The Rifleman

The Rifleman - ABC

ABC

Series

1958

TVG

Drama

Western

A widowed sharpshooter in the 1880s American West battles desperados while raising his son in a New Mexico territory town.

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Monday, June 30

The Visitor

Season 2 • Episode 18

Two unhappy heirs threaten a young widow.

Monday, June 30

The Hero

Season 2 • Episode 19

A boy is accused of shooting an outlaw in the back.

Monday, June 30

The Challenge

Season 1 • Episode 28

An escaped killer barricades himself and his two companions in the North Fork general store.

Monday, June 30

The Hawk

Season 1 • Episode 29

Mark meets a stranger whom Lucas suspects of being a wanted man.

Monday, June 30

And the Devil Makes Five

Season 5 • Episode 19

A poisonous snake gives a prisoner his chance to escape.

Monday, June 30

End of the Hunt

Season 5 • Episode 20

Lucas' lust for revenge nearly ruins his life.

Monday, June 30

The Bullet

Season 5 • Episode 21

Lucas uses a bullet as evidence to convict a crooked gambler.

Monday, June 30

Requiem at Mission Springs

Season 5 • Episode 22

Mark is injured in an accident that leaves his legs paralyzed.

Tuesday, July 1

The Horsetraders

Season 2 • Episode 20

Lucas and Mark help a friend who has been cheated in a horse trade.

Tuesday, July 1

The Spoiler

Season 2 • Episode 21

An elderly couple moves to North Fork under an assumed name.

Tuesday, July 1

Three-Legged Terror

Season 1 • Episode 30

A young man wants an education despite his uncle's objection.

Tuesday, July 1

The Angry Man

Season 1 • Episode 31

The young son of a neighboring rancher is seriously hurt in an accident.

Tuesday, July 1

The Guest

Season 5 • Episode 23

A stranger arrives on the McCain ranch claiming to be a friend of Lucas'.

Tuesday, July 1

Old Man Running

Season 5 • Episode 24

Lucas refuses help to an old man running from a gang of criminals.

Tuesday, July 1

Which Way Did They Go?

Season 5 • Episode 25

A group of hill folk is installed as peace officers in a town near North Fork.

Tuesday, July 1

Old Tony

Season 5 • Episode 26

An elderly recluse with a mean reputation helps Lucas rescue Mark.

Wednesday, July 2

Heller

Season 2 • Episode 22

A teenage girl and her brother are badly mistreated by their stepfather.

Wednesday, July 2

Grasshopper

Season 2 • Episode 23

On a train trip, Lucas and Mark find themselves held at gunpoint by a killer.

Wednesday, July 2

The Woman

Season 1 • Episode 32

The North Fork schoolteacher is pressured to leave town because of her progressive ideas.

Wednesday, July 2

The Money Gun

Season 1 • Episode 33

A hired gunman arrives in town to kill a man Lucas has hated for years.

Wednesday, July 2

The Sharpshooter

Season 1 • Episode 1

Lucas and Mark McCain settle near North Fork.

Wednesday, July 2

Home Ranch

Season 1 • Episode 2

Two tough hired hands beat up Lucas and burn his ranch to get him to move off his land.

Wednesday, July 2

End of a Young Gun

Season 1 • Episode 3

Lucas is forced to give refuge to a young bank robber.

Wednesday, July 2

The Marshal

Season 1 • Episode 4

Lucas gives a once-famous marshal a chance for rehabilitation.

Thursday, July 3

A Time for Singing

Season 2 • Episode 24

Mark learns a new preacher is an impostor.

Thursday, July 3

The Deserter

Season 2 • Episode 25

Lucas learns why a young soldier deserted.

Thursday, July 3

A Matter of Faith

Season 1 • Episode 34

A trail bum arrives in North Fork during a drought claiming to be a water witch.

Thursday, July 3

Blood Brothers

Season 1 • Episode 35

Lucas gives his blood to save a dying man.

Thursday, July 3

The Brother-in-Law

Season 1 • Episode 5

Lucas has in-law trouble when his late wife's brother arrives in town.

Thursday, July 3

Eight Hours to Die

Season 1 • Episode 6

Mark is kidnapped by a man who blames Lucas for his own son's death.

Thursday, July 3

Duel of Honor

Season 1 • Episode 7

An Italian count arrives in North Fork and challenges the town bully to a duel.

