The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show was a musical variety series that aired Saturday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on ABC from September 29, 1962 until December 22, 1962.The series was called "a very wholesome musical variety hour" and one reviewer referred to it as "A kind of Lawrence Welk with spurs." Writers were Borden Chase, Stan Davis, Elon Packard, and Bob Henry. Henry was also the director.The show became the first series to be cancelled during the 1962 television season.