a killer named King.He becomes sick & the man who he is chasing daughter ends up taking care of him.
11. The Gunfighters
Aired 31 August 1960 • 30 min
A ranchowner owes his hands a year's wages.He agrees to pay up in cattle, then reneges.They pay Tate to help them collect.
12. Quiet After the Storm
Aired 7 September 1960 • 30 min
Girl is shot by jealous boyfriend, a lynch mob is after him, Tate is also looking & finds him first at the boy's father's house.
13. The Return of Jessica Jackson
Aired 14 September 1960 • 30 min
Indians have taken Milo Jackson's wife Jessica & Milo has offered Tate money to get her back.