• Air date: 22 Sep '90 22 episodes
      The Young Riders was an American Western television series created by Ed Spielman that presents a fictionalized account of a group of young Pony Express riders based at the Sweetwater Station in the Nebraska Territory during the years leading up to the American Civil War. The series premiered on ABC on September 20, 1989 and ran for three seasons until the final episode aired on July 23, 1992.
  • List of Episodes (22)
    • 1. Born to Hang

      22 Sep '90
      The riders try to recapture gold stolen from Stagecoach Sally, a woman spearheading a venture to send escaped slaves to Africa.
    • 2. Ghosts

      29 Sep '90
      The ""ghost"" of one of Teaspoon's victims returns for revenge.
    • 3. Dead Ringer

      06 Oct '90
      Hickok sets out to catch a vicious gunman impersonating him.
    • 4. Blood Moon

      13 Oct '90
      Fear of a cholera outbreak turns the citizens of Sweetwater into a mob intent on lynching a deaf-mute boy suspected of being the carrier.
    • 5. Pride and Prejudice

      27 Oct '90
      Buck finds Tompkins' long-missing wife and child assimilated into the Sioux tribe which took them.
    • 6. The Littlest Cowboy

      03 Nov '90
      Ike, bitter after being beaten by men who take advantage of his handicap, befriends Arthur, a terminally ill boy.
    • 7. Blood Money

      10 Nov '90
      The Kid catches Dyson, a would-be horse thief, who apparently hangs himself while in the custody of a corrupt marshal.
    • 8. Requiem for a Hero

      17 Nov '90
      Cody meets and learns from his doomed Old West hero Hezekiah Horn.
    • 9. Bad Company

      01 Dec '90
      Hickok leaves to become sheriff of the lawless town of Regrets, haoping to meet death quickly as retribution for accidentally killing a young woman during a gunfight.
    • 10. Star Light, Star Bright

      15 Dec '90
      At Chrismastime the riders believe they own half a gold mine as repayment for Hickok's kindness to old prospector Cyrus.
    • 11. The Play's the Thing

      29 Dec '90
      Cody considers joining a theater troupe, and unknowingly enters a ploat to assassinate a U.S. General.
    • 12. Judgement Day

      05 Jan '91
      Still affected by Hezekiah Horn's death, Cody seeks guidance from a preacher-vigilante.
    • 13. Kansas

      12 Jan '91
      Noah is taken into slavery when he tries to free his former teacher Calvin (Roundtree).
    • 14. The Peacemakers

      19 Jan '91
      Hickok falls for Alice, a woman from an ostracized religious group, and settles an old score with a gunfighter named Tyler.
    • 15. Daisy

      02 Feb '91
    • 16. Color Blind

      09 Feb '91
    • 17. Old Scores

      16 Feb '91
    • 18. The Talisman

      23 Feb '91
    • 19. A Noble Chase

      09 Mar '91
    • 20. Face of the Enemy

      06 Apr '91
    • 21. The Exchange (1)

      04 May '91
    • 22. The Exchange (2)

      04 May '91