Gunsmoke aired from 1955–75. One of the first TV Westerns geared toward adults, the show was a huge hit for CBS. It centered on Matt Dillon (James Arness), a U.S. Marshal in the frontier town of Dodge ...

When big-screen legend Bette Davis rode into Dodge City for a small-screen guest appearance on Gunsmoke, it was destined to ...

Amanda Blake became known to a larger television audience as "Miss Kitty" on Gunsmoke. It was her signature role, in which she starred for almost 20 years. The actress, who died in 1989, had an ...

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), ...

In hindsight, Gunsmoke hit the jackpot when it came to getting some big-time movie stars to appear on the show. Here are 10 ...

(CBS) James Arness, the tall, iconic actor best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running television series "Gunsmoke," has died. He was 88. The Los Angeles Times reports the actor ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A two-photo collage of Roger Ewing. Roger Ewing, best known for his role as Deputy Marshal Thad Greenwood on “Gunsmoke,” has died.