The Real West

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The Real West
Genre Documentary
Presented by Kenny Rogers
Country of originUnited States
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The Real West is an American historical documentary television series hosted by Kenny Rogers which first aired on A&E from 1992 to 1995. One of A&E's highest-rated [1] series, it prompted parent company A+E Networks to create the History Channel to show reruns of The Real West and other new original programming, primarily documentaries.

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References

  1. Huff, Richard (1993-02-19). "A&E saddles up western series". Variety . Retrieved 2014-02-19.