The classic NBC series premiered in 1959 and helped define the Western genre over its incredible 14-season run ...

Long before Yellowstone or the Dutton Ranch were concepts in Taylor Sheridan's mind—in fact, long before he was even born—there was the Cartwright family and the Ponderosa Ranch on Bonanza. And ...

Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls and Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls in 'Little House on the Prairie.' Image via NBC For 30 years, Michael Landon had a strong working relationship with NBC. The ...

Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon as Ben, Adam, Hoss, and Joe Cartwright, riding horses and looking at the sky in Bonanza. Image via NBC When it comes to classic television ...

Running on NBC from 1959 to 1973, Bonanza centered on the Cartwright family—patriarch Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his three sons, Adam (Pernell Roberts), Hoss (Dan Blocker), and Little Joe ...

When it comes to television Westerns, Bonanza truly defined an era. The series ran on NBC from 1959 to 1973, making it the second longest-running Western on American network television (after Gunsmoke ...

Is there a television series that better symbolizes the golden age of TV Westerns than Bonanza? Set against the sweeping backdrop of the Nevada Territory during the 1860s, Bonanza followed the lives ...

For three years in the 1960s, this rambunctious Western about the ranching Cartwright family of Nevada’s sprawling Ponderosa was TV’s No. 1 show. The first Western shown “in living color,” Bonanza ...