When Ken Curtis was bumped up to the sidekick role of Festus on the hit series Gunsmoke there was one physical trait he had ...

In a brand-new TV Legends Revealed, find out whether Gunsmoke needed to make special guns because James Arness' hands were so ...

Gunsmoke’ aired from 1955 to 1974 and set a new standard for TV drama. See what happened to cast members James Arness, ...

Before he ruled the box office in the 1970s with Smokey and the Bandit, The Longest Yard and Deliverance, Burt Reynolds was ...

According to an interview with TV Guide, Stone talked about his early days working on Gunsmoke. He recalled how he initially hated working with Arness, which progressively grew more intense over ...

James Arness played Gunsmoke lead Matt Dillon for the entire 20 seasons that the show was on the air. The character was the U.S. Marshal of Dodge City, Kansas, who worked to keep the city safe ...

“Gunsmoke” ended its 20-season run on CBS on March 31, 1975, the same night John Wooden ended his 27-season run as UCLA’s basketball coach. Wooden went out in a blaze of glory, beating ...

Nielsen acknowledged as much Monday by including shoutouts to two legacy titles, Little House on the Prairie and Gunsmoke, in its recap of 2024 viewing. Little House racked up 13.3 billion minutes ...

That is a horse of a different color — or black and white, as the case may be. Gunsmoke, which had a 20-season run on CBS from 1955-75, claimed a spot among the top 10 acquired series on ...

Interestingly, the classic 1950s Western series Gunsmoke debuted on the acquired list at No. 8 with 646M minutes viewed on Paramount+ and Peacock. However, Nielsen says that the series has been ...