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Entertainment writer Bruce Eder found that Fredericks "looked exactly like" the Steve Canyon character as drawn by the cartoonist Milton Caniff (1909-1988). Eder added, "That was how Dean Fredericks became a star known to millions of baby boomers."<ref name=eder/> Steve Canyon toys and related products prolonged the popularity of the program in pop culture long after its initial television run.<ref name=eder/> The ''Steve Canyon'' series first aired at 9 p.m. Saturdays between ''The Perry Como Show'' and the Joel McCrea western ''Cimarron City'' and opposite [[CBS]]'s ''[[Gale Storm|The Gale Storm Show]]'' and ABC's ''The Lawrence Welk Show.'' After a few months, it was moved to Thursday and then Tuesday evenings and hence did not receive the benefit of a stable time slot. The program was repeated April to September in 1960 on ABC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Military/SteveCanyon.htm|title=''Steve Canyon''|publisher=Classic Television Archives|accessdate=February 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television,'' appendix, 1958-1959 network television schedule.</ref>​

Entertainment writer Bruce Eder found that Fredericks "looked exactly like" the Steve Canyon character as drawn by the cartoonist Milton Caniff (1909-1988). Eder added, "That was how Dean Fredericks became a star known to millions of baby boomers."<ref name=eder/> Steve Canyon toys and related products prolonged the popularity of the program in pop culture long after its initial television run.<ref name=eder/> The ''Steve Canyon'' series first aired at 9 p.m. Saturdays between ''The Perry Como Show'' and the Joel McCrea western ''Cimarron City'' and opposite [[CBS]]'s ''[[Gale Storm|The Gale Storm Show]]'' and ABC's ''The Lawrence Welk Show.'' After a few months, it was moved to Thursday and then Tuesday evenings and hence did not receive the benefit of a stable time slot. The program was repeated April to September in 1960 on ABC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Military/SteveCanyon.htm|title=''Steve Canyon''|publisher=Classic Television Archives|accessdate=February 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television,'' appendix, 1958-1959 network television schedule.</ref>​

The series was sponsored by Chesterfield [[cigarette]]s. The first twenty-four episodes have been released on [[DVD]] in two volumes since 2008 through the Milton Caniff estate. The remaining ten episodes will be released in a third and final DVD volume but has been released as of late July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stevecanyondvd.blogspot.com/2013/02/col-canyon-is-alive-and-well.html|title=''Steve Canyon''|publisher=stevecanyondvd.blogspot.com|accessdate=March 25, 2013}}</ref>​

''Steve Canyon'' was sponsored by Chesterfield [[cigarette]]s. The first twenty-four episodes have been released on [[DVD]] in two volumes since 2008 through the Milton Caniff estate through the work of animator, producer and director [[John R. Ellis. The remaining ten episodes will be released in a third and final DVD volume but has been released as of late July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stevecanyondvd.blogspot.com/2013/02/col-canyon-is-alive-and-well.html|title=''Steve Canyon''|publisher=stevecanyondvd.blogspot.com|accessdate=March 25, 2013}}</ref>​

==Other acting roles==

==Other acting roles==