When it comes to television Westerns, Bonanza truly defined an era. The series ran on NBC from 1959 to 1973, making it the second longest-running Western on American network television (after Gunsmoke ...

According to David R. Greenland’s Bonanza: A Viewer’s Guide to the TV Legend, Dortort was initially extremely pleased with the idea of having free reign to create what he wanted. He loved American ...

While Bonanza nearly didn’t last after its first season, it became one of the most successful Westerns on television. And fans grew to know and love the cast. Michael Landon played Little Joe ...

Long before Yellowstone or the Dutton Ranch were concepts in Taylor Sheridan's mind—in fact, long before he was even born—there was the Cartwright family and the Ponderosa Ranch on Bonanza. And ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Times reports that "Bonanza" star Pernell Roberts has died. Roberts' wife Eleanor Criswell tells the paper that the actor died Sunday of cancer at his Malibu home. He was ...

It's time to saddle up and ride out to the Ponderosa once again. For the first time ever, all 14 seasons of the classic long-running western series Bonanza are coming together in a complete remastered ...

“Bonanza” premiered on NBC the night of Sept. 12, 1959. By the time the trail dust cleared 14 years and 430 episodes later, the Cartwrights of the Ponderosa rode themselves into history and the hearts ...

This week in 1959: A U.S. Appeals Court upheld President Dwight Eisenhower's petition for a 80-day injunction in a steel strike; Castro claimed that U.S. planes bombed Havana in secret attacks; the ...