Wagon Train is an American
Western series that ran on
NBC 1957–62 and then on
ABC 1962–65, although the network also aired daytime repeats, as
Major Adams, Trailmaster and
Trailmaster (post-1961 episodes without original series lead
Ward Bond), from January 1963 to September 1965. The show debuted at #15 in the
Nielsen ratings, rose to #2 in the next three seasons, and peaked at #1 in the 1961–62 television season. After moving to ABC in the autumn of 1962, the ratings began to decline, and
Wagon Train did not again make the Top 20 listing.