Gunsmoke is not only one of the greatest Western TV shows ever created, but arguably one of the best Western franchises, with an impressive legacy.

In 1967, Gunsmoke appeared finished, yet it ultimately reached 20 seasons and 635 episodes. Its reprieve is often linked to Babe Paley, the CBS chairman’s wife, while the already-renewed Gilligan’s ...

Even seven decades later, Gunsmoke's classic opening line proves the iconic small-screen Western was always darker than ...

He's best remembered for playing Marshal Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," but James Arness also starred in a short-lived cop drama on NBC back in the early '80s.

James Arness famously played Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years on the classic Western series "Gunsmoke," one of the longest-running shows on TV. After "Gunsmoke" was over he played a different lawman, ...

“His heart was still for the work of God and for the Gospel to continue reaching the world,” his wife said in a statement Brian Brant is an associate editor for the human interest team at PEOPLE. He's ...

The infamous figure built a multimillion dollar empire as a televangelist in the ‘70s and ‘80s Judy Walker/Shutterstock Televangelist Jim Bakker served five years in prison after his 1989 fraud ...

Jim Bakker, the televangelist who built a multimillion-dollar evangelical broadcasting empire before a sex scandal and fraud conviction led to his public downfall, died on Oct. 5. He was 86. His wife, ...

Branson, Mo. — Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful "The PTL Club" TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and ...

Televangelist Jim Bakker, who rose to fame with the "The PTL Club" TV show before admitting to a sexual encounter with a church clerk and being convicted of financial crimes, has died at the age of 86 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Jim Bakker, the televangelist who built a multimillion-dollar Christian ...