The 'Gunsmoke' production banned actor Amanda Blake's pet lion because it wouldn't stop interrupting James Arness in the middle of filming. Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight starred on the Western ...

A roundup near Kanab, Utah, celebrates cowboy nostalgia, with a side of grit for the kids We met Paladin, the gunslinger bounty hunter from 1960s era Western TV shows. The one who shattered all the ...

A rampage by vandals on the sets of such television favorites as “Little House on the Prairie” and “Gunsmoke” has caused an estimated $20,000 damage, ranch officials said. One or more vandals entered ...

The late, great Johnny Cash, talking between songs on one of his albums, admitted he used to stand in front of the TV and try to outdraw actor James Arness during the opening sequence of “Gunsmoke.” ...

One of television's best-kept secrets (that nobody went out of their way to keep secret) is the fact that Peter Graves and James Arness, two of the most iconic leading men of their era, were real-life ...

The original Gunsmoke cast didn’t all approach the television show the same way. Doc Adams actor Milburn Stone had a serious perspective and he wanted to make sure that his co-stars were taking the ...

Watched Encore Westerns’ 12-hour “Gunsmoke” marathon that began at high noon (when else in a western?) last Sunday and enjoyed every episode in several ways. First, naturally, because of the fine ...

Fox has ordered two more seasons of "The Simpsons" that will make the animated hit the longest-running series in primetime TV history. The 44-episode pickup will bring the show to a whopping 493 ...