Why did Chester leave Gunsmoke? Dennis Weaver quit after nine seasons to pursue leading roles and avoid being typecast, ...

Dennis Weaver’s Chester Goode was one of the top fan-favorite characters on Gunsmoke. He was a part of the original principal cast, but Weaver left the show after season 9 to pursue other creative ...

Curtis first joined the Gunsmoke family in 1962 with season 8 episode 13, which was called “Us Haggens.” The plot followed Festus tracking down his uncle “Black Jack” Haggen after he murdered Festus’ ...

For 20 years, television audiences rode into Dodge City with Marshal Matt Dillon on a weekly basis, and when Gunsmoke finally ...

In the history of television characters, there has been none more polarizing than Festus Haggen. Many viewers enjoyed the comic relief he brought to “Gunsmoke.” As a longtime sidekick to Marshal ...

Wondering where to watch Gunsmoke Season 11 online? We have all the streaming details right here. Gunsmoke, helmed by Norman Macdonnell and penned by John Meston, ran for 20 seasons. The James Arness ...

John Mantley, who oversaw Doc, Festus, Matt and Kitty as executive producer of “Gunsmoke” during the landmark TV western’s final decade, has died. He was 82. Mantley, who had Alzheimer’s disease, died ...

Where once The Flintstones and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet were the longest-running prime-time animated and live action sitcoms in the United States, both those records now belong to The ...