James Arness was first brought onto Gunsmoke ... directly applied to many shows and films. “Since the hero never shoots first, the villain has to decide when to draw, which impedes his action ...

Summers didn’t repeatedly pester Arness about the gun. Summers said he asked only once. But Arness apparently remembered. After the show ended, Summers got a call from the “Gunsmoke” prop ...

Gunsmoke' was the longest-running Western show of all time with 20 seasons ... Its large cast of guest stars was a huge draw for those looking for an ensemble with plenty of variety in its ...

Ojala earned high praise from the show’s star. “There’s no one faster with a gun,” Arness, who received fast-draw pointers from Ojala, said in a 1959 Times story. “He was the top gun ...

A long-running TV show with a huge library of episodes ... as the case may be. While this is Gunsmoke’s first top 10 appearance, the series has been a solid streaming draw for some time. It had more ...

According to the latest Nielsen streaming report, Gunsmoke is one of the top 10 most-watched acquired series across all measured streaming services. Yes, the 70-year-old Western TV show adapted ...

Have Gun – Will Travel is a forgotten Western that doesn’t get talked about nearly as much as it should. For a show that helped ... this time with Gunsmoke’s John Dehner taking over the ...

In 1959-60, “Gunsmoke” averaged a 40.3 rating, an inconceivable figure by modern TV series standards and thus not useful for current ratings discussions. “His premise was, compare [shows] to ...