Op mentioned 'Gunsmoke.' it has usually been on 2,3 channels per day.
When modern times get me confused, hopeless, I can right my mind with
a episode of Matthew shooting someone.
I guess viewers are declining, the one remaining 'Gunsmoke,' channel is now
running episodes from the 50's-when they were thirty minute programs.
You can always depend on Matthew for a good killing or two, and getting shot in the shoulder. This episode was from 1956, Matthew and Kitty look so young. Kitty did not own the Longbranch Saloon, but did work there.
Goggle on shootings:
Near as I can figure, Marshal Dillon was shot 56 times, but I’ve heard the count could be higher.
"My figure includes: eight shots in the left arm, six in the left shoulder, four in the left side, one in the left leg, five in the right arm, five in the right shoulder, six in the right side, three in the right chest, four in the right leg, three forehead grazes, five in the back and several creases. The poor marshal was also knocked unconscious 29 times, stabbed three times and poisoned once."