Gunsmoke holds the distinction not only of being the longest-running TV western series, but also the longest-running dramatic series in network television history. Season 2, volume 2 is now on DVD. Also in stores: Rawhide season 3, volume 1.

In her first lead role in a dramatic series, Kyra Sedgwick plays a tough CIA-trained detective with Southern charm, who has been brought from Atlanta to Los Angeles to head up the Priority Murder Squad, a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Season 2 of The Closer is now in stores. Also on DVD: Rawhide and "F Troop" season 2 and The Andy Griffith Show the complete series.

Veteran singer Frankie Laine has died in a San Diego, California hospital. He was 93. Lane, best known for singing the theme from classic TV western series Rawhide, suffered a heart attack following hip replacement surgery. He passed away yesterday at Scripps Mercy Hospital.

There are a bunch of new TV-On-DVD releases to check out this week. First, JAG season one finally hits stores. The series centers on two attorneys who investigate and litigate crimes committed by Navy and Marine personnel. Also out this week: Chappelle's Show the lost episodes, The Boondocks season one, La Femme Nikita season four, Tales From the Crypt season four, Three's Company season seven, and Rawhide season one.

Zorro villain Britt Lomond died of kidney failure at a Huntington Beach, Calif., nursing home. He was 80. The actor, who played Captain Monastario in the hit 1950s TV series, also appeared on hit western show Rawhide. A postage stamp depicting Lomond as Monastario was issued by the Netherlands in 2004, the same year as the release of his memoir, "Chasing After Zorro."