MGM Presents: Westerns

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MGM Presents: Westerns draws its programming from the extensive Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library, focusing on the Western genre as it developed in American cinema. Viewers in the United States can see classic feature films from the mid-20th century, including works directed by John Ford and starring actors such as James Stewart or John Wayne. The channel also includes later revisionist Westerns from the 1960s and 1970s, as well as television series originally produced for network broadcast. Documentaries about the Old West and behind-the-scenes featurettes occasionally fill gaps between movie presentations.

Program schedules are structured around themed blocks, such as matinee Westerns on weekends or evening double features. The channel is available through cable and satellite providers across the country, and some episodes or films may be accessible on demand through affiliated streaming platforms. TV guide listings in local newspapers and online databases typically show the daily lineup, which rotates titles from the catalog without repeating the same film too frequently within a single month.

Schedule
The Way West
03:24 - 05:46
The Way West
Movie, Western
In search of greener pastures, Senator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas) heads west, with scores of settlers following behind. Tadlock has hired an experienced scout, Dick Summers (Robert Mitchum), to accompany the caravan on the way from Missouri to Oregon. But hazards along...
Hour of the Gun
05:46 - 07:43
Hour of the Gun
Movie, Western, Drama
While the Earp brothers may have won the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, they didn't escape unscathed for long. Seeking revenge over their fallen comrades, members of the Clanton gang go after the Earp family, gunning down both Virgil and Morgan Earp. But they don't succeed at...
Doc
07:43 - 09:34
Doc
Movie, Western
In this take on the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Doc Holliday (Stacy Keach) travels to Tombstone, Ariz., with prostitute Katie Elder (Faye Dunaway). Although the trip is difficult because Doc is ill with tuberculosis, they eventually reach their destination, where Holliday is...
The Missouri Breaks
09:34 - 12:00
The Missouri Breaks
Movie, Western, Drama
When vigilante land baron David Braxton (John McLiam) hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan (Jack Nicholson), Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as...
The Long Riders
12:00 - 13:55
The Long Riders
Movie, Western, Biography
During a bank robbery by the legendary James-Younger Gang, Ed Miller (Dennis Quaid) impulsively kills a man, much to the displeasure of leader Jesse James (James Keach), who insists that the gang scatter until the heat is off. The groups of brothers go their separate ways, with...
Sabata
13:55 - 15:59
Sabata
Movie, Western
A group of thieves rob a safe of $100,000 and plan to use the money to purchase some land near a proposed railway line. The crooks think they've gotten away with their crime, but they haven't figured on Sabata, a violent bounty hunter with no scruples and a strong desire for...
Adios Sabata
15:59 - 18:00
Adios Sabata
Movie, Western
Gunslinger Sabata (Yul Brynner) allies himself with a group of wily Mexican revolutionaries scheming to overthrow Emperor Maximilian and expel the occupying Austrians from their homeland. Part of their plan involves stealing a shipment of gold and using it to purchase artillery....
The Return of Sabata
18:00 - 20:01
The Return of Sabata
Movie, Western
The third in a trilogy about the eponymous lone gunman, this one finds Sabata (Lee Van Cleef) working as a sharpshooter for a circus that's just stopped in an ailing one-horse town. The circus gig is only a front, however: Sabata is actually on the verge of robbing town mayor...
Support Your Local Sheriff!
20:01 - 21:47
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Movie, Western, Comedy
A small-scale gold rush erupts in a Colorado town after treasure is found in a grave. The area quickly becomes a magnet for criminals and other ne'er-do-wells, but everyone is too intent on searching for gold to consider law and order. When Jason McCullough (James Garner), a...
Support Your Local Gunfighter
21:47 - 23:32
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Movie, Western, Comedy
When traveling con man Latigo Smith (James Garner) drifts into a small Western town, he decides to take advantage of a local rivalry between gold-mining factions. Recruiting the shifty Jug May (Jack Elam) to pose as a notorious gunfighter, Smith sets his scheme in motion, while...
Sam Whiskey
23:32 - 01:25
Sam Whiskey
Movie, Western, Comedy
Great gambler Sam Whiskey (Burt Reynolds) has got his hands on a heist job that's pretty outrageous, even by Wild West standards. A drop-dead-gorgeous woman (Angie Dickinson) wants to quietly give back the gold her husband had stolen, now that he's dead. She approaches Sam to...