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.
Sunday, May 3
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, May 4
Showdown
Season 2 • Episode 1
A bank robber takes a job with the Cartwrights to hide his accomplices on the Ponderosa.
Monday, May 4
The Mission
Season 2 • Episode 2
Hoss befriends a former Army scout who drinks to forget the massacre of his troop.
Monday, May 4
Bullet for a Bride
Season 5 • Episode 20
Little Joe accidentally blinds a young woman in a hunting accident.
Monday, May 4
Badge Without Honor
Season 2 • Episode 3
A Deputy U.S. Marshal arrives to accompany a Cartwright friend back to a California court.
Monday, May 4
The Mill
Season 2 • Episode 4
Ben tries to help his paraplegic neighbor Tom by setting up a grain mill on his unused land.
Monday, May 4
The Hopefuls
Season 2 • Episode 5
Outlaws plot to steal a trunk containing the savings of a religious group.
Monday, May 4
Denver McKee
Season 2 • Episode 6
The Cartwrights help a former decorated Army scout find security for his daughter.
Monday, May 4
Day of Reckoning
Season 2 • Episode 7
Hoss' bandit uncle decides to bypass the Ponderosa, but his gang disagrees.
Monday, May 4
The Abduction
Season 2 • Episode 8
Little Joe and Hoss seek Joe's date, who disappeared while the trio was at a carnival.
Monday, May 4
Breed of Violence
Season 2 • Episode 9
Bank robbers hide on a ranch that Hoss and Little Joe are visiting.
Monday, May 4
The Last Viking
Season 2 • Episode 10
For saving his life, Ben offers some Ponderosa farmland to an American Indian.
Tuesday, May 5
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.
Tuesday, May 5
The Savage
Season 2 • Episode 12
When Adam passes through a sacred Indian burial ground, Shoshone braves attack him in revenge.
Tuesday, May 5
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, May 5
The Ape
Season 2 • Episode 14
Adam and Little Joe try to warn Hoss when he befriends a violent man.
Tuesday, May 5
The Blood Line
Season 2 • Episode 15
An Easterner looking for his father learns a Cartwright killed him in self-defense.
Tuesday, May 5
King of the Mountain
Season 5 • Episode 21
A land feud erupts after Hoss is asked to be the best man at a friend's wedding.
Wednesday, May 6
Love Me Not
Season 5 • Episode 22
Ben gets no bargain when he trades several head of cattle with an Indian leader.
Thursday, May 7
The Pure Truth
Season 5 • Episode 23
When Hoss catches spring fever, it takes a little old lady named Looney to help cure him.
Friday, May 8
No Less a Man
Season 5 • Episode 24
As the infamous Wagner gang nears town, residents ask the aging sheriff to retire.
Saturday, May 9
Return to Honor
Season 5 • Episode 25
Ben's nephew Will, a vagabond wanderer, visits his uncle's ranch.
Sunday, May 10
Death at Dawn
Season 1 • Episode 32
The deputized Cartwrights sentence a murderer to hang at dawn.
Monday, May 11
The Courtship
Season 2 • Episode 16
Adam tells betrothed Hoss his intended is a compulsive gambler who caused her husband's death.
Monday, May 11
The Spitfire
Season 2 • Episode 17
A Kentucky mountain clan swears revenge on Little Joe after he shoots a family member for arson.
Monday, May 11
The Saga of Muley Jones
Season 5 • Episode 26
An itinerant singer who comes to Virginia City turns out to be a lost cousin of the Cartwrights.
Monday, May 11
The Gunmen
Season 1 • Episode 19
Little Joe and Hoss, mistaken for gunmen, get caught between feuding families.
Monday, May 11
The Fear Merchants
Season 1 • Episode 20
A mayoral candidate hires two hoodlums to harass Chinese residents, resulting in murder.
Monday, May 11
Spanish Grant
Season 1 • Episode 21
Ex-dancehall girl poses as Spanish aristocrat to obtain large piece of property.
Monday, May 11
Blood on the Land
Season 1 • Episode 22
Disreputable shepherd moves herd across Ponderosa, destroying rich pasture land.
Monday, May 11
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, May 11
The Stranger
Season 1 • Episode 24
A disabled New Orleans police inspector comes to arrest Ben on a 20-year-old murder charge.
Monday, May 11
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, May 11
The Avenger
Season 1 • Episode 26
Adam and Ben are accused of murdering a cattle buyer on the testimony of the victim's daughter.
Tuesday, May 12
The Last Trophy
Season 1 • Episode 27
A Britisher (Edward Ashley), once a great game hunter, visits the Ponderosa and displays cowardice.
Tuesday, May 12
San Francisco
Season 1 • Episode 28
Two traildrivers are shanghaied shortly after the Ponderosa cattle herd arrives in San Francisco.
Tuesday, May 12
Bitter Water
Season 1 • Episode 29
A miner persuades a prospective son-in-law to sell him land that supplies water to the Ponderosa.
Tuesday, May 12
Feet of Clay
Season 1 • Episode 30
The Cartwrights take in a motherless boy whose father is in prison for murder; guest David Ladd.
Tuesday, May 12
Dark Star
Season 1 • Episode 31
Little Joe falls for a Gypsy who believes she is a witch and, therefore, an outcast.
Tuesday, May 12
The Roper
Season 5 • Episode 27
Will prevents an ambush of the Cartwrights by heading off outlaws.
Wednesday, May 13
A Pink Cloud Comes From Old Cathay
Season 5 • Episode 28
Hoss gets more fireworks than he can handle when he gets a mail-order bride by accident.
Thursday, May 14
Enter Thomas Bowers
Season 5 • Episode 30
Suspicion and prejudice plague a world-famous black singer when he comes to Virginia City.
Friday, May 15
The Dark Past
Season 5 • Episode 31
A bounty hunter faces a severe character test when he stops at the Ponderosa.
Saturday, May 16
The Pressure Game
Season 5 • Episode 32
With a little help from her Aunt Lil, Laura Dayton finally gets Adam to propose.
Sunday, May 17
Showdown
Season 2 • Episode 1
A bank robber takes a job with the Cartwrights to hide his accomplices on the Ponderosa.
Monday, May 18
Triangle
Season 5 • Episode 33
As love grows between Laura and Will, Adam must re-examine his own feelings.
Tuesday, May 19
Walter and the Outlaws
Season 5 • Episode 34
Outlaws kidnap a prospector's dog in exchange for hidden gold.
Wednesday, May 20
Invention of a Gunfighter
Season 6 • Episode 1
Little Joe tries to help a timid man who has has been challenged to a gunfight.
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