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that a 1963 Television western series, The Dakotas (starring Jack Elam and Chad Everett), was cancelled almost overnight after viewers called in complaining about a scene in the most recent episode where a lawman murdered two outlaws in a church

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Fun Fact: that a 1963 Television western series, “The Dakotas” (starring Jack Elam and Chad Everett), was cancelled almost overnight after viewers called in complaining about a scene in the most recent episode where a lawman murdered two outlaws in a church

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