Premise: Decision is a NBC anthology TV series that aired as a summer replacement for "The Loretta Young Show" in 1958. The episodes consisted of repurposed failed pilots, including a TV adaptation of the Owen Wister novel "The Virginian", starring James Drury. He would later star in a TV adaptation of the same novel.
Hypothesis: After having a failed pilot, and given a chance on the NBC series "Decision", the made-for-television adaptation of the Owen Wister novel, "The Virginian" eventually aired and starred James Drury.