The Young Riders Episode Guide
ABC Publicity Photo
Gregg Rainwater, Travis Fine, Josh
Brolin, Yvonne Suhor, Stephen Baldwin
Ty Miller in front
The Young Riders had no real chance of staying on the air because the ABC Network kept moving it around, and viewers could not find it. It premiered in 1989 on Thursday evenings in the 9:30-10:30 timeslot. In 1990, it was moved to Saturday in the 8:00-9:00 PM timeslot. In 1991, it was still on Saturday nights, but now occupied the 9:00-10:00 PM timeslot. Season Three was the oddest year, as there was a four-month period when the series disappeared from the air waves altogether. It appeared to be gone for good, and then unexpectedly, it returned to run another two months before being yanked permanently. The series did, however, perform a sort of closure for the viewing audience. Kid and Lou married and went to live happily ever after. Ike was killed while protecting the only girl he truly loved, and Noah died in the early days of the Civil War. William Tompkins continued to run his store, and we know what happened to Jimmy, Cody, and Jesse from their real-life legends. We can surmise that Buck returned to his Kiowa brothers and Teaspoon married.
There were three 2-hour episodes to this series, just so you know to look for both halves, and each movie was the last to be filmed in a season. The only movie actually listed as a 2-part episode is Gathering Clouds from Season One, but The Exchange from Season Two and Til Death Do Us Part from Season Three are also 2-hour episodes.
Season One
| The Kid | 20 September 1989 |
| Gunfighter | 21 September 1989 |
| Speak No Evil | 28 September 1989 |
| Home of the Brave | 5 October 1989 |
| Bad Blood | 12 October 1989 |
| Black Ulysses | 26 October 1989 |
| Ten-Cent Hero | 2 November 1989 |
| False Colors | 8 November 1989 |
| A Good Day to Die | 16 November 1989 |
| End of Innocence | 30 November 1989 |
| Blind Love | 7 December 1989 |
| The Keepsake | 14 December 1989 |
| Fall from Grace | 4 January 1990 |
| Hard Time | 11 January 1990 |
| Lady for a Night | 18 January 1990 |
| Unfinished Business | 1 February 1990 |
| Decoy | 8 February 1990 |
| Daddy's Girl | 15 February 1990 |
| Bull Dog | 22 February 1990 |
| Matched Pair | 8 March 1990 |
| Man Behind the Badge | 22 March 1990 |
| And Then There Was One | 5 April 1990 |
| Gathering Clouds, Part 1 | 30 April 1990 |
| Gathering Clouds, Part II |
7 May 1990 |
Season Two
| Born to Hang | 22 September 1990 |
| Ghosts | 29 September 1990 |
| Dead Ringer | 6 October 1990 |
| Blood Moon | 13 October 1990 |
| Pride and Prejudice | 27 October 1990 |
| The Littlest Cowboy | 3 November 1990 |
| Blood Money | 10 November 1990 |
| Requiem for a Hero | 17 November 1990 |
| Bad Company | 1 December 1990 |
| Star Light, Star Bright | 15 December 1990 |
| The Play's the Thing | 29 December 1990 |
| Judgment Day | 5 January 1991 |
| Kansas | 12 January 1991 |
| The Peacemakers | 19 January 1991 |
| Daisy | 2 February 1991 |
| Color Blind | 9 February 1991 |
| Old Scores | 16 February 1991 |
| The Talisman | 23 February 1991 |
| A Noble Chase | 9 March 1991 |
| Face of the Enemy | 6 April 1991 |
| The Exchange | 4 May 1991 |
Season Three
| A House Divided | 28 September 1991 |
| Jesse | 5 October 1991 |
| The Blood of Others | 12 October 1991 |
| Between Rock Creek and a Hard Place | 25 October 1991 |
| The Presence of Mine Enemies | 9 November 1991 |
| Survivors | 16 November 1991 |
| Initiation | 25 November 1991 |
| Just Like Old Times | 30 November 1991 |
| Spirits | 7 December 1991 |
| A Tiger's Tale | 28 December 1991 |
| Good Night Sweet Charlotte | 4 January 1992 |
| Song of Isaiah | 18 January 1992 |
| Spies | 25 January 1992 |
| Shadowmen | 21 May 1992 |
| Mask of Fear | 28 May 1992 |
| Dark Brother | 4 June 1992 |
| The Road Not Taken | 11 June 1992 |
| The Sacrifice | 25 Juny 1992 |
| Lessons Learned | 9 July 1992 |
| The Debt | 16 July 1992 |
| 'Til Death Do Us Part | 22 July 1992 |