Editing Gunsmoke (section)

=== Character longevity ===
James Arness and Milburn Stone portrayed their ''Gunsmoke'' characters for 20 consecutive years, a feat later matched by [[Kelsey Grammer]] as the character [[Frasier Crane]], but over two half-hour sitcoms (''[[Cheers]]'' and ''[[Frasier]]'').<ref>[http://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/shots/107_FrasierDillon.htm "What do Frasier (Kelsey Grammer), Matt Dillon (James Arness) and Doc Adams (Milburn Stone) have in common?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813070457/https://gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/shots/107_FrasierDillon.htm |date=August 13, 2022 }} GunsmokeNet.com.</ref> This was surpassed by [[Mariska Hargitay]] and [[Ice-T]], who have portrayed the characters [[Olivia Benson]] and [[Fin Tutuola]] on ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' for over 25 and 24 consecutive years to date, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/law-order-svu-renewed-season-21-beats-gunsmoke-record-mariska-hargitay-dick-wolf-history-nbc-1202584991/|title='Law & Order: SVU' Renewed For Record-Breaking 21st Season By NBC As Dick Wolf & Mariska Hargitay Write TV History|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=March 29, 2019|access-date=April 22, 2020|archive-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303153756/https://deadline.com/2019/03/law-order-svu-renewed-season-21-beats-gunsmoke-record-mariska-hargitay-dick-wolf-history-nbc-1202584991/|url-status=live}}</ref> George Walsh, the announcer for ''Gunsmoke'', began in 1952 on the radio series and continued until the television series was canceled in 1975.<ref name="Wayne">{{cite magazine | magazine=[[TV Guide]] | first=Bill | last=O'Hallaren | title=When Chester Forgot to Limp, and other fond recollections of 20 years of Gunsmoke | url=https://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/Interviews/TVGuide750823.pdf | date=August 23, 1975 | access-date=June 26, 2022 | archive-date=November 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127181555/https://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/Interviews/TVGuide750823.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>