Gilligan's Island and Gunsmoke are wildly different in tone, scope, and longevity, but at one point the classic shows shared ...

On "Gunsmoke," Dennis Weaver was best known as the stumbling deputy Chester Goode, so why did he leave the CBS drama behind?

Gunsmoke had a long-lasting life on television after making its move from the radio. After 20 seasons, longtime fans continue to stay loyal to the Western television show for all of the joyous ...

The one-time "Gunsmoke" character of Emmett Dooley is actually played by a certain actor who has appeared in several of the ...

Few shows have run on network television for as long as Gunsmoke ran on CBS. For twenty years, the Western series braved television sets after first jumping from a radio drama to the screen, and later ...

According to John Peel’s book, The Gunsmoke Years, the show encountered viewership issues ahead of the decision to cancel it. However, that’s why the decision was made to fire producer Norman ...

This Gunsmoke episode features Marshal Matt Dillon's most brutal kill in a harrowing tale of survival and despair in the Old ...

MeTV is celebrating with a monthlong marathon that will last from Saturday, August 30, to Saturday, September 27. Every week, the network will select a theme and air correlating episodes each weekday ...

He had a very different kind of job before landing the part.

Origins: The role of Matt Dillon was never offered to John Wayne. Wayne, like many other film actors of the time, considered television an upstart medium unworthy of his talents. When CBS decided in ...