"How the West Was Won" had a special place in the heart of Norwegians.
We counted James Arness as one of our own.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arness
His family came from Aursnes, a small town not to far from my ancestral home of Ålesund.
The father of James immigrated to USA and anglicized his surname from Aursnes to Aurnes. James further anglicized his name to Arness.
I remember How the West Was Won, and older Norwegians remember Gunsmoke.