'Gunsmoke' has an untouchable reputation among Western fans.

The Emmy Award-winning Western set a new standard for television over its 20-season run from 1955 to 1975 ...

'Gunsmoke' actor James Arness once worked for John Wayne, who let him out of the contract because he felt 'embarrassed' making money off of him. In addition to sharing the same birthday on May 26, ...

The CBS series Gunsmoke was set in the frontier town of Dodge City, Kansas. The show revolved around U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness), Deputy Chester (Dennis Weaver), Doc Adams (Milburn Stone), ...

"Gunsmoke" was the series with the most-streamed minutes on FAST platforms from Oct. 2025-April 2026, at 22.5 billion minutes on Pluto TV, according to Peer39, a digital media data company.

In the 1950s and '60s, television Westerns were all the rage. Each of the Big Three networks (ABC, NBC, CBS) had their fair share of horse operas, with one of the biggest being Gunsmoke. The ...

Streaming gets attention for buzzy originals, but viewing of classics accounts for a large chunk of the total audience. Nielsen acknowledged as much Monday by including shoutouts to two legacy titles, ...

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Galloping onto CBS in 1955, "Gunsmoke" still leads the herd of TV Westerns as one of the most iconic examples of the genre ever to enthrall viewers eager for clear-cut, heroes-versus-bad-guys ...

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 ...