Gunsmoke

1955–1975 · 20 seasons · 635 episodes · Western

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.

8.1IMDb · 10k votes

Best season: 8.0; Season 11. Weakest is season 16, at 7.7
Top episode: 9.2; S7 E22 · The Gallows
Lowest episode: 5.4; S20 E19 · Brides and Grooms
Finale: 7.1; −0.8 against the show's 7.9 average

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IMDb rating of every Gunsmoke episode, by season and episode number
	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7	Episode 8	Episode 9	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode 12	Episode 13	Episode 14	Episode 15	Episode 16	Episode 17	Episode 18

Season 1	8.1	8.0	7.6	7.9	7.9	7.0	7.5	7.8	7.1	7.8	7.6	8.1	7.8	7.4	8.1	8.1	7.6	7.7	7.4	7.7	7.2	7.7	7.5	7.9	7.6	8.4	8.4	8.4	7.8	7.4	7.8	7.8	7.1	7.8	8.6	7.5	7.5	7.7	7.8
Season 2	8.1	7.9	7.6	8.6	7.9	7.0	7.5	8.1
Season 3	8.2	8.0	7.8	7.7	7.9	7.5	7.8	7.6
Season 4	7.9	7.7	7.7	8.0	8.0	7.6	7.7	8.2
Season 5	7.5	7.7	8.0	8.0	8.6	7.6	7.7	8.2
Season 6	7.6	8.3	8.1	7.9	8.0	7.9	7.4	7.7
Season 7	8.2	8.2	8.1	7.5	8.2	8.7	7.9	8.3
Season 8	7.8	8.2	8.5	6.9	7.7	7.8	7.7	8.3
Season 9	8.8	8.1	8.3	8.1	7.7	6.8	7.8	8.3
Season 10	8.4	8.6	8.1	8.2	8.4	7.9	7.8	8.7
Season 11	9.0	8.1	8.0	8.6	7.6	7.8	8.7	7.9
Season 12	8.3	7.6	8.8	7.9	8.3	8.7	7.4	8.0
Season 13	8.4	7.5	8.3	8.4	8.2	8.6	6.4	7.9
Season 14	8.2	7.5	8.8	7.2	8.2	6.2	8.1	8.3
Season 15	8.1	8.2	7.5	7.7	8.2	8.0	8.6	7.2
Season 16	8.0	7.7	7.9	9.0	8.1	8.1	8.2	8.0
Season 17	8.0	8.0	7.9	8.1	7.7	7.2	8.2	7.3
Season 18	8.3	8.2	8.4	7.6	8.2	7.9	8.1	8.4
Season 19	8.0	7.8	8.8	7.6	9.0	7.6	8.2	8.2
Season 20	8.2	7.6	7.7	7.9	8.4	6.4	8.1	8.6

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