Season 1 • Episode 17
LatestIn a very eventful finale, some members of the group are taken hostage and held for the gold they posess. It is up to the others to free them and keep the gold they have worked so hard to get!
Klondike is a 17-episode half-hour American Western television series starring Ralph Taeger and James Coburn that aired on NBC. The series premiered on October 10, 1960 and ran until February 13, 1961, facing stiff competition from The Danny Thomas Show on CBS and the second half of the first-season detective series Surfside 6 starring Troy Donahue on ABC. Klondike followed Dale Robertson's Tales of Wells Fargo on the NBC schedule.
Acting
James Coburn's early charisma outshines the whole production.
Production
Studio-bound Yukon: fake snow, real budget limitations.
Costume
Squeaky-clean prospectors who've never seen actual mud.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
NBC pulled the plug after 17 episodes; the final two aired months later as 'special presentations' to burn off inventory.
Klondike debuted during the Western TV glut—1960 alone saw 30+ Western series competing for eyeballs.
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