Bonanza
TVPG
Drama
Western
Set during and after the Civil War, the Cartwright clan manages their sprawling Ponderosa Ranch in Nevada, while confronting social and criminal issues of the time.
Cast & Crew
Lorne Greene Ben Cartwright
Michael Landon Little Joe Cartwright
Dan Blocker Eric "Hoss" Cartwright
Pernell Roberts Adam Cartwright
Victor Sen Yung Hop Sing
Ray Teal Sheriff Roy Coffee
Bing Russell Deputy Clem Foster
David Canary Candy
Lou Frizzell Dusty Rhoades
Mitch Vogel Jamie Hunter
Tim Matheson Griff King
David Dortort Creator
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Monday, February 9
The Savage
Season 2 • Episode 12
When Adam passes through a sacred Indian burial ground, Shoshone braves attack him in revenge.
Monday, February 9
Silent Thunder
Season 2 • Episode 13
Little Joe's efforts to help a deaf-mute girl backfire when she falls in love with him.
Monday, February 9
The Ape
Season 2 • Episode 14
Adam and Little Joe try to warn Hoss when he befriends a violent man.
Monday, February 9
The Blood Line
Season 2 • Episode 15
An Easterner looking for his father learns a Cartwright killed him in self-defense.
Monday, February 9
The Courtship
Season 2 • Episode 16
Adam tells betrothed Hoss his intended is a compulsive gambler who caused her husband's death.
Tuesday, February 10
The Spitfire
Season 2 • Episode 17
A Kentucky mountain clan swears revenge on Little Joe after he shoots a family member for arson.
Tuesday, February 10
The Gunmen
Season 1 • Episode 19
Little Joe and Hoss, mistaken for gunmen, get caught between feuding families.
Tuesday, February 10
The Fear Merchants
Season 1 • Episode 20
A mayoral candidate hires two hoodlums to harass Chinese residents, resulting in murder.
Tuesday, February 10
Spanish Grant
Season 1 • Episode 21
Ex-dancehall girl poses as Spanish aristocrat to obtain large piece of property.
Tuesday, February 10
Blood on the Land
Season 1 • Episode 22
Disreputable shepherd moves herd across Ponderosa, destroying rich pasture land.
Tuesday, February 10
The Tall Stranger
Season 3 • Episode 16
Hoss loses the woman he loves to a swindler who is only interested in her father's money.
Wednesday, February 11
The Auld Sod
Season 3 • Episode 20
Cartwrights pose as ranch hands to help a man save face in front of his mother.
Thursday, February 12
The Storm
Season 3 • Episode 19
When a friend and her father come to the ranch, she and Little Joe plan to wed.
Friday, February 13
The Ride
Season 3 • Episode 18
Adam tries to disprove the alibi of a friend he recognized as one of a pair of stagecoach robbers.
Saturday, February 14
Gift of Water
Season 3 • Episode 21
A range war appears inevitable when a drought strikes the lowlands surrounding the Ponderosa.
Sunday, February 15
The Fear Merchants
Season 1 • Episode 20
A mayoral candidate hires two hoodlums to harass Chinese residents, resulting in murder.
Monday, February 16
Desert Justice
Season 1 • Episode 23
A Ponderosa ranch hand faces charges of killing the wife of the U.S. marshal who came to arrest him.
Monday, February 16
The Stranger
Season 1 • Episode 24
A disabled New Orleans police inspector comes to arrest Ben on a 20-year-old murder charge.
Monday, February 16
Jack Knife
Season 3 • Episode 22
Adam takes time out from tracking cattle rustlers to help a young couple.
Monday, February 16
Escape to the Ponderosa
Season 1 • Episode 25
The Cartwrights help search for three Army prisoners who stole Adam's gun and hid on the Ponderosa.
Monday, February 16
The Avenger
Season 1 • Episode 26
Adam and Ben are accused of murdering a cattle buyer on the testimony of the victim's daughter.
Monday, February 16
The Last Trophy
Season 1 • Episode 27
A Britisher (Edward Ashley), once a great game hunter, visits the Ponderosa and displays cowardice.
Monday, February 16
San Francisco
Season 1 • Episode 28
Two traildrivers are shanghaied shortly after the Ponderosa cattle herd arrives in San Francisco.
Monday, February 16
Bitter Water
Season 1 • Episode 29
A miner persuades a prospective son-in-law to sell him land that supplies water to the Ponderosa.
Monday, February 16
Feet of Clay
Season 1 • Episode 30
The Cartwrights take in a motherless boy whose father is in prison for murder; guest David Ladd.
Monday, February 16
Dark Star
Season 1 • Episode 31
Little Joe falls for a Gypsy who believes she is a witch and, therefore, an outcast.
