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The Squaw, November 11, 1961 Written by John Dunkel, Directed by Gerald H. Mayer Cast: John Dehner, Vitina Marcus, Paul Carr, Bob Hastings, Jeb McDonald, Jack Orrison, Bill Erwin
Gunsmoke is set in and around Dodge City, Kansas, in the post-Civil War era and centers on United States Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) as he enforces law and order in the city.
Gunsmoke (TV Series 1955–1975) John Dehner as Ben, Caleb, Cope Borden, Hardy Tate, Luke, Nate Springer, Nip Cullers, Paolo Scanzano, Rack, Sam Wall, Tom Cassidy, Wayne Russell.
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This page contains a list of all the seasons and episodes of the long-running CBS-TV series Gunsmoke. Gunsmoke was developed for television by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name. The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history. The first episode aired in the United States on September 10, 1955, and the final episode aired on March 31, 1975. All episodes were broadcast in the U.S. by CBS. In the United Kingdom, Gunsmoke was originally broadcast under the title Gun Law.
was originally a half-hour program filmed in black-and-white. The series expanded to an hour in length with season seven and began filming in color in season 12. During its run, 635 episodes were broadcast, of which 233 were 30 minutes and 402 were 60 minutes in length. Of the hour-long episodes, 176 were in black-and-white and 226 were in color. During season two, Gunsmoke became one of the 10 most popular programs on American television and moved to number one in the third season. It remained at number one until 1961 and stayed in the top 20 until 1964. The series returned to prominence in 1967 following a shift in its programming time from Saturday to Monday night. From there, Gunsmoke remained in the top 20 for the next seven years, dropping out only in its final season. In May 1975, CBS cancelled the series. Alan Wagner, the network's vice president at the time, said, "It's better to get rid of a program one year too soon than one year too late." Between 1987 and 1994, five television movies based on the series were aired by CBS.
Series overview
Season Episodes Originally aired Rank Rating Viewers
(millions)
First aired Last aired
1 39 September 10, 1955 August 25, 1956 N/A N/A N/A
2 39 September 8, 1956 June 29, 1957 7 32.7 12.72
Half-hour era
Seasons 1 - 6 1955/56 through 1960/61 233 half-hour episodes (all black-and-white) 39 episodes for each of the first five seasons, with 38 episodes for the 6th season
One-hour black-and-white era
Seasons 7 - 11 1961/62 through 1965/66 176 black-and-white full-hour episodes (all two-parters counted as two individual hour-long episodes)
One-hour color era
Seasons 12 - 20 1966/67 through 1974/75 226 color episodes (all full-hour) (all two- or three-parters counted as two or three individual hour-long episodes)
1.Gunsmoke: An American Institution, by Ben Costello, 2006, Five Star Publications, Inc., Chandler, Arizona, ISBN 978-1-58985-014-9.
2.Gunsmoke: A Complete History, by SuzAnne & Gabor Barbaras, 1990, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, ISBN 0-89950-418-3.
1.Barbaras, 1990, pp. 74–75.
2.Barbaras, 1990, pages 444, 742.
3.Costello 2006 pages 255, 539.
4.Newcomb, Horace (2010). Gunsmoke. The Museum of Broadcast Communications.
5.Barbaras, 1990, p.5.
6.Costello, 2006, pp. 255–539.
•List of Gunsmoke television episodes at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pariah: Directed by Harry Harris. With James Arness, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, John Dehner. A mousy local man is hailed as a hero when he shoots and kills a man wanted for murder. Then a newspaper reporter interviews him and uncovers facts that cast a very different light on the shooting.
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Episode 2 is the first of 12 appearances of John Dehner, who also performed in approximately half of the 480 radio episodes of Gunsmoke. Episode 12, "Magnus", used Robert Easton , who had also played Magnus in the radio broadcast of the episode.
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Gunsmoke is an American Western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name. The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history.