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.
Tuesday, December 16
The Lady and the Mark
Season 11 • Episode 18
A budding romance complicates the Cartwrights' plan to trap a band of swindlers.
Tuesday, December 16
The Mission
Season 2 • Episode 2
Hoss befriends a former Army scout (Henry Hull) who drinks to forget the massacre of his troop.
Wednesday, December 17
Is There Any Man Here?
Season 11 • Episode 19
Ben is sued for alienation of affection when a woman (Mariette Hartley) declares she will wed him.
Wednesday, December 17
Badge Without Honor
Season 2 • Episode 3
A Deputy U.S. Marshal arrives to accompany a Cartwright friend back to a California court.
Thursday, December 18
The Law and Billy Burgess
Season 11 • Episode 20
A wealthy community leader attempts to influence the courts in a murder case.
Thursday, December 18
The Mill
Season 2 • Episode 4
A hired hand (Claude Akins) victimizes the Cartwrights' disabled neighbor (Harry Townes).
Friday, December 19
The Hopefuls
Season 2 • Episode 5
Outlaws plot to steal a trunk containing the savings of a religious group.
Saturday, December 20
Denver McKee
Season 2 • Episode 6
The Cartwrights help a former decorated Army scout find security for his daughter.
Saturday, December 20
A Christmas Story
Season 8 • Episode 15
Virginia City hosts a fund-raising Christmas campaign for orphans.
Monday, December 22
Long Way to Ogden
Season 11 • Episode 21
Competing cattleman threaten the Ponderosa with their unscrupulous tactics.
Monday, December 22
Day of Reckoning
Season 2 • Episode 7
Hoss' bandit uncle (Neville Brand) decides to bypass the Ponderosa, but his gang disagrees.
Tuesday, December 23
Return Engagement
Season 11 • Episode 22
Hoss's admiration for a visiting actress results in a murder charge.
Tuesday, December 23
The Abduction
Season 2 • Episode 8
Little Joe and Hoss seek Joe's date, who disappeared while the trio was at a carnival.
Wednesday, December 24
A Christmas Story
Season 8 • Episode 15
Virginia City hosts a fund-raising Christmas campaign for orphans.
Wednesday, December 24
Breed of Violence
Season 2 • Episode 9
Bank robbers hide on a ranch that Hoss and Little Joe are visiting.
Thursday, December 25
The Gold Mine
Season 11 • Episode 23
A Mexican boy's former keeper uses Little Joe to learn from Ramon the location of a gold vein.
Thursday, December 25
The Last Viking
Season 2 • Episode 10
For saving his life, Ben offers some Ponderosa farmland to an American Indian.
Friday, December 26
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.
Saturday, December 27
The Savage
Season 2 • Episode 12
When Adam passes through a sacred Indian burial ground, Shoshone braves attack him in revenge.
Monday, December 29
Silent Thunder
Season 2 • Episode 13
Little Joe's efforts to help a deaf-mute girl backfire when she falls in love with him.
Tuesday, December 30
The Ape
Season 2 • Episode 14
Adam and Little Joe try to warn Hoss when he befriends a violent man (Cal Bolder).
Wednesday, December 31
The Blood Line
Season 2 • Episode 15
An Easterner looking for his father learns a Cartwright killed him in self-defense.
Thursday, January 1
The Courtship
Season 2 • Episode 16
Adam tells betrothed Hoss his intended is a compulsive gambler who caused her husband's death.
Friday, January 2
The Bride
Season 2 • Episode 18
A dishonest sheriff's get-rich-quick scheme involves a woman who claims to be Ben's new wife.
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