While Taylor Sheridan has, without a doubt, defined the modern Western genre for TV and film, especially thanks to Yellowstone, this authentic classic laid the foundation decades before and has now ...

When it comes to classic TV Western programs, there was never a series quite like Maverick. The Roy Huggins-created drama dealt largely in humorous takes on the Old West genre, spanning five seasons ...

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf bring you the best from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre from January 17, 2016. This week: The Burns & Allen Show: Keep George From Decision (2/19/48); Crime ...

The Western genre had its time in the sun, earning the attention of audiences across the country. John Wayne’s career is sufficient proof of this on the silver screen, but it also saw a significant ...

Would you have enjoyed a visit from John Wayne to your living room every Saturday night? If the producers of "Gunsmoke" had gotten their wish granted, that's just what would have happened, as The Duke ...

Nina Capriola, speaking for the Actors Collective, says “Gunsmoked” — a lovingly funny parody of “Gunsmoke” and the TV western in general — is the next in line of the TV-style pieces they”ve explored.

Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) stands beside an outlaw in Dodge City in the 'Gunsmoke' episode "Seven Hours to Dawn" Image via CBS With literally hundreds of episodes to choose from, picking the ...

With “Gunsmoke – The Directors Collection” ($36.99), Paramount continues its policy of not releasing the long-running series that starred James Arness as U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon in full-season ...

James Arness, the 6-foot-6 actor who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in “Gunsmoke,” died Friday. He was 88. The actor died in his sleep ...