Bonanza

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The 411 users who count themselves as Bonanza fans have written a total of 23 reviews.

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Set in Nevada, in the 1860s, Bonanza chronicled the adventures of the Cartwright family who owned a large ranch - The Ponderosa.

Broadcast History

September 1959 - September 1961

Saturday 7:30-8:30pm

September 1961 - September 1972

Sunday 9:00-10:00pm

May 1972 - August 1972

Tuesday 7:