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Texas Ranch House premiers on PBS





110 degrees. 200 cows. 47,000 acres. And 15 people? Can they make it?

Welcome to Texas, 1867, where modern-day time-travelers find themselves struggling to get a real-life ranch up and running. The drama unfolds on Texas Ranch House in an eight-part series narrated by native Texan and actor Randy Quaid premiering four consecutive nights, Monday May 1 - Thursday May 4 from 8-pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings).

Transplanted into the actual living and working conditions of the era, outfitted with period tools, technology and clothing, a brave family and a diverse group of cowboys-at-heart discover how the myth of the American West meshes with reality - and what the saddle-sore, rope-burned, and sun blistered ranch life was really like. Amid a roasting Texas summer, the group experiences the life of the American cowboy.


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