Simpsons to overtake Gunsmoke as TV series with the most prime time episodes

By Jacqui Taffel
Updated November 8 2016 - 5:09pm, first published 4:17pm
The Simpsons: Still great and still funny after 600 episodes. Photo: Matt Groening
The Simpsons: Still great and still funny after 600 episodes. Photo: Matt Groening

 The Simpsons is about to pass Gunsmoke, the US Western drama series set in Dodge City, Kansas, with the most episodes of a scripted TV series on US prime time. Gunsmoke ran for 20 seasons from 1955 to 1975, with 635 episodes.

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