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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Me TV | 04/24/2026 2:00PM | 5 | 11 | The Legacy | Ben’s three sons separately seek vengeance when they believe their father has been murdered. |
Me TV | 04/25/2026 2:00PM | 5 | 13 | The Prime of Life | When one of his workers is killed on the job, Ben blames himself and withdraws from everyone. |
INSP | 04/26/2026 9:00AM | 1 | 29 | Bitter Water | A miner persuades a prospective son-in-law to sell him land that supplies water to the Ponderosa. |
Great American Faith & Living | 04/27/2026 1:12PM | 1 | 19 | The Gunmen | Little Joe and Hoss, mistaken for gunmen, get caught between feuding families. |
Great American Faith & Living | 04/27/2026 10:48PM | 1 | 27 | The Last Trophy | A Britisher (Edward Ashley), once a great game hunter, visits the Ponderosa and displays cowardice. |
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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
Episodes
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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