Gunsmoke on Radio and Television

"Kick Me"

CBS Radio

Season 2 episode 12

aired November 28th 1953

A bank robber masquerading as a respectable citizen of Dodge is thwarted in his plans by Tobeel, an embittered Indian upon whom he perpetrated a cruel joke.  As a result, the robber kills Tobeel, but the Indian's death is the catalyst for his own doom.

CBS Television

Season 2 episode 18

aired January 26th  1957

Gunsmoke TV Season 3

The third season of Gunsmoke on TV (1957-58) was the first of 4 consecutive seasons that Gunsmoke was the #1 show on network television in primetime.  This would be the record until the 1970s when All In The Family spent 5 consecutive seasons as the #1 show on TV.

Season 3 episode 14

"Doc's Reward"

originally aired December 14th 1957

CBS

Gunsmoke on TV Season 3

Season 3 (1957-58) of Gunsmoke on TV was its first of 4 consecutive seasons as the #1 prime time network show.  This was unprecedented and would not be matched until All In The Family was #1 for 5 consecutive seasons in the 1970s.

Episode 11

Fingered

originally aired November 23rd 1957

Gunsmoke - Season 3 - Born To Hang

Season 3, 1957-58, Gunsmoke's first season as the #1 show in prime time television.

Born To Hang

Episode 8 of Season 3, November 2nd 1957

Joe Digger is nearly killed by two men who tried to lynch him.  Now he is giving Matt until midnight the next day to bring them to jail, or he will track them down and kill them both.

Gunsmoke - Season 3 - Jesse

We continue our journey through season 3 (1957-58) of Gunsmoke on television.   This was the first of 4 straight season as the #1 show in primetime.  Gunsmoke would hold that record until 1975-76 when All In the Family made it 5 straight seasons as #1.

Season 3 Episode 6 - Jesse

A man named Jesse Pruett comes to Dodge to kill a man he thinks killed his father.  Marshall Dillon of course cannot let this happen.

Guest stars - Edward Binns as Bill Strapp and George Brenlin as Jesse Pruett

Gunsmoke Season 3 - Potato Road

Continuing our look at Season 3 of Gunsmoke (1957-58) in which it was the #1 show in prime time television.  This was the first of 4 straight seasons at the #1.

"Potato Road"

aired October 12th 1957

Season 3 episode 5

Gunsmoke

Even though I like the radio version much more than the tv show, my father never missed it. It was such a part of growing up I never realized it had been around so long.

Here from 1958-59 the 4th season - Stage Hold Up written by co creator John Meston (who wrote over 95% of the radio and tv episodes.