When the classic Western drama “Gunsmoke” ended its operation over 20 years on CBS in 1975, the critic in Los Angeles Times Cecil Smith had a bold predicament.
“I have a feeling that the first moon colony we are watching will see” I love Lucy “. Perhaps” Gunsmoke “,” Smith wrote.
We are not completely there on the colonial front, but Smith’s encouragement to view habits on the right path.
“Gunsmoke,” Western drama starring James Arnes As Mart Matt Delon, this year ranked first among the top 10 list of Nielsen, which was obtained from the most, along with more contemporary favorites such as “Family Guy”, “NCIS” and “Gray’s Anatomy”. The program recorded 646 million minutes, seen for the week from 3-9 March and 570 million for the week from April 28-4.
“Gunsmoke”, owned by Paramount Global, recently added to NBCuniversal from the peacock broadcast platform. It was also an essential element of Paramount+. But he gets the largest part of his fans Pluto TV, Broadcasting from Paramount Global backed by advertising.
The permanent success of the series, located in the city of Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1970s, shows how every new development of video consumption can open the value of the beloved old titles. Since it drew the production 50 years ago, “Gunsmoke” has never disappeared, as fans on the cable (currently on Lever Land and Insp), home video formats and television TV channels such as Metv before discovered by the broadcast generation.
“If there is a great offer, people will search for it wherever it is,” said Neil Sabine, Vice President of Weigel Broadcasting, who has been carrying “Gunsmoke” on Metv since 2006.
“Gunsmoke” began as a radio drama on CBS in 1952 with William Conrad’s expression of the leadership role. The series moved to television in 1955 as a half an hour, with Arnis took over the role of Delon based on the urgency of his friend John Wayne, who rejected the role.
“Gunsmoke” became immediate success, as it ranked most monitored in four of its first five seasons and expands to an hour in 1961. It exceeded a wave of Westerners that satiate the TV tables in the network in that era and was still landing at the top 10 shows of peak time in the early seventies. When “Gunsmoke” was left from the CBS table in 1967 – apparently due to the high production costs – the founding owner of the network, Bill Billy, and his wife, Babi insisted on his return.
Dennis Weaver, Left, James Arnes in “Gunsmoke”.
(CBS)
Before “Gunsmoke”, most Western TV programs were directed at the fans of children. “Gunsmoke” was for adults. He was violent and often underestimated the depicting of the harshness of life on the American border.
The “Gunsmoke” book and producers were respected, but they were also a feeling of the times they lived. Episodes of the first half of the sixties, which were often protruding a young man Bert Reynolds As a blacksmith in the city of Dodge, it plays like miles around racism where the civil rights movement was collapsing.
The exhibition had a remarkable consistency as ARNESS and Milburn Stone, who played the role of DOC, were in their roles on the entire running. Amanda Blake, who played the role of Malon Kitty Russell, appeared in 19 seasons. (Fans still discuss whether Miss Kitty and Dillon are an element.)
Sabine believes that “Gunsmoke” may see a rise in viewing because the masses tend to look at familiarity and comfort during times of uncertainty. “Gunsmoke” also provides the hero with a strong ethical compass.
Sabine said: “Matt Delon represents a lot of what we have not now.”
Dan Cohen, the chief employee of the Paramount Global Content and President of Republic Picters, said he is not surprised by the flexibility of “Gunsmoke”, as the public for Westerners are very loyal, even outside the United States
Junsmoke’s request among international broadcasters has always been strong. The series is currently broadcast in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Israel.
Cohen said that the show was likely received a recent batch of The Massive Popular “Yellowston” It is settled by Spinoffs created by Taylor Sheridan, which is sold by Paramount Global worldwide.
“There is an aura effect that Westerners see at the international level,” Cohen said. “When we checked” Yellowston “, it leads to a conversation,” Do you have anything else like him? “Gunsmoke” is our answer. “
