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- Season 1 overviewSep 10, 1955-Jul 21, 195635 episodesSeason 1 episodes1. Matt Gets It Sep 10, 1955
- A ruthless gunman, out to defy law and order, comes up against Matt Dillon.
- 2. Hot Spell Sep 17, 1955
- Matt Dillon tries to protect a notorious gunman who is just out of prison and trying to go straight.
- 3. Word of Honor Oct 1, 1955
- Matt tries to protect the sole witness to a murder from the outlaws who intend to silence the man.
- 4. Home Surgery Oct 8, 1955
- Matt and Chester happen upon a remote ranch and a man dying of an injury that may not be accidental.
- 5. Obie Tater Oct 15, 1955
- Matt tries to stop outlaws who have attacked a prospector whose life savings are in danger.
- 6. Night Incident Oct 29, 1955
- No one believes an over-imaginative boy who stumbles upon a highwayman and his accomplice wife.
- 7. Smoking Out the Nolans Nov 5, 1955
- Matt decides to fight fire with fire when a landowner tries to evict a stubborn homesteader.
- 8. Kite's Reward Nov 12, 1955
- A reformed outlaw wants to go straight, but a bounty hunter has other plans for him.
- 9. The Hunter Nov 26, 1955
- A buffalo hunter ignores an Indian land treaty and goes onto their land to hunt.
- 10. The Queue Dec 3, 1955
- Some of the citizens of Dodge City object to a Chinese cook making his living in the town.
- 11. General Parsley Smith Dec 10, 1955
- A supposed war hero attempts to run an alleged swindler out of town.
- 12. Magnus Dec 24, 1955
- Chester's a little embarrassed by his brother's primitive ways and tries to make him look silly.
- 13. Reed Survives Dec 31, 1955
- An elderly farmer's young wife plots to kill him, but her lover becomes the pawn of the homicide.
- 14. Professor Lute Bone Jan 7, 1956
- A traveling medicine show man's life is in danger when his tonic causes a death in Dodge City.
- 15. No Handcuffs Jan 21, 1956
- An unscrupulous lawman compels a victim of circumstances to attempt murder.
- 16. Reward for Matt Jan 28, 1956
- A rancher's widow offers a reward for Matt's death after he shoots her thieving husband.
- 17. Robin Hood Feb 4, 1956
- An outlaw who only robs the wealthy defies the law when witnesses refuse to testify against him.
- 18. Yorky Feb 18, 1956
- A white boy raised by the Pawnee is shot while trying retrieve horses stolen from his tribe.
- 19. 20-20 Feb 25, 1956
- A former lawman lives in constant fear of his life because of his failing eyesight.
- 20. Reunion '78 Mar 3, 1956
- A witness's refusal to testify means that an innocent cowboy will hang for murder.
- 21. Helping Hand Mar 17, 1956
- A belligerent young man tries to make a name for himself by challenging Matt to a street fight.
- 22. Tap Day for Kitty Mar 24, 1956
- An unwilling Kitty is the target of an elderly rancher's marriage plans.
- 23. Indian Scout Mar 31, 1956
- Matt and Chester pursue an Indian scout accused of murder into Comanche territory.
- 24. The Pest Hole Apr 14, 1956
- Doc Adams fights to halt the spread of typhoid fever as well as the panic that accompanies it.
- 25. The Big Broad Apr 28, 1956
- A meek man is challenged by a hulking hunter for the hand of his 6-foot tall fiancée.
- 26. Hack Prine May 12, 1956
- Matt arrests a man for murder and becomes the target of a gunman hired by the accused's brother.
- 27. Cooter May 19, 1956
- A gambler uses a mentally disabled man as a pawn when Matt exposes him as a cheat.
- 28. The Killer May 26, 1956
- Matt tries to prove a bully is guilty of murder when he provokes slower men into drawing first.
- 29. Doc's Revenge Jun 9, 1956
- Doc Adams is arrested for murder after he vows to kill a stranger who comes to Dodge.
- 30. The Preacher Jun 16, 1956
- Matt substitutes himself to save newcomer Seth Tandy from a beating at the hands of a loud braggart.
Sat, Oct 3, 1959. A man unexpectedly turns up in Dodge City claiming to be Billy Crale, the long-lost son of a well-to-do local widow. Matt knows that the war office reported Billy Crale killed in the Civil War at the battle of Shiloh, so he becomes highly concerned for Mrs. Crale's safety when he confirms that the man is actually a former ...
Sat, Sep 10, 1955. Matt is critically wounded while attempting to arrest super-fast gunman Dan Grat. Grat runs rampant in Dodge while Matt recovers, but is unpleasantly surprised when the recovered marshal challenges him again. 8.1/10 (492) Rate. Watch options.
Gunsmoke. (TV series) episodes. Clockwise from top: Ken Curtis (Festus), Arness (Matt), Amanda Blake (Kitty) and Milburn Stone (Doc) in 1968. Gunsmoke is an American Western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name. [1] The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running ...
Gunsmoke: Created by Charles Marquis Warren, Clyde Ware. With James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis. Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.
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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
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. 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 ...
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