Season 17

From the desk

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 17 of Gunsmoke (1955–1975) on CBS as a mid listed season (17; 17 of 20) — 24 listed hours, 1971-09-13–1972-03-13 from “The Lost” (S17E01) to “The Wedding” (S17E24). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.