Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy

19991h 0m
Drama

Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy was a CBC Television television show based upon the adventures of author and rancher Richmond P. Hobson, Jr. in Northern British Columbia. It is based upon the eponymous book and also The Rancher Takes a Wife.

Production

Alliance Atlantis

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

January 8, 1999

Last Aired

February 11, 2000

Networks

CBC Television

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Home Alone
Air date: 1999-01-08
E2
Home Alone
Air date: 1999-01-08
After a winter cooped up in the cabin with Rich and Pan, Gloria can't wait to be alone. But when the men ride off on a treacherous hunt for missing cattle, she discovers springtime in the wilderness brings out more than the flowers.
E3
Charades
Air date: 1999-01-15
The discovery of Kit's secret identity prompts a trip to town. There Pan rekindles his torrid affair with the widow Franklin. Rich manages to locate Kit's father, but when the man shows his true colors, Gloria unites her partners to assure Kit's place on the ranch.
E4
The Stud
Air date: 1999-01-22
Money woes and male competition are front and center when Gloria's best friend Muriel arrives at the ranch with Connor, an ex-beau of Gloria's. Rich is worried that city life may reclaim his bride, but Pan's running bid to obtain a prize stallion will prove once and for all who's ""the stud.""
E5
Sex, Lies and Narrow Escapes
Air date: 1999-02-05
Inept ranch hands, calving cows and nosy neighbors keep interrupting Rich and Gloria's private life. It's going to take the RCMP, a copy of ""Lady Chatterley's Lover,"" and a moose testicle to get them back together.
E6
Harrow of Babel
Air date: 1999-02-12
Rich's obsession with clearing more land for hay leads to a risky plan to build a giant harrow. When her prize new horse is pressed into service to pull it, Gloria discovers that building the world's biggest cattle ranch is a costly dream.
E7
House Guests and Fish
Air date: 1999-02-19
Rich didn't know the widow Franklin would be the house guest from hell. Distraught over her son, who's missing in action, she's browbeating Gloria into domesticity and attracting the dubious attention of a pig farmer - a situation which could force Pan to take drastic measures.
E8
The Shape of Things to Come
Air date: 1999-02-27
When a big-city mining promoter shows up prospecting, Rich and Pan figure it'll be easy money guiding him in circles. But their mark proves to have big-city savvy, boundless energy, and a grand vision of the future that threatens to ""civilize"" the north.
E9
Wild Horses
Air date: 1999-03-04
Rich has double booked himself--Gloria's thinks they're celebrating their first anniversary, and Pan thinks they're going wild horse hunting. The solution? Rich takes the wife wild horse hunting, and Gloria learns some hard lessons in frontier living.
E10
A Year and a Day
Air date: 1999-03-11
Gloria takes advantage of Pan's absence to have a romantic evening with Rich, but champagne leads to Truth or Consequences and the going gets tough. The going is tough out on the trail, too, where Pan faces a crisis of his own.

Cast

Yannick Bisson

Yannick Bisson

Richmond Hobson

Ted Atherton

Ted Atherton

Panhandle Phillips

Kristian Ayre

Kristian Ayre

Tommy Aitkens

Sarah Chalke

Sarah Chalke

Gloria Hobson

Jewel Staite

Jewel Staite

Sally Prentiss

Will Sanderson

Will Sanderson

Ed Kroger

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