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<blockquote data-quote="Jock Ewing Fan" data-source="post: 372037" data-attributes="member: 40536"><p>Gunsmoke was a great series and many people watch it on tv.</p><p></p><p>From Wikipedia</p><p></p><p>The radio series ran from 1952 to 1961. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dunning_(radio_historian)" target="_blank">John Dunning</a> wrote that among radio drama enthusiasts, "<em>Gunsmoke</em> is routinely placed among the best shows of any kind and any time."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunsmoke#cite_note-:0-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> It ran unsponsored for its first few years, with CBS funding its production.</p><p></p><p>In 1955, the series was adapted for television and ran for 20 seasons. From 1955 to 1961, it ran in half-hour episodes, and one-hour episodes from 1962 to 1975. A total of 635 episodes were aired over its 20 year run. At the end of its run in 1975, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" target="_blank">Los Angeles Times</a></em> columnist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Smith_(writer)" target="_blank">Cecil Smith</a> wrote: "<em>Gunsmoke</em> was the dramatization of the American epic legend of the west. Our own <em>Iliad</em> and <em>Odyssey</em>, created from standard elements of the dime novel and the pulp Western as romanticized by [Ned] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Buntline" target="_blank">Buntline</a>, [Bret] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Harte" target="_blank">Harte</a>, and [Mark] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain" target="_blank">Twain</a>. It was ever the stuff of legend."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunsmoke#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[2]</a></p><p></p><p>Following its regular television series run, five made-for-tv movies were produced.</p><p></p><p>The show won 15 Primetime Emmy awards as well as other accolades. It was frequently well received, holding a top-10 spot in the Nielsen ratings for several seasons.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunsmoke[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Burt Reynolds and Dennis Weaver were both series regulars at one time.</p><p></p><p>Jim Davis was featured on 11 episodes</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Davis_(actor)[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jock Ewing Fan, post: 372037, member: 40536"] Gunsmoke was a great series and many people watch it on tv. From Wikipedia The radio series ran from 1952 to 1961. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dunning_(radio_historian)']John Dunning[/URL] wrote that among radio drama enthusiasts, "[I]Gunsmoke[/I] is routinely placed among the best shows of any kind and any time."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunsmoke#cite_note-:0-1'][1][/URL] It ran unsponsored for its first few years, with CBS funding its production. In 1955, the series was adapted for television and ran for 20 seasons. From 1955 to 1961, it ran in half-hour episodes, and one-hour episodes from 1962 to 1975. A total of 635 episodes were aired over its 20 year run. At the end of its run in 1975, [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times']Los Angeles Times[/URL][/I] columnist [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Smith_(writer)']Cecil Smith[/URL] wrote: "[I]Gunsmoke[/I] was the dramatization of the American epic legend of the west. Our own [I]Iliad[/I] and [I]Odyssey[/I], created from standard elements of the dime novel and the pulp Western as romanticized by [Ned] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Buntline']Buntline[/URL], [Bret] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Harte']Harte[/URL], and [Mark] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain']Twain[/URL]. It was ever the stuff of legend."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunsmoke#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] Following its regular television series run, five made-for-tv movies were produced. The show won 15 Primetime Emmy awards as well as other accolades. It was frequently well received, holding a top-10 spot in the Nielsen ratings for several seasons. [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunsmoke[/URL] Burt Reynolds and Dennis Weaver were both series regulars at one time. Jim Davis was featured on 11 episodes [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Davis_(actor)[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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