The Wild Wild West
originally aired on CBS
The Wild Wild West is an American Western, spy, and science fiction television series. Set during the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West (James West) and Artemus Gordon as they foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over part or all of the United States. The show incorporated classic Western elements with an espionage thriller, science fiction/alternate history ideas (in a vein similar to what would later be called steampunk), in one case horror ("The Night of the Man Eating House") and humor. The title of each episode begins with "The Night"