[3] In 1953, The Gabby Hayes Show was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category of outstanding children's program, but lost to Time for Beany.

[2] The live half-hour show was about historical events, and host Gabby Hayes would be seen in a general store in "Quaker Canyon.

[3] Some of the earliest episodes were on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Battle of the Alamo, Buffalo Bill as a youngster, John Paul Jones, and Thanksgiving.

[11] After NBC's weekday series ended multiple episodes were edited into 25-minute versions[2] which presented scenes from an entire western film.

[15][16] On April 25, 2006, Alpha Video released Region 0 (world-wide) DVDs of the half-hour western film version of The Gabby Hayes Show.