Thursday, July 3

The Safe Guard

Season 1 • Episode 8

A new bank in North Fork is in danger of being robbed.

Friday, July 4

The Vision

Season 2 • Episode 26

Ill Mark has a vision of his mother.

Friday, July 4

Lariat

Season 2 • Episode 27

An old friend of Lucas' arrives in North Fork to open a gambling casino.

Friday, July 4

Stranger at Night

Season 1 • Episode 36

Mark, returning home from school, stumbles on the body of an unidentified man.

Friday, July 4

The Raid

Season 1 • Episode 37

A band of Indians kidnaps Mark and disappears into the hills.

Saturday, July 5

The Vision

Season 2 • Episode 26

Ill Mark has a vision of his mother.

Saturday, July 5

Incident at Line Shack Six

Season 5 • Episode 14

An Indian is accused of a mining-camp murder.

Saturday, July 5

Suspicion

Season 5 • Episode 15

Mark and Lucas find Winslow Quince stranded in the desert and help him to North Fork.

Saturday, July 5

Sidewinder

Season 5 • Episode 16

A boy not much older than Mark announces that he intends to kill Lucas.

Saturday, July 5

The Sixteenth Cousin

Season 5 • Episode 17

Local bullies ridicule a Japanese royal visitor.

Saturday, July 5

Hostages to Fortune

Season 5 • Episode 18

Rumors that Mark may be mixed up with thieves shake Lucas.

Saturday, July 5

And the Devil Makes Five

Season 5 • Episode 19

A poisonous snake gives a prisoner his chance to escape.

Saturday, July 5

Outlaw's Inheritance

Season 1 • Episode 38

Railroad officials debate whether to build a new line to North Fork or Center City.

Saturday, July 5

Boomerang

Season 1 • Episode 39

The bank forecloses on a rancher behind on his loan payments.

Monday, July 7

The Wrong Man

Season 1 • Episode 27

A marshal from another territory comes to North Fork looking for a wanted man.

Monday, July 7

Smoke Screen

Season 2 • Episode 28

The daughter of a prosperous rancher is found murdered.

Monday, July 7

Shotgun Man

Season 2 • Episode 29

Lucas receives a series of mysterious threatening notes.

Monday, July 7

The Mind Reader

Season 1 • Episode 40

A rancher is shot by an unknown killer, and his daughter's lover is jailed.

Monday, July 7

The Patsy

Season 2 • Episode 1

A group of outlaws wants to take over the town of North Fork.

Monday, July 7

The Sister

Season 1 • Episode 9

Mark tries to play Cupid for his father and a pretty young stranger who arrives in town.

Monday, July 7

New Orleans Menace

Season 1 • Episode 10

A criminal threatens to harm Mark unless Lucas sells him the ranch.

Monday, July 7

The Apprentice Sheriff

Season 1 • Episode 11

A young man takes over the duties of the sheriff, who is out of town.

Monday, July 7

The Angry Gun

Season 1 • Episode 13

Lucas and Mark are robbed while riding the stage back from a cattle sale.

Tuesday, July 8

Sins of the Father

Season 2 • Episode 30

Andy Moon and his young son take shelter at the McCain ranch.

Tuesday, July 8

The Prodigal

Season 2 • Episode 31

A bank-robbing gunman decides to hide out at the McCain ranch.

Tuesday, July 8

Bloodlines

Season 2 • Episode 2

The three Malakie brothers appear in the saloon and start breaking up the place.

Tuesday, July 8

The Blowout

Season 2 • Episode 3

A dying gunslinger attracts trouble to North Fork.

Tuesday, July 8

The Young Englishman

Season 1 • Episode 12

Lucas suspects a nobleman, recently arrived from England, of cattle rustling.

Tuesday, July 8

The Gaucho

Season 1 • Episode 14

An Argentine family moves to North Fork and settles on a ranch adjoining Lucas'.

Tuesday, July 8

The Pet

Season 1 • Episode 15

Lucas and Mark find themselves exposed to anthrax when they adopt a horse.

Tuesday, July 8

The Sheridan Story

Season 1 • Episode 16

A broken confederate soldier confronts Gen. Phil Sheridan at the McCain ranch.

Wednesday, July 9

The Fourflusher

Season 2 • Episode 32

A neighbor has bet his whole year's farm crop on a horse race.

