Production
Created by Larry Cohen, the show was co-produced for most of its run by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions in association with Sentinel Productions, Inc. Goodson-Todman was primarily known not for Westerns or dramatic shows, but almost exclusively for game and panel shows such as What's My Line? and The Price is Right. Present-day U.S. rights to Branded came into the ownership of King World before it became CBS Television Distribution. Many stations that carry Branded today usually schedule the program alongside another programs about drifters in the Old West including Aaron Spelling's The Guns of Will Sonnett, which starred Walter Brennan alongside Norman "Dack" Rambo and Johnny Yuma.
The series followed Connors' highly popular series The Rifleman, but it did not have that show's longevity, lasting only 48 episodes divided between only two seasons, the first in black and white, the second in color.
Andrew J. Fenady also served as the producer, later executive producer, on the series. Fenady was the producer of The Rebel, as well.
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