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Gunsmoke

Season 16

24 listed hours · 1955–1975 · CBS

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How this season is filed

Filed by Rex Fontaine · Golden Age Dispatch

Radio muscle moved to Saturday, then Monday: James Arness as a marshal the camera could believe, and a western that treated violence as civic work instead of costume jewelry.

TV Flash files Season 16 of Gunsmoke (1955–1975) on CBS as a mid listed season (16; 16 of 20) — 24 listed hours, 1970-09-14–1971-03-08 from “Chato” (S16E01) to “Pike (2) (aka: Dirty Sally (2))” (S16E24). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

  1. S16E01 Chato
  2. S16E02 The Noose
  3. S16E03 Stark
  4. S16E04 Sam McTavish, M.D.
  5. S16E05 Gentry's Law
  6. S16E06 Snow Train (1)
  7. S16E07 Snow Train (2)
  8. S16E08 Luke
  9. S16E09 The Gun
  10. S16E10 The Scavengers
  11. S16E11 The Witness
  12. S16E12 McCabe
  13. S16E13 The Noon Day Devil
  14. S16E14 Sergeant Holly
  15. S16E15 Jenny
  16. S16E16 Captain Sligo
  17. S16E17 Mirage
  18. S16E18 The Tycoon
  19. S16E19 Jaekel
  20. S16E20 Murdoch
  21. S16E21 Cleavus
  22. S16E22 Lavery
  23. S16E23 Pike (1) (aka: Dirty Sally (1))
  24. S16E24 Pike (2) (aka: Dirty Sally (2))

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