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- 1James Arness's short-lived 1980s NBC detective show revisited▼Gunsmoke's James Arness Starred In A Failed '80s Detective Show On NBC
James Arness, best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, also headlined a short-lived detective series on NBC in the 1980s. The show failed to find an audience and was quickly cancelled. Attention has turned back to this lesser-known chapter of the western star's career, with TV fans discussing why it never took off.
- 2Seventy-five years of Nielsen ratings charted in one race▼75 years of Nielsen ratings, raced by the seasons each programme spent in the top thirty. Eight shows have led it. Ed Su
A statistical chart ranks American television programmes by the number of seasons each spent in the Nielsen top thirty across seventy-five years of ratings history. Eight shows have led the ranking at some point: Ed Sullivan topped the 1960s, Gunsmoke holds the record at nineteen seasons, followed by Monday Night Football and 60 Minutes.