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Did Gunsmoke have more half-hour episodes than these famous sitcoms?
Roughly a third of Gunsmoke’s total run, the early 30-minute episodes still outnumber many successful half-hour comedies!
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If nothing else, the classic Western series Gunsmoke is impressive. It’s also exciting, dramatic, funny and endlessly entertaining, but the fact that it aired 635 episodes over two decades while maintaining most of the core cast is nothing short of amazing.
It went through a few different stages but kept the essential sensibilities of the show. It started as a half-hour Western in the mid-1950s, not uncommon for the time. It ran six seasons and over 200 episodes before switching to the hour-long format it would keep through the end.
Any sitcom, which (usually) only have 30-minute episodes, making it anywhere near just the first third of Gunsmoke’s run would be a huge success.
We’ve matched up just the half-hour Gunsmoke episodes against the entire length of famous TV comedies. Can you guess who had more stories that fit into a 30-minute slot?
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Who had more half-hour episodes - Gunsmoke or The Andy Griffith Show?
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Who had more half-hour episodes - Gunsmoke or The Brady Bunch?
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Who had more half-hour episodes - Gunsmoke or M*A*S*H?
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Who had more half-hour episodes - Gunsmoke or The Dick Van Dyke Show?
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Who had more half-hour episodes - Gunsmoke or My Three Sons?
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Who had more half-hour episodes - Gunsmoke or Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.?
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Who had more half-hour episodes - Gunsmoke or Green Acres?
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Who had more half-hour episodes - Gunsmoke or The Beverly Hillbillies?
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Who had more half-hour episodes - Gunsmoke or Full House?
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Who had more half-hour episodes - Gunsmoke or Hogan's Heroes?
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Who had more half-hour episodes - Gunsmoke or Leave it to Beaver?
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Did Gunsmoke have more half-hour episodes than these famous sitcoms?
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When Gunsmoke went to 60 minutes, I usually feel asleep on the couch in the second half, so for me all 635 episodes were 30 minutes. So I'm claiming 12/12.