Wednesday, July 9

The Jailbird

Season 2 • Episode 33

A convict is released from prison and returns home to North Fork.

Wednesday, July 9

Obituary

Season 2 • Episode 4

A newspaper reporter believes his wife is involved with Lucas.

Wednesday, July 9

Tension

Season 2 • Episode 5

Lucas and Mark lie to protect a dead man's family.

Wednesday, July 9

The Retired Gun

Season 1 • Episode 17

Outlaws hunt a retired gunfighter who has settled in North Fork.

Wednesday, July 9

The Photographer

Season 1 • Episode 18

Lucas' old friend, a traveling photographer, is accused of murder.

Wednesday, July 9

Shivaree

Season 1 • Episode 19

A young couple traveling in a wagon train causes trouble for all of North Fork.

Wednesday, July 9

The Dead-Eye Kid

Season 1 • Episode 20

A smart-aleck boy from Brooklyn comes west to seek his fortune.

Thursday, July 10

Meeting at Midnight

Season 2 • Episode 34

Lucas helps an old friend, a federal agent, infiltrate a gang of robbers.

Thursday, July 10

Nora

Season 2 • Episode 35

Lucas helps a woman who is being harassed by a rough gambler.

Thursday, July 10

Eddie's Daughter

Season 2 • Episode 6

Lucas becomes involved in the family troubles of the hotel clerk.

Thursday, July 10

Panic

Season 2 • Episode 7

Fallen ill, a couple seeks shelter with Lucas.

Thursday, July 10

The Indian

Season 1 • Episode 21

A U.S. marshal arrives in North Fork, taking an Indian prisoner back east for trial.

Thursday, July 10

The Boarding House

Season 1 • Episode 22

A woman whom Lucas remembers as a card cheat opens a boardinghouse in town.

Thursday, July 10

The Second Witness

Season 1 • Episode 23

Lucas risks his life when he offers to appear as a witness in a murder trial.

Thursday, July 10

The Trade

Season 1 • Episode 24

An outlaw will surrender if his sweetheart gets the reward.

Friday, July 11

The Hangman

Season 2 • Episode 36

An ex-convict is accused of robbing and killing his employer.

Friday, July 11

Trail of Hate

Season 3 • Episode 1

Three robbers force Lucas to help them rob the North Fork bank.

Friday, July 11

Ordeal

Season 2 • Episode 8

Lucas and Mark travel across the desert, returning from a trip to lay in a supply of salt.

Friday, July 11

The Spiked Rifle

Season 2 • Episode 9

Lucas agrees to ride shotgun on the North Fork stage.

Friday, July 11

One Went to Denver

Season 1 • Episode 25

Lucas' old friend arrives for an unexpected visit.

Friday, July 11

The Deadly Wait

Season 1 • Episode 26

An old enemy of Marshal Micah Torrance's arrives in town, bent on revenge.

Friday, July 11

The Wrong Man

Season 1 • Episode 27

A marshal from another territory comes to North Fork looking for a wanted man.

Friday, July 11

The Challenge

Season 1 • Episode 28

An escaped killer barricades himself and his two companions in the North Fork general store.

Saturday, July 12

The Woman

Season 1 • Episode 32

The North Fork schoolteacher is pressured to leave town because of her progressive ideas.

Saturday, July 12

End of the Hunt

Season 5 • Episode 20

Lucas' lust for revenge nearly ruins his life.

Saturday, July 12

The Bullet

Season 5 • Episode 21

Lucas uses a bullet as evidence to convict a crooked gambler.

Saturday, July 12

Requiem at Mission Springs

Season 5 • Episode 22

Mark is injured in an accident that leaves his legs paralyzed.

Saturday, July 12

The Guest

Season 5 • Episode 23

A stranger arrives on the McCain ranch claiming to be a friend of Lucas'.

Saturday, July 12

Old Man Running

Season 5 • Episode 24

Lucas refuses help to an old man running from a gang of criminals.

Saturday, July 12

Which Way Did They Go?

Season 5 • Episode 25

A group of hill folk is installed as peace officers in a town near North Fork.

Saturday, July 12

Letter to the Law

Season 2 • Episode 10

Outlaws threaten to kill Micah unless their leader is freed.

Saturday, July 12

Legacy

Season 2 • Episode 11

The town drunk's son thinks he is heir to Lucas' ranch.

