Series synopsis
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. is an American western comedy action & adventure sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on FOX on August 27, 1993. It ended on May 20, 1994. It was created by Jeffrey Boam, Carlton Cuse. It stars Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry and Christian Clemenson.
A tough-as-rawhide cowpoke, debonair ladies' man and Harvard-educated smarty-britches roams from Frisco to Jalisco in pursuit of outlaws who killed his father...and in search of a mysterious orb possessing out-of-this world powers. Hot lead and cool anachronisms await Brisco as he and his sidekicks - including Comet, the intellectual equine who doesn't know he's a horse - fight for justice in the way, way, way-out West.
Premise
A tough-as-rawhide cowpoke, debonair ladies' man and Harvard-educated smarty-britches roams from Frisco to Jalisco in pursuit of outlaws who killed his father...and in search of a mysterious orb possessing out-of-this world powers. Hot lead and cool anachronisms await Brisco as he and his sidekicks - including Comet, the intellectual equine who doesn't know he's a horse - fight for justice in the way, way, way-out West.
Premise: Smile. You're about to meet your new hero.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Bruce Campbell as Brisco County, Jr.
- Julius Carry as Lord Bowler
- Christian Clemenson as Socrates Poole
Guest cast
- Terry Funk
- John P. Ryan as Sheriff Bob Cavendish
- Kim Walker as Caitlin Ward
- Brandon Maggart as Professor Ogden Coles
- Geoffrey Blake as Beck
- Michael Cade as Tommy Trahern
- Peter Dobson as Dino Tataglia
- Xander Berkeley as Brett Bones
- Peter Dennis as Reginald
- Shelley Malil as Ashok
- Don Keith Opper as Riley
- Cory Everson as Katrina Schwenke
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 33 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 6 | July 18, 2006 | July 31, 2020 |
| Season 1 | 27 | August 27, 1993 | May 20, 1994 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brisco's Book Of Coming Things Video Catalog of the Show's Signature References to Future Items and Ideas |
July 18, 2006 |
| 2 |
The History of Brisco County Retrospective documentary with Bruce Campbell, Carlton Cuse, Julius Carry, Christian Clemenson, and Kelly Rutherford. |
July 18, 2006 |
| 3 |
Tools Of The Trade Brisco lore featurette gallery. |
July 18, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot Bounty hunter Brisco is hired by the West's most powerful robber barons to bring down the John Bly gang. |
August 27, 1993 |
| 2 |
The Orb Scholar Brisco follows a lead on Bly to the town of Poker Flats and finds Bly, the orb, and an old friend who once left him to die at the hands of the Swill brothers. |
September 3, 1993 |
| 3 |
No Man's Land While tailing the bank-robbing Swill brothers (Will, Bill, Gil, and Phil), Brisco winds up in a town where sisterhood is the rule. |
September 10, 1993 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | FOX |
|---|---|
| First aired | August 27, 1993 |
| Last aired | May 20, 1994 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 19:00:00 |