Bonanza premiered on television in 1959. The story of a family of prosperous Nevada cattle ranchers, Bonanza followed the exploits of Ben Cartwright and his three sons, each son by a different, late ...

Is there a television series that better symbolizes the golden age of TV Westerns than Bonanza? Set against the sweeping backdrop of the Nevada Territory during the 1860s, Bonanza followed the lives ...

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 ...

Running on NBC from 1959 to 1973, Bonanza centered on the Cartwright family—patriarch Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his three sons, Adam (Pernell Roberts), Hoss (Dan Blocker), and Little Joe ...

Dan Blocker starred in Bonanza as middle son Hoss Cartwright, who knew his way around a rifle when the moment called for it. But Blocker proved that his Wild Western character did not rub off on him ...

Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright. When Bonanza first hit TV screens in 1959, it didn't just ride into the Western genre – it helped define it. The show galloped through 14 successful seasons on NBC, ...