Marshall Dillon vs. Gunsmoke

[Gregg]

I notice in some old TV Guides that some stations in the 60s ran a weekday 30 minute show called "Marshall Dillon." The characters were the same as the long running hour-long Western "Gunsmoke."

Perhaps when the producers of Gunsmoke wanted to syndicate the reruns, they thought an hour long daily show wouldn't work? So I suppose some film editors had to go nuts with their razor blades, cutting out more than of each episode. Maybe there were some episodes that had two story lines so one was eliminated? But I could imagine the difficulty if the two story lines intersected.

Does anyone remember watching Marshall Dillon and noticing the editing?



Gregg
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[Davros2006]

Marshall Dillon was, from what I can gather, the original half-hour episodes from the first six seasons of Gunsmoke, before it expanded to an hour in 1961 (and to color later in the decade). I don't think any editing was ever done to cut the hour-long episodes into 30-minute halves.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

CBS also aired reruns of the older half-hour episodes (as Marshal Dillon)
fir three seasons starting in fall 1961, Tuesdays at 7:30/6:30.

 

[Limp73]

CBS also aired reruns of the older half-hour episodes (as Marshal Dillon)
fir three seasons starting in fall 1961, Tuesdays at 7:30/6:30.

WHIO-TV aired in in 1966 before the local news..That alternate title kinda thrre me until the distinctive "BANGBANG" coming frm James Arness' pistol said it all...My parents told me also that the first few seasons of Gunsmoke were half hour programs. Also noticed the closing credit "Produced by Filmaster" which also produced the 1960s episodes of Death Valley Days with Ronald Reagan.

 

[LKellerIII]

It was typical until the mid-70s to re-title the syndicated reruns of a program while it was still first run on the network. The two other examples I can think of at the moment are Andy of Mayberry (The Andy Griffith Show), and believe it or not - Robert Young: Family Doctor (Marcus Welby MD)

 

[Corky Marlowe]

It was typical until the mid-70s to re-title the syndicated reruns of a program while it was still first run on the network. The two other examples I can think of at the moment are Andy of Mayberry (The Andy Griffith Show), and believe it or not - Robert Young: Family Doctor (Marcus Welby MD)

Some other examples:

Badge 714 (Dragnet)
Ponderosa (Bonanza)
The Raymond Burr Show (Ironside)

 

[Ultimajock]

It was typical until the mid-70s to re-title the syndicated reruns of a program while it was still first run on the network. The two other examples I can think of at the moment are Andy of Mayberry (The Andy Griffith Show), and believe it or not - Robert Young: Family Doctor (Marcus Welby MD)

Some other examples:

Badge 714 (Dragnet)
Ponderosa (Bonanza)
The Raymond Burr Show (Ironside)

Happy Days Again
Laverne & Shirley & Friends
Emergency One

 

[oldiesfan6479]

OK everyone, into the Wayback machine again!

Around the time of (the original) Dragnet/Badge 714,
Bay Area cop drama The Lineup was syndicated under
the title San Francisco Beat.

There is no truth to the rumor that some syndication prints
misspelled the city name as "San Francicso."

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

Laverne & Shirley & Friends

Actually the syndicated L&S was named "Laverne and Shirley and Company."

Also "Three's Company, Too."

 

[RicoGregg]

Some more syndication title changes:

Lavoine & Shoiley
Unhappy Daze
The Price is All Right
M*A*S*H*U*G*A
Bo-nannas
The $25,000 Pyramid Scheme
Threesome's Company
Dullass
Seal of Fortune
Battyman
Webitched

....I remember them well....

 

[LKellerIII]

It was typical until the mid-70s to re-title the syndicated reruns of a program while it was still first run on the network. The two other examples I can think of at the moment are Andy of Mayberry (The Andy Griffith Show), and believe it or not - Robert Young: Family Doctor (Marcus Welby MD)

Some other examples:

Badge 714 (Dragnet)
Ponderosa (Bonanza)
The Raymond Burr Show (Ironside)

Really? Ironside was re-titled The Raymond Burr Show? That's pathetic. That titling convention is usually reserved for variety shows, talk shows, or sit-coms. Of course, there's The Buddy Ebsen Show (Barnaby Jones), and The Telly Savalas Show (Kojak). And who can forget The Malden-Douglas Program (Streets of SF)?

