r/Gunsmoke

I posted earlier about how you could watch all 20 seasons of Gunsmoke at Amazon now with a Paramount + subscriptions, as opposed to only streaming two seasons at the Paramount + platform. Well, that appears to be a lie. Amazon shows all 20 seasons, but only episodes of the two seasons at Paramount + are available. You can watch 8 seasons at Amazon, though, if you subscribe to Peacock +. I wonder if Amazon was trying to get the rights of all 20 seasons and failed, or they will have the rights in the future. Why else show all 20 seasons?

Amazon Prime is showing 20 seasons of the show if you subscribe to Paramount +, but Paramount + is only still showing two seasons on their website. Odd. ​Yet the Amazon page is showing special deal ending today, but I think that's for their 99 cent special subscription price for Paramount + during Prime Days. No commercials even!

…I’m just starting to watch Gunsmoke regularly—watched seasons 1 and 2, then skipped to 7 bc I really wanted to start the hourlong episodes—and wondering: is this something the show did often, repeating storylines in color episodes or was “Wonder” just such a great or popular story that they decided to remake it?

Been reading about how some TV eps are remakes of older radio versions but wasn’t aware of this!