‘Untamed': Murder, Mayhem, and More at Yosemite
Co-created and co-written by Mark L. Smith and his daughter Lauren Elle Smith, 'Untamed' is the latest premium cable Western-themed TV series, and proves the once close-to-extinct genre to be far more resilient than many may have thought.
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