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Bonanza
NBC
- Dan Blocker, Lorne Green, Michael Landon (Actors)
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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Where To Watch
| Channel | Date/Time | Season | Episode | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
INSP | 02/01/2026 9:00AM | 1 | 19 | The Gunmen | Little Joe and Hoss, mistaken for gunmen, get caught between feuding families. |
Great American Faith & Living | 02/02/2026 1:12PM | 1 | 25 | Escape to the Ponderosa | The Cartwrights help search for three Army prisoners who stole Adam’s gun and hid on the Ponderosa. |
Great American Faith & Living | 02/02/2026 10:48PM | 2 | 1 | Showdown | A bank robber takes a job with the Cartwrights to hide his accomplices on the Ponderosa. |
Great American Faith & Living | 02/02/2026 12:00PM | 1 | 24 | The Stranger | A disabled New Orleans police inspector comes to arrest Ben on a 20-year-old murder charge. |
Me TV | 02/02/2026 2:00PM | 3 | 8 | The Friendship | When a convict saves Little Joe’s life, Little Joe helps him get out of prison. |
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Bonanza Cast
| Actor | Character(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorne Greene | … | Ben Cartwright / Bradley Meredith | |
| Michael Landon, Jr. | … | Joseph “Little Joe” Cartwright / Cpl. Angus Borden / Little Jim Slade | |
| Pernell Roberts | … | Adam Cartwright | |
| Dan Blocker | … | Eric “Hoss” Cartwright | |
| Victor Sen Yung | … | Hop Sing | |
| Ray Teal | … | Sheriff Roy Coffee | |
| David Canary | … | Candy Canaday |
Theme Song & Opening Credits
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Quotes
| Ben Cartwright: You and your education. Adam Cartwright: Education is progress! Now what have you got against it? Ben Cartwright: I don’t have anything against education – as long as it doesn’t interfere with your thinking! |
Trivia
Dan Blocker owned a chain of steakhouses named “Bonanza” after the show. When the restaurants changed ownership, the name was changed to “Ponderosa”. |
All of the cast, with the exception of Michael Landon, were 6′ or taller. Michael Landon stood only 5’9″ and wore 4″ lifts to stand as tall as his cast mates. |
When Pernell Roberts wanted to leave to challenge himself as an actor, Lorne Greene tried to persuade him to stay. Greene told him the show would make him rich. With that kind of money, he could take on any acting project he wanted, even create his own. Roberts’ career went downhill after being cast in Trapper John, M.D., while his Bonanza cast mates became rich. |
Behind Gunsmoke, it was the second longest running western. |
The theme song actually has lyrics and were sung by some of the characters in the unaired pilot. |
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