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  1. Jun 26, 2022 · Here's why classic Western series Gunsmoke was canceled after 20 years and didn't receive a finale episode. Before it became a TV show, Gunsmoke started life as a radio program.

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    After its last original airing on March 31, 1975, Gunsmoke was canceled after a 20-year run (with reruns continuing to air until September), even though it still ranked among the top 30 programs in the ratings; the Mary Tyler Moore spin-offs Rhoda (which was going into its second year in the Fall-1975 season) and Phyllis (a fall-1975 freshman ...

  3. Gunsmoke, American television western that aired on CBS for 20 seasons (195575), becoming the longest-running TV western in history. Set in Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1890s, it centered on the character of Matt Dillon, a U.S. marshal charged with maintaining law and order in a frontier town.

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  4. Feb 5, 2024 · When the Western drama television series Gunsmoke ended in 1975 after twenty seasons and a whopping 635 episodes, it was the longest-running live-action primetime series in history and had the...

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  5. Apr 25, 2024 · The Big Picture. Gunsmoke ended after 20 seasons with a lackluster episode titled "The Sharecroppers." CBS had been trying to cancel Gunsmoke for years, ending the series with an underwhelming...

  6. Oct 27, 2024 · The Western series Gunsmoke was on TV for 20 years - and then it suddenly got canceled without warning. Here's what happened.

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  8. Jan 18, 2023 · The end of Gunsmoke was an episode featuring Ken Curtis’ Festus Haggen at the center. Director Leonard Katzman’s “The Sharecroppers” was season 20 episode 24, airing on March 31, 1975.

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