‘Gunsmoke’ aired from 1955 to 1974 and set a new standard for TV drama Gunsmoke stands as one of the most influential television series in American history. Premiering in 1955, it brought the Old West ...

For 20 years, television audiences rode into Dodge City with Marshal Matt Dillon on a weekly basis, and when Gunsmoke finally ...

When the classic western drama “Gunsmoke” finished its 20-year run on CBS in 1975, Los Angeles Times critic Cecil Smith made a bold prediction. “I have the feeling that the first moon colony we ...