Monday, February 16
Death at Dawn
Season 1 • Episode 32
The deputized Cartwrights sentence a murderer to hang at dawn.
Tuesday, February 17
Showdown
Season 2 • Episode 1
A bank robber takes a job with the Cartwrights to hide his accomplices on the Ponderosa.
Tuesday, February 17
The Mission
Season 2 • Episode 2
Hoss befriends a former Army scout who drinks to forget the massacre of his troop.
Tuesday, February 17
Badge Without Honor
Season 2 • Episode 3
A Deputy U.S. Marshal arrives to accompany a Cartwright friend back to a California court.
Tuesday, February 17
The Mill
Season 2 • Episode 4
Ben tries to help his paraplegic neighbor Tom by setting up a grain mill on his unused land.
Tuesday, February 17
The Hopefuls
Season 2 • Episode 5
Outlaws plot to steal a trunk containing the savings of a religious group.
Tuesday, February 17
The Wooing of Abigail Jones
Season 3 • Episode 24
The Cartwrights' attempts to help a ranch hand with his romantic interests backfire.
Wednesday, February 18
The Guilty
Season 3 • Episode 23
A grieving father blames Ben for the death of his 20-year-old son in a shooting.
Thursday, February 19
The Law Maker
Season 3 • Episode 25
Ben errs when he suggests a neighboring rancher take over for the wounded sheriff.
Friday, February 20
Look to the Stars
Season 3 • Episode 26
Ben helps a young man who is dubbed by his teachers as a troublemaker.
Saturday, February 21
The Gamble
Season 3 • Episode 27
A crooked sheriff, his deputy and a thug frame the Cartwrights for bank robbery; guest Ben Johnson.
Saturday, February 21
The Gunmen
Season 1 • Episode 19
Little Joe and Hoss, mistaken for gunmen, get caught between feuding families.
Monday, February 23
Denver McKee
Season 2 • Episode 6
The Cartwrights help a former decorated Army scout find security for his daughter.
Monday, February 23
Day of Reckoning
Season 2 • Episode 7
Hoss' bandit uncle decides to bypass the Ponderosa, but his gang disagrees.
Monday, February 23
The Crucible
Season 3 • Episode 28
Adam, left by thieves in the middle of the desert, stumbles into the camp of a madman.
Monday, February 23
The Abduction
Season 2 • Episode 8
Little Joe and Hoss seek Joe's date, who disappeared while the trio was at a carnival.
Monday, February 23
Breed of Violence
Season 2 • Episode 9
Bank robbers hide on a ranch that Hoss and Little Joe are visiting.
Monday, February 23
The Last Viking
Season 2 • Episode 10
For saving his life, Ben offers some Ponderosa farmland to an American Indian.
Monday, February 23
The Trail Gang
Season 2 • Episode 11
An outlaw joins the cattle drive, knowing it will take him to the town where his father is sheriff.
Monday, February 23
The Savage
Season 2 • Episode 12
When Adam passes through a sacred Indian burial ground, Shoshone braves attack him in revenge.
Monday, February 23
Silent Thunder
Season 2 • Episode 13
Little Joe's efforts to help a deaf-mute girl backfire when she falls in love with him.
Monday, February 23
The Ape
Season 2 • Episode 14
Adam and Little Joe try to warn Hoss when he befriends a violent man.
Monday, February 23
The Blood Line
Season 2 • Episode 15
An Easterner looking for his father learns a Cartwright killed him in self-defense.
Tuesday, February 24
The Courtship
Season 2 • Episode 16
Adam tells betrothed Hoss his intended is a compulsive gambler who caused her husband's death.
Tuesday, February 24
The Spitfire
Season 2 • Episode 17
A Kentucky mountain clan swears revenge on Little Joe after he shoots a family member for arson.
Tuesday, February 24
The Gunmen
Season 1 • Episode 19
Little Joe and Hoss, mistaken for gunmen, get caught between feuding families.
Tuesday, February 24
The Fear Merchants
Season 1 • Episode 20
A mayoral candidate hires two hoodlums to harass Chinese residents, resulting in murder.
Tuesday, February 24
Spanish Grant
Season 1 • Episode 21
Ex-dancehall girl poses as Spanish aristocrat to obtain large piece of property.
Tuesday, February 24
Blessed Are They
Season 3 • Episode 30
A violent feud threatens to erupt between the Mahans and the Clarkes, and Ben is asked to intercede.
Wednesday, February 25
The Dowry
Season 3 • Episode 31
The Cartwrights open their home to a wounded man, his daughter and her fiance.
Thursday, February 26
Inger, My Love
Season 3 • Episode 29
The story of how Ben met and married his second wife Inger is recounted.
Friday, February 27
Mountain Girl
Season 3 • Episode 33
A dying man asks Little Joe to take his granddaughter to San Francisco.
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