Because the show was on so long, Gunsmoke holds a number of records. Both James Arness and Milburn Stone played their characters for 20 years, a feat only recently surpassed by Mariska Hargitay on Law ...

Sharon covered science and discovery. When biologist James Watson died on Thursday at age 97, it brought down the curtain on 20th-century biology the way the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson ...

James Arness, the 6-foot-6 actor who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," died Friday. He was 88. The actor died in his sleep ...

For 20 years, television audiences rode into Dodge City with Marshal Matt Dillon on a weekly basis, and when Gunsmoke finally ended in 1975, James Arness had quietly become one of the most familiar ...

On Sept. 10, 1955, the Western premiered on CBS before kicking off a 20-season, 635-episode run. By Hal Landers On Sept. 10, 1955, the iconic Western series Gunsmoke premiered on CBS from 10 ...

The western drama "Gunsmoke" premiered 70 years ago, airing for 20 seasons from 1955 to 1975. MeTV is celebrating the anniversary by airing specially selected episodes, themed weeks, and movies ...

There was nothing fancy about the opening credits of Gunsmoke when the Western first rode onto TV screens on September 10, 1955. However, audiences loved the striking 15-second sequence of U.S.

James Comey has warned of a "grave danger" in maintaining trust in federal prosecuting after the Department of Justice (DOJ) fired his daughter, Maurene Comey, from her job as prosecutor for the U.S.

Marlon Arness Foster, 66, of Harrisonburg, passed away on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at the Sentara RMH Medical Center. Mr. Foster was born on January 3, 1959, in Williamsburg, VA and was a son of the ...