Sunday, July 13

Blood Brothers

Season 1 • Episode 35

Lucas gives his blood to save a dying man.

Monday, July 14

Woman From Hog Ridge

Season 3 • Episode 2

A matriarch seeks revenge for her sons' deaths.

Monday, July 14

Seven

Season 3 • Episode 3

A prison wagon carrying seven criminals stops over in North Fork for supplies.

Monday, July 14

The Baby Sitter

Season 2 • Episode 12

Lucas and Mark find themselves caring for a 6-month-old baby.

Monday, July 14

The Coward

Season 2 • Episode 13

Lucas becomes involved in a revenge fight when he befriends a young Easterner.

Monday, July 14

The Hawk

Season 1 • Episode 29

Mark meets a stranger whom Lucas suspects of being a wanted man.

Monday, July 14

Three-Legged Terror

Season 1 • Episode 30

A young man wants an education despite his uncle's objection.

Monday, July 14

The Angry Man

Season 1 • Episode 31

The young son of a neighboring rancher is seriously hurt in an accident.

Monday, July 14

The Woman

Season 1 • Episode 32

The North Fork schoolteacher is pressured to leave town because of her progressive ideas.

Tuesday, July 15

The Pitchman

Season 3 • Episode 4

A con man and his son want Lucas' mineral rights.

Tuesday, July 15

Strange Town

Season 3 • Episode 5

Lucas trails an escaped prisoner to a mining town in the mountains.

Tuesday, July 15

The Surveyors

Season 2 • Episode 14

Mark runs away from home when he thinks that Lucas believes he's lying.

Tuesday, July 15

Day of the Hunter

Season 2 • Episode 15

A buffalo hunter tries to force Lucas into a gunfight.

Tuesday, July 15

The Money Gun

Season 1 • Episode 33

A hired gunman arrives in town to kill a man Lucas has hated for years.

Tuesday, July 15

A Matter of Faith

Season 1 • Episode 34

A trail bum arrives in North Fork during a drought claiming to be a water witch.

Tuesday, July 15

Blood Brothers

Season 1 • Episode 35

Lucas gives his blood to save a dying man.

Tuesday, July 15

Stranger at Night

Season 1 • Episode 36

Mark, returning home from school, stumbles on the body of an unidentified man.

Wednesday, July 16

Baranca

Season 3 • Episode 6

A Mexican bandit and his gang ride into North Fork.

Wednesday, July 16

The Martinet

Season 3 • Episode 7

Lucas helps a young minister who has problems with his father.

Wednesday, July 16

Mail-Order Groom

Season 2 • Episode 16

Land-hungry brothers threaten a spinster's fiance.

Wednesday, July 16

A Case of Identity

Season 2 • Episode 17

Two tough private detectives appear in North Fork looking for a boy.

Wednesday, July 16

The Raid

Season 1 • Episode 37

A band of Indians kidnaps Mark and disappears into the hills.

Wednesday, July 16

Outlaw's Inheritance

Season 1 • Episode 38

Railroad officials debate whether to build a new line to North Fork or Center City.

Wednesday, July 16

Boomerang

Season 1 • Episode 39

The bank forecloses on a rancher behind on his loan payments.

Wednesday, July 16

The Mind Reader

Season 1 • Episode 40

A rancher is shot by an unknown killer, and his daughter's lover is jailed.

Thursday, July 17

Miss Milly

Season 3 • Episode 8

A store owner hires con men as collection agents.

Thursday, July 17

Dead Cold Cash

Season 3 • Episode 9

Before she dies, the widow of a bandit Lucas shot arranges for his death.

Thursday, July 17

The Visitor

Season 2 • Episode 18

Two unhappy heirs threaten a young widow.

Thursday, July 17

The Hero

Season 2 • Episode 19

A boy is accused of shooting an outlaw in the back.

Thursday, July 17

The Patsy

Season 2 • Episode 1

A group of outlaws wants to take over the town of North Fork.

Thursday, July 17

Bloodlines

Season 2 • Episode 2

The three Malakie brothers appear in the saloon and start breaking up the place.

Thursday, July 17

The Blowout

Season 2 • Episode 3

A dying gunslinger attracts trouble to North Fork.

Thursday, July 17

Obituary

Season 2 • Episode 4

A newspaper reporter believes his wife is involved with Lucas.

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