Gunsmoke season 1

Gunsmoke
Season 1
Starring
No. of episodes39
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 10, 1955 (1955-09-10) –
August 25, 1956 (1956-08-25)
Season chronology
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Gunsmoke is an American Western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name.[1] The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history.[2][3]

The first episode of the first season aired in the United States on September 10, 1955, and the last episode aired on August 25, 1956.[4][5] All episodes were broadcast in the U.S. by CBS.[6]

The first season was a half-hour program filmed in black-and-white. One-hour episodes of the program were not introduced until season 7, and color episodes were not filmed until season 12.

  1. ^ Barbaras 1990, p. 74–75.
  2. ^ Brooks & Marsh 2007, p. 570–571.
  3. ^ McNeil 1996, p. 351–352.
  4. ^ Barbaras 1990, p. 444, 742.
  5. ^ Costello 2006, p. 255, 539.
  6. ^ Brooks & Marsh 2007, p. 570.