Bonanza

Bonanza - NBC

NBC

Series

1959

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.

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Friday, February 27

Mountain Girl

Season 3 • Episode 33

A dying man asks Little Joe to take his granddaughter to San Francisco.

Saturday, February 28

The Long Night

Season 3 • Episode 32

While traveling through a small town, Adam is framed for murder and robbery.

Sunday, March 1

Spanish Grant

Season 1 • Episode 21

Ex-dancehall girl poses as Spanish aristocrat to obtain large piece of property.

Monday, March 2

Blood on the Land

Season 1 • Episode 22

Disreputable shepherd moves herd across Ponderosa, destroying rich pasture land.

Monday, March 2

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, March 2

Miracle Maker

Season 3 • Episode 34

Hoss summons a faith healer to help a young woman learn to walk again.

Monday, March 2

The Stranger

Season 1 • Episode 24

A disabled New Orleans police inspector comes to arrest Ben on a 20-year-old murder charge.

Monday, March 2

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, March 2

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, March 2

The Last Trophy

Season 1 • Episode 27

A Britisher (Edward Ashley), once a great game hunter, visits the Ponderosa and displays cowardice.

Monday, March 2

San Francisco

Season 1 • Episode 28

Two traildrivers are shanghaied shortly after the Ponderosa cattle herd arrives in San Francisco.

Monday, March 2

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, March 2

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, March 2

Dark Star

Season 1 • Episode 31

Little Joe falls for a Gypsy who believes she is a witch and, therefore, an outcast.

Tuesday, March 3

Death at Dawn

Season 1 • Episode 32

The deputized Cartwrights sentence a murderer to hang at dawn.

Tuesday, March 3

Showdown

Season 2 • Episode 1

A bank robber takes a job with the Cartwrights to hide his accomplices on the Ponderosa.

Tuesday, March 3

The Mission

Season 2 • Episode 2

Hoss befriends a former Army scout who drinks to forget the massacre of his troop.

Tuesday, March 3

Badge Without Honor

Season 2 • Episode 3

A Deputy U.S. Marshal arrives to accompany a Cartwright friend back to a California court.

Tuesday, March 3

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, March 3

The War Comes to Washoe

Season 4 • Episode 7

Ben and Little Joe attend a delegation to decide statehood for Nevada.

Wednesday, March 4

The Beginning

Season 4 • Episode 9

A man schemes to strip the Ponderosa of much of its timber resources.

Thursday, March 5

The Artist

Season 4 • Episode 3

Ben tries to help a blind man regain his dignity and take up his former career as an artist.

Friday, March 6

The Quest

Season 4 • Episode 2

Misplaced trust in a foreman leads Little Joe to outbid a dishonest man for a timber contract.

Saturday, March 7

The Deserter

Season 4 • Episode 5

The Cartwrights learn that their friend and neighbor is wanted by the Army for desertion.

Sunday, March 8

Blood on the Land

Season 1 • Episode 22

Disreputable shepherd moves herd across Ponderosa, destroying rich pasture land.

Monday, March 9

The Hopefuls

Season 2 • Episode 5

Outlaws plot to steal a trunk containing the savings of a religious group.

Monday, March 9

Denver McKee

Season 2 • Episode 6

The Cartwrights help a former decorated Army scout find security for his daughter.

Monday, March 9

Hot Day for a Hanging

Season 4 • Episode 4

Hoss is framed for robbery and murder by an unscrupulous sheriff determined to help his dying town.

Monday, March 9

Day of Reckoning

Season 2 • Episode 7

Hoss' bandit uncle decides to bypass the Ponderosa, but his gang disagrees.

Monday, March 9

The Abduction

Season 2 • Episode 8

Little Joe and Hoss seek Joe's date, who disappeared while the trio was at a carnival.

Monday, March 9

Breed of Violence

Season 2 • Episode 9

Bank robbers hide on a ranch that Hoss and Little Joe are visiting.

Monday, March 9

The Last Viking

Season 2 • Episode 10

For saving his life, Ben offers some Ponderosa farmland to an American Indian.

Monday, March 9

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, March 9

The Savage

Season 2 • Episode 12

When Adam passes through a sacred Indian burial ground, Shoshone braves attack him in revenge.

Monday, March 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, March 9

The Ape

Season 2 • Episode 14

Adam and Little Joe try to warn Hoss when he befriends a violent man.

Monday, March 9

The Blood Line

Season 2 • Episode 15

An Easterner looking for his father learns a Cartwright killed him in self-defense.

Tuesday, March 10

The Courtship

Season 2 • Episode 16

Adam tells betrothed Hoss his intended is a compulsive gambler who caused her husband's death.

Tuesday, March 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, March 10

The Gunmen

Season 1 • Episode 19

Little Joe and Hoss, mistaken for gunmen, get caught between feuding families.

Tuesday, March 10

The Fear Merchants

Season 1 • Episode 20

A mayoral candidate hires two hoodlums to harass Chinese residents, resulting in murder.

Tuesday, March 10

The First Born

Season 4 • Episode 1

A stranger with a fast gun and a mysterious past claims to be Little Joe's older half brother.

Wednesday, March 11

The Jury

Season 4 • Episode 14

Despite intense pressure, juror Hoss maintains doubt that a derelict committed murder.

Thursday, March 12

The Deadly Ones

Season 4 • Episode 10

A wagonload of gold intended for Mexican revolutionaries crosses the Ponderosa.

Friday, March 13

Knight Errant

Season 4 • Episode 8

Hoss volunteers his assistance when a friend's mail-order bride doesn't show up on schedule.

Saturday, March 14

The Good Samaritan

Season 4 • Episode 13

Hoss gets into trouble as he attempts to help two unfortunate people.

Sunday, March 15

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, March 16

Little Joe tries teaching a deaf girl sign language after seeing her get mistreated by her father.

Monday, March 16

Little Joe tries teaching a deaf girl sign language after seeing her get mistreated by her father.

Monday, March 16

The Way Station

Season 4 • Episode 6

A killer takes the passengers of a stagecoach hostage when he is surrounded in a way station.

Monday, March 16

Little Joe tries teaching a deaf girl sign language after seeing her get mistreated by her father.

Monday, March 16

Little Joe tries teaching a deaf girl sign language after seeing her get mistreated by her father.

Monday, March 16

Little Joe tries teaching a deaf girl sign language after seeing her get mistreated by her father.

Monday, March 16

Little Joe tries teaching a deaf girl sign language after seeing her get mistreated by her father.

Monday, March 16

Little Joe tries teaching a deaf girl sign language after seeing her get mistreated by her father.

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