 

[cd637299]

There was also "Get Maxwell" & "Archie & Meathead."

OK, those were silly. :B

cd

 

[bpatrick]

Filmaster also did "Have Gun, Will Travel." I think
both it and "Gunsmoke" were owned by CBS.

Another show that changed its title for syndication
was "The Rockford Files"; at least in its first year of
syndication (1979-80) it was called "Jim Rockford,
Private Investigator."

 

[Prais]

Viewing Gunsmoke on the Westerns channel each day, I can say that he writing of the Gunsmoke hours is really great. Must be writers that once worked in radio - as the scripts are FAR superior to today's drek.

 

[azumanga]

Another show that changed its title for syndication
was "The Rockford Files"; at least in its first year of
syndication (1979-80) it was called "Jim Rockford,
Private Investigator."

There's also "CHiPs Patrol", syndicated reruns of "CHiPs" that was released after the show ended on NBC.

 

[Corky Marlowe]

Really? Ironside was re-titled The Raymond Burr Show? That's pathetic. That titling convention is usually reserved for variety shows, talk shows, or sit-coms. Of course, there's The Buddy Ebsen Show (Barnaby Jones), and The Telly Savalas Show (Kojak). And who can forget The Malden-Douglas Program (Streets of SF)?

Could've been worse..."Everybody Loves Raymond Except The Guy Who Shot Him".

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

It was typical until the mid-70s to re-title the syndicated reruns of a program while it was still first run on the network. The two other examples I can think of at the moment are Andy of Mayberry (The Andy Griffith Show), and believe it or not - Robert Young: Family Doctor (Marcus Welby MD)

Some other examples:

Badge 714 (Dragnet)
Ponderosa (Bonanza)
The Raymond Burr Show (Ironside)

Really? Ironside was re-titled The Raymond Burr Show? That's pathetic. That titling convention is usually reserved for variety shows, talk shows, or sit-coms. Of course, there's The Buddy Ebsen Show (Barnaby Jones), and The Telly Savalas Show (Kojak). And who can forget The Malden-Douglas Program (Streets of SF)?

Also "The Ted Knight Show"--after "Too Close for Comfort" left ABC and went to syndication.

 

[LKellerIII]

It was typical until the mid-70s to re-title the syndicated reruns of a program while it was still first run on the network. The two other examples I can think of at the moment are Andy of Mayberry (The Andy Griffith Show), and believe it or not - Robert Young: Family Doctor (Marcus Welby MD)

Some other examples:

Badge 714 (Dragnet)
Ponderosa (Bonanza)
The Raymond Burr Show (Ironside)

Really? Ironside was re-titled The Raymond Burr Show? That's pathetic. That titling convention is usually reserved for variety shows, talk shows, or sit-coms. Of course, there's The Buddy Ebsen Show (Barnaby Jones), and The Telly Savalas Show (Kojak). And who can forget The Malden-Douglas Program (Streets of SF)?

Also "The Ted Knight Show"--after "Too Close for Comfort" left ABC and went to syndication.

In this case, though, the show was "re-purposed" (to use the current buzz-word)...probably to save some money. The daughters were written out of the show, and Henry and his wife moved to suburban Marin County...hence the rationale for the new title, since they were no longer "too close for comfort" in their cramped San Francisco house. And Henry gave up cartooning to run a local weekly newspaper.

 

[azumanga]

Also "The Ted Knight Show"--after "Too Close for Comfort" left ABC and went to syndication.

In this case, though, the show was "re-purposed" (to use the current buzz-word)...probably to save some money. The daughters were written out of the show, and Henry and his wife moved to suburban Marin County...hence the rationale for the new title, since they were no longer "too close for comfort" in their cramped San Francisco house. And Henry gave up cartooning to run a local weekly newspaper.

Furthermore, the show was still "Too Close For Comfort" when it went into syndication -- it became "The Ted Knight Show" in 1985 when it was retooled.

Speaking of repurposed, anyone remember "Ally", the re-edited, syndicated half-hour version of "Ally McBeal"?

 

[cwf1701]

and lets not forget McGarrett, the syndicated title of Hawaii-Five-O.