When John Meston created "Gunsmoke" for radio in 1952, he intended it for a mature audience, given the no-nonsense fierceness of its protagonist, Marshal Matt Dillon, and the lowlife, sadistic ...

Given that "Gunsmoke" had just transitioned from a half-hour to a full-hour time slot, how well was the CBS TV series (destined to run for 20 years) faring in the second half of its seventh season?

Paramount continues releasing two decades worth of CBS’ Gunsmoke western with the recent arrival of season three volume one. We have five sets of this piece to the Gunsmoke DVD puzzle ready to hand ...