“Lee Majors Joined The Virginian in Its Final Season Rebranded as The Men from Shiloh” — what this page in the network covers. Lee Majors, the future star of The Six Million Dollar Man, joined the cast of the iconic Western series The Virginian in its final season, when the show was rebranded as The Men from Shiloh. The series, which ran from 1962 to 1971, was renamed for its ninth and last season to reflect a shift in focus toward the younger characters at the Shiloh Ranch. Majors played Roy Tate, a new ranch hand, marking one of his earliest regular television roles.
The rebranding and cast additions were part of an effort to revitalize the long-running show, but The Men from Shiloh lasted only one season. For fans of classic TV and Westerns, Majors' appearance offers a glimpse of a star on the rise. For the complete material, the listing points back to the source inside the network.