The western drama "Gunsmoke" premiered 70 years ago, airing for 20 seasons from 1955 to 1975. MeTV is celebrating the anniversary by airing specially selected episodes, themed weeks, and movies ...

Records, as they say, are made to be broken. But that doesn't mean every record is particularly easy to break. That's certainly true in the field of TV, where producers and networks are primarily ...

When Gunsmoke first rode onto TV screens on September 10, 1955, no one could have predicted it would run for 20 years and more than 600 episodes — or that the show would still be airing daily on ...

There aren't many television shows from the 1950s that still have an active fanbase, but Gunsmoke seems to have defied those odds. The classic Western series remains a staple of the genre today, with ...

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The Emmy-winning Western, based on the eponymous radio show, premiered on CBS on Sept. 10, 1955, and offered a gritty, grounded portrayal of frontier life. The series ran for 20 seasons and remains ...

When considering the vast catalog of Western television programs, there is only one series that reigns not only as the leading champion of the televised genre, but sits on the throne as the "gold ...