Stephen King revealed his favorite canceled TV show is Gunsmoke, which aired from 1955-1975. Fans of Gunsmoke were disappointed by its cancellation after 20 seasons. The iconic Western show has ...

Like too many other TV characters, Gunsmoke’s Chester Goode seemingly vanished into thin air. Dennis Weaver last played the character on the TV western in Season 9’s “Bently.” That episode, at least, ...

Matt Dillon, the mythical marshal of Dodge City, stood tall - all 6 feet, 6 inches of him - on "Gunsmoke" from 1955 to 1975. He outlasted dozens of other Western heroes while making history on TV's ...

Gunsmoke was a radio show before Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, and Dennis Weaver joined the cast. The original iteration began in 1952, running well-past Dodge City’s introduction to television ...

James Arness, who presided over the frontier town of Dodge City as television's most enduring western hero, the laconic, fair-minded and incorruptible Marshal Matt Dillon of the two-decade-long series ...

Gunsmoke was one of the longest-running TV shows in history, and its cultural influence has lingered on. Fans have even come up with ways that the classic Western could be rebooted for modern ...

James Arness, the Minnesota city boy who became television's strongest, most stoic symbol of the Old West, died Friday at age 88 of natural causes. Arness was best known for the role of ...

No d’oh: “The Simpsons” on Sunday set the record for the most episodes of a prime-time scripted television series, surpassing the 635 tallied by the venerable 1955–1975 TV Western “Gunsmoke.” “This ...

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