The Virginian
Nobody Said Hello
TV Flash files “Nobody Said Hello” as hour 106 of 249 in the TV Flash guide — The Virginian (1962–1971) on NBC, season 4, episode 16, aired 1966-01-05, 90 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E16: listed hour 106 of 249 in the The Virginian guide, hour 16 of 30 in season 4. It aired 1966-01-05 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “Blaze of Glory” (S04E15). Next is “Men with Guns” (S04E17).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An ex-Confederate office imprisoned for 20 years for mistreating prisoners arrives in Medicine Bow and fans the hatred of one of his former victims.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Nobody Said Hello sit in the The Virginian guide?
S04E16 is listed hour 106 of 249 — hour 16 of 30 in season 4, season 4 episode 16.
When did The Virginian S04E16 air?
Nobody Said Hello aired 1966-01-05 and is listed at 90 minutes.
Where should I start?
A 90-minute Shiloh Ranch hour with Drury and McClure plus a meaty guest plot shows why the length exists. This is not a half-hour oat-opera you graze in minutes.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Virginian ran 90 minutes when most westerns stopped at an hour, and that extra room is the point. James Drury's nameless foreman and Doug McClure's Trampas hold Shiloh Ranch while guest stars cycle through adult plots. Come for early prestige-length drama in cowboy clothes — slower, sturdier, and more novelistic than the gunfight-of-the-week pack.
The extra half-hour is the argument. *The Virginian* ran 90 minutes when most westerns stopped at an hour, and that extra room is the point. James Drury's nameless foreman and Doug McClure's Trampas hold Shiloh Ranch on NBC (1962–1971) while guest stars cycle through adult plots. Lee J. Cobb's Judge Garth was among the rotating ranch-owner centers. A laconic loyalty-and-gun-smoke moral test, widescreen in spirit. Frank Price and Charles Marquis Warren were among the architects of one of the first successful…
Filed against
- James Drury as The Virginian
James Drury’s nameless foreman held Shiloh Ranch for ninety minutes when most westerns stopped at an hour — The Virginian as early prestige-length drama in cowboy clothes, Doug McClure’s Trampas beside him, guest stars cycling through…
- Doug McClure as Trampas
Doug McClure held Shiloh Ranch as Trampas on The Virginian — 90-minute western room, guest-star traffic, and cowboy clothes on adult plots most hour shows would not attempt. James Drury's nameless foreman had the myth; McClure had the…
- Lee J. Cobb as Judge Henry Garth
Lee J. Cobb's Judge Henry Garth gave The Virginian ranch-table steel — 90-minute western when most stopped at an hour, James Drury's nameless foreman, guest stars cycling through adult plots. Early prestige-length drama in cowboy clothes.…