A close-up of John Wayne in his cowboy getup in the first episode of 'Gunsmoke' titled "Matt Gets It" Image via CBS If you're at all familiar with television Westerns, then you'd undoubtedly have ...

Gunsmoke aired its series finale on March 31, 1975, and decades later, fans still don't want to get out of Dodge. The Emmy-winning Western, based on the eponymous radio show, premiered on CBS on Sept.

James Arness, the rangy thesp best known for his 20-year run as “Gunsmoke‘s” Marshal Matt Dillon, died Friday of natural causes at his home in Brentwood. He was 88. Arness’ death was confirmed by ...