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, August 1

The Brass Box

Season 7 • Episode 3

A man (Ramon Navarro) who boasts about his ancestry possesses a legitimate land grant.

Friday, August 1

The Wormwood Cup

Season 8 • Episode 31

A girl offers a $1,000 reward to anyone who will kill Little Joe in a gun duel.

Friday, August 1

The Big Jackpot

Season 11 • Episode 16

Candy (David Canary) has a host of new friends after inheriting a fortune.

Saturday, August 2

The Trouble With Amy

Season 11 • Episode 17

A recalcitrant widow's refusal to abide by local ordinances results in an attempted murder charge.

Sunday, August 3

All Ye His Saints

Season 7 • Episode 14

A boy (Clint Howard), seeking help for his wounded father, thinks a murderer (Leif Erickson) is God.

Monday, August 4

The Other Son

Season 7 • Episode 4

Hostility erupts between a mule-packer and his youngest son during the transport of explosives.

Monday, August 4

The Greedy Ones

Season 8 • Episode 34

An unscrupulous mine owner tries to move in on a gold mine operation on the Ponderosa.

Monday, August 4

The Stranger

Season 1 • Episode 24

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

Monday, August 4

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, August 4

The Lady and the Mark

Season 11 • Episode 18

A budding romance complicates the Cartwrights' plan to trap a band of swindlers.

Monday, August 4

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, August 4

The Last Trophy

Season 1 • Episode 27

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

Monday, August 4

San Francisco

Season 1 • Episode 28

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

Monday, August 4

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, August 4

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, August 4

Dark Star

Season 1 • Episode 31

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

Monday, August 4

Death at Dawn

Season 1 • Episode 32

The deputized Cartwrights sentence a murderer to hang at dawn.

Tuesday, August 5

Showdown

Season 2 • Episode 1

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

Tuesday, August 5

The Mission

Season 2 • Episode 2

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

Tuesday, August 5

Badge Without Honor

Season 2 • Episode 3

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

Tuesday, August 5

The Mill

Season 2 • Episode 4

A hired hand (Claude Akins) victimizes the Cartwrights' disabled neighbor (Harry Townes).

Tuesday, August 5

The Lonely Runner

Season 7 • Episode 5

The Cartwrights take a stand against a deputy who wants to build his reputation.

Tuesday, August 5

Second Chance

Season 9 • Episode 1

When Little Joe is wounded by renegade Indians, Hoss searches for safety and help.

Tuesday, August 5

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, August 6

Devil on Her Shoulder

Season 7 • Episode 6

A religious group accuses a woman (Ina Balin) of witchcraft and abandons her in the wilderness.

Wednesday, August 6

Sense of Duty

Season 9 • Episode 2

The local militia is reactivated to escort a Paiute Indian leader to prison.

Wednesday, August 6

The Law and Billy Burgess

Season 11 • Episode 20

A wealthy community leader attempts to influence the courts in a murder case.

Thursday, August 7

Found Child

Season 7 • Episode 7

The family tries to identify a girl found near the bodies of her murdered parents.

Thursday, August 7

The Conquistadores

Season 9 • Episode 3

Misfits plan to rescue kidnapped Little Joe, kill him and keep the ransom of $25,000 in gold.

Thursday, August 7

Long Way to Ogden

Season 11 • Episode 21

Competing cattleman threaten the Ponderosa with their unscrupulous tactics.

Friday, August 8

The Meredith Smith

Season 7 • Episode 8

Six people -- three men, two women and a boy -- each claim to be the heir to a large estate.

Friday, August 8

Judgment at Olympus

Season 9 • Episode 4

When Candy is accused of murder, Little Joe and Hoss seek the real killer.

Friday, August 8

Return Engagement

Season 11 • Episode 22

Hoss's admiration for a visiting actress results in a murder charge.

Saturday, August 9

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.

Sunday, August 10

A Dublin Lad

Season 7 • Episode 15

Little Joe believes that a man who is sentenced to hang for murder is really innocent.

Monday, August 11

Mighty is the Word

Season 7 • Episode 9

The townspeople discover that the Rev. Watson killed his brother in a gunfight.

Monday, August 11

Life on the Ponderosa with the Cartwright clan.

Monday, August 11

Decision at Los Robles

Season 11 • Episode 24

Little Joe has to stand alone against a whole town to save himself and his seriously injured father.

Tuesday, August 12

The Reluctant Rebel

Season 7 • Episode 11

Hoss befriends a boy who is torn between his father and his friends.

Tuesday, August 12

Life on the Ponderosa with the Cartwright clan.

Tuesday, August 12

Caution: Easter Bunny Crossing

Season 11 • Episode 25

As he conducts an Easter egg hunt, bunny-suited Hoss foils bumbling highwaymen; guest Art Metrano.

Wednesday, August 13

Five Sundowns to Sunup

Season 7 • Episode 12

When Ma Lassiter's son is sentenced to hang for murder, she takes matters into her own hands.

Wednesday, August 13

Life on the Ponderosa with the Cartwright clan.

Wednesday, August 13

The Horse Traders

Season 11 • Episode 26

Little Joe and Hoss enthusiastically enter the business world.

Thursday, August 14

A Natural Wizard

Season 7 • Episode 13

Hoss releases a boy caught in one of his stepfather's traps and brings him to the Ponderosa to live.

Thursday, August 14

Life on the Ponderosa with the Cartwright clan.

Thursday, August 14

What Are Partners For?

Season 11 • Episode 27

Hoss is jailed as an accomplice after trying to prevent two men from committing a bank robbery.

Friday, August 15

All Ye His Saints

Season 7 • Episode 14

A boy (Clint Howard), seeking help for his wounded father, thinks a murderer (Leif Erickson) is God.

Friday, August 15

Life on the Ponderosa with the Cartwright clan.

Friday, August 15

A Matter of Circumstance

Season 11 • Episode 28

Seriously hurt in an accident, Little Joe faces a life-or-death decision.

Saturday, August 16

The Night Virginia City Died

Season 12 • Episode 1

A suspected arsonist is jailed until another fire strikes Virginia City.

Monday, August 18

A Dublin Lad

Season 7 • Episode 15

Little Joe believes that a man who is sentenced to hang for murder is really innocent.

Monday, August 18

Life on the Ponderosa with the Cartwright clan.

Monday, August 18

A Matter of Faith

Season 12 • Episode 2

The Cartwrights intervene when rainmakers Dusty and Jamie fail to end the drought.

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