Season 1 • Episode 26
LatestFrontier Circus is an American Western television series about a traveling circus roaming the American West in the 1880s. Filmed by Revue Productions, the program aired on the CBS from October 5, 1961, until September 6, 1962.
Production
Actual circus performers + Western sets = unhinged production design choices.
Costume
Ringmaster velvet meets dust bowl denim. The clash is the point.
Creator
Samuel A. Peeples
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Creator Samuel A. Peeples later wrote for Star Trek — this was his training ground for 'weird frontier stories with found families.'
Frontier Circus aired when the Western genre dominated 30% of primetime; its failure helped prove audiences wanted their cowboys without elephant acts.
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