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The first episode of season 13 aired in the United States on September 11, 1967, and the final episode aired on March 4, 1968. All episodes were broadcast in the U.S. by CBS. [4] Season 13 of Gunsmoke was the second season of color episodes. Previous seasons were filmed in black-and-white.
From Season 12 through the end of its historic run in 1975, Gunsmoke aired exclusively in color for its final eight and a half seasons and nearly 200 episodes. Overall, the first 233 episodes were in black and white, with the remaining 297 episodes broadcast in color.
It transitioned from a half-hour show to a full hour, some cast members left while others joined and it made the switch from black and white to color like so many programs from that era. We’ve collected 15 images from various seasons of Gunsmoke and changed them all to black and white.
During its run, 635 episodes were broadcast, of which 233 were 30 minutes and 402 were an hour. Of the latter, 176 were in black-and-white and 226 were in color. [6] During season two, Gunsmoke became one of the 10 most popular American television programs and moved to number one in the third season. It remained so until 1961 and stayed in the ...
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This page contains a list of all the seasons and episodes of the long-running CBS-TV series Gunsmoke. Gunsmoke was developed for television by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name. The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history. The first episode aired in the United States on September 10, 1955, and the final episode aired on March 31, 1975. All episodes were broadcast in the U.S. by CBS. In the United Kingdom, Gunsmoke was originally broadcast under the title Gun Law.
was originally a half-hour program filmed in black-and-white. The series expanded to an hour in length with season seven and began filming in color in season 12. During its run, 635 episodes were broadcast, of which 233 were 30 minutes and 402 were 60 minutes in length. Of the hour-long episodes, 176 were in black-and-white and 226 were in color. During season two, Gunsmoke became one of the 10 most popular programs on American television and moved to number one in the third season. It remained at number one until 1961 and stayed in the top 20 until 1964. The series returned to prominence in 1967 following a shift in its programming time from Saturday to Monday night. From there, Gunsmoke remained in the top 20 for the next seven years, dropping out only in its final season. In May 1975, CBS cancelled the series. Alan Wagner, the network's vice president at the time, said, "It's better to get rid of a program one year too soon than one year too late." Between 1987 and 1994, five television movies based on the series were aired by CBS.
Series overview
Season Episodes Originally aired Rank Rating Viewers
(millions)
First aired Last aired
1 39 September 10, 1955 August 25, 1956 N/A N/A N/A
2 39 September 8, 1956 June 29, 1957 7 32.7 12.72
Half-hour era
Seasons 1 - 6 1955/56 through 1960/61 233 half-hour episodes (all black-and-white) 39 episodes for each of the first five seasons, with 38 episodes for the 6th season
One-hour black-and-white era
Seasons 7 - 11 1961/62 through 1965/66 176 black-and-white full-hour episodes (all two-parters counted as two individual hour-long episodes)
One-hour color era
Seasons 12 - 20 1966/67 through 1974/75 226 color episodes (all full-hour) (all two- or three-parters counted as two or three individual hour-long episodes)
1.Gunsmoke: An American Institution, by Ben Costello, 2006, Five Star Publications, Inc., Chandler, Arizona, ISBN 978-1-58985-014-9.
2.Gunsmoke: A Complete History, by SuzAnne & Gabor Barbaras, 1990, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, ISBN 0-89950-418-3.
1.Barbaras, 1990, pp. 74–75.
2.Barbaras, 1990, pages 444, 742.
3.Costello 2006 pages 255, 539.
4.Newcomb, Horace (2010). Gunsmoke. The Museum of Broadcast Communications.
5.Barbaras, 1990, p.5.
6.Costello, 2006, pp. 255–539.
•List of Gunsmoke television episodes at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The first episode of season 13 aired in the United States on September 11, 1967, and the final episode aired on March 4, 1968. All episodes were broadcast in the U.S. by CBS. Season 13 of Gunsmoke was the second season of color episodes. Previous seasons were filmed in black-and-white. Oops something went wrong:
