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Law & Order: Will the NBC TV Series Really Break Gunsmoke’s Record?

Published: January 4, 2010

Law & Order and GunsmokeNBC’s President of Primetime Entertainment, Angela Bromstad, recently vowed to renew Law & Order for another season. This will take the venerable crime drama into its 21st year on the air. She said, “I’m a Law & Order junkie… I wouldn’t want to be responsible for not having Law & Order break the record.”

“The record” she’s talking about is the one set by Gunsmoke. The western ran for 20 seasons on CBS — from September 10, 1955 until March 31, 1955 — and is the longest running drama in US primetime television history.

While it’s true that Law & Order is on track to surpass Gunsmoke’s season total, it’s not exactly an accurate comparison.

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