It took quite some time for the Golden Globes to recognize Gunsmoke before nominating it. The show was first adapted from a radio show in 1955, rather quickly catching on. The Western genre went ...
Stepping onto the Kansas Gunsmoke Trail is like riding straight into television history. The trail blends authentic Wild West ...
Seventy years ago, on September 10, 1955, a gunfighter named Matt Dillon first strode into Dodge City on CBS, Gunsmoke, helping to change the nature of TV Westerns, eventually running for 20 years, ...
The initial Gunsmoke character of U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon was rather similar to the one represented on the radio iteration. However, actor James Arness and the writers continued to evolve the role to ...
Shy" riffs on the classic CBS Western in a way that challenges the formulaic ramblings of each episode. When the titular ...
(CBS) James Arness, the tall, iconic actor best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running television series "Gunsmoke," has died. He was 88. The Los Angeles Times reports the actor ...
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 ...
According to the latest Nielsen streaming report, Gunsmoke is one of the top 10 most-watched acquired series across all measured streaming services. Yes, the 70-year-old Western TV show adapted from a ...
A close-up of John Wayne in his cowboy getup in the first episode of 'Gunsmoke' titled "Matt Gets It" Image via CBS If you're at all familiar with television Westerns, then you'd undoubtedly have ...
When he was a little kid growing up in Collins, Mississippi in the early 1950s, Gerald McRaney and his dad would sit by the radio every week to listen to William Conrad as Sheriff Matt Dillon in the ...
Actor James Arness, who personified the tall, rugged lawman of the American frontier as Marshal Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke," U.S. television's longest-running prime-time drama, died on Friday at age 88.