Bonanza
Cast & Crew
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Thursday, April 25
The Cheating Game
Season 5 • Episode 19
Adam's attempts to help a woman with her ranch strains their relationship.
Thursday, April 25
A Time to Die
Season 12 • Episode 25
Ben's friend is bitten by a rabid wolf during her visit to Ponderosa, and there is no treatment.
Friday, April 26
Bullet for a Bride
Season 5 • Episode 20
Little Joe accidentally blinds a young woman in a hunting accident.
Friday, April 26
Winter Kill
Season 12 • Episode 26
Ben sends Hoss and Joe to Montana for a hardy steer to build up his herd's resistance to the winter.
Saturday, April 27
Kingdom of Fear
Season 12 • Episode 27
Falsely charged with trespassing, the clan is imprisoned and forced to slave by a cruel landowner.
Saturday, April 27
Maestro Hoss
Season 8 • Episode 33
A Gypsy fortuneteller (Zsa Zsa Gabor) convinces Hoss he is a musical genius.
Monday, April 29
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.
Monday, April 29
An Earthquake Called Callahan
Season 12 • Episode 28
Joe agrees to track an itinerant boxer who is a reluctant witness in a court case.
Monday, April 29
The Gunmen
Season 1 • Episode 19
Little Joe and Hoss, mistaken for gunmen, get caught between feuding families.
Monday, April 29
The Fear Merchants
Season 1 • Episode 20
A mayoral candidate hires two hoodlums to harass Chinese residents, resulting in murder.
Monday, April 29
Spanish Grant
Season 1 • Episode 21
Ex-dancehall girl poses as Spanish aristocrat to obtain large piece of property.
Monday, April 29
Blood on the Land
Season 1 • Episode 22
Disreputable shepherd moves herd across Ponderosa, destroying rich pasture land.
Monday, April 29
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, April 29
The Stranger
Season 1 • Episode 24
A disabled New Orleans police inspector comes to arrest Ben on a 20-year-old murder charge.
Tuesday, April 30
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.
Tuesday, April 30
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, April 30
The Last Trophy
Season 1 • Episode 27
A Britisher (Edward Ashley), once a great game hunter, visits the Ponderosa and displays cowardice.
Tuesday, April 30
San Francisco
Season 1 • Episode 28
Two traildrivers are shanghaied shortly after the Ponderosa cattle herd arrives in San Francisco.
Tuesday, April 30
Love Me Not
Season 5 • Episode 22
Ben gets no bargain when he trades several head of cattle with an Indian leader.
Tuesday, April 30
The Grand Swing
Season 13 • Episode 1
Jamie accompanies Ben on a pack trip to inspect the far regions of the Ponderosa.
Wednesday, May 1
The Pure Truth
Season 5 • Episode 23
When Hoss catches spring fever, it takes a little old lady named Looney to help cure him.
Wednesday, May 1
The Fallen Woman
Season 13 • Episode 2
Hoss' testimony sends a man to jail, and his alcoholic wife abandons her son to the rancher's care.
Thursday, May 2
No Less a Man
Season 5 • Episode 24
As the infamous Wagner gang nears town, residents ask the aging sheriff to retire.
Thursday, May 2
Bushwacked
Season 13 • Episode 3
Little Joe is unable to identify his attackers after he is shot and stranded.
Friday, May 3
Return to Honor
Season 5 • Episode 25
Ben's nephew Will, a vagabond wanderer, visits his uncle's ranch.
Friday, May 3
Rock-a-Bye Hoss
Season 13 • Episode 4
Hoss is accused of favoritism when he judges a beautiful baby contest.
Saturday, May 4
The Prisoners
Season 13 • Episode 5
Little Joe has major problems escorting an accused killer to jail.
Saturday, May 4
The Sure Thing
Season 9 • Episode 9
A girl's father sells the horse she planned to ride in the annual race to the Cartwrights.
Monday, May 6
Cassie
Season 13 • Episode 6
After purchasing an Arabian stallion Hoss is challenged to a race by the animal's previous owner.
Monday, May 6
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, May 6
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 6
Dark Star
Season 1 • Episode 31
Little Joe falls for a Gypsy who believes she is a witch and, therefore, an outcast.
Monday, May 6
Death at Dawn
Season 1 • Episode 32
The deputized Cartwrights sentence a murderer to hang at dawn.
Monday, May 6
Showdown
Season 2 • Episode 1
A bank robber takes a job with the Cartwrights to hide his accomplices on the Ponderosa.
Monday, May 6
The Mission
Season 2 • Episode 2
Hoss befriends a former Army scout (Henry Hull) who drinks to forget the massacre of his troop.
Tuesday, May 7
Badge Without Honor
Season 2 • Episode 3
A Deputy U.S. Marshal arrives to accompany a Cartwright friend back to a California court.
Tuesday, May 7
The Mill
Season 2 • Episode 4
A hired hand (Claude Akins) victimizes the Cartwrights' disabled neighbor (Harry Townes).
Tuesday, May 7
The Hopefuls
Season 2 • Episode 5
Outlaws plot to steal a trunk containing the savings of a religious group.
Tuesday, May 7
Denver McKee
Season 2 • Episode 6
The Cartwrights help a former decorated Army scout find security for his daughter.
Tuesday, May 7
Don't Cry My Son
Season 13 • Episode 7
Guilt-ridden Dr. Sloan (Richard Mulligan) kidnaps a child after the death of his own son.
Wednesday, May 8
Face of Fear
Season 13 • Episode 8
A murderer assumes his victim's identity in a plot to claim the man's inheritance.
Thursday, May 9
Blind/Hunch
Season 13 • Episode 9
Jamie becomes the eyes for a blind man (Rip Torn) seeking his brother's killer.
Friday, May 10
The Iron Butterfly
Season 13 • Episode 10
Hoss confesses to a murder committed by a celebrity (Mariette Hartley) he is protecting.
Saturday, May 11
The Rattlesnake Brigade
Season 13 • Episode 11
A gang of convicts that escaped from prison take Jamie and three others hostage.
Saturday, May 11
Six Black Horses
Season 9 • Episode 11
Ben's old friend (Burgess Meredith) admits to a scheme to invest funds from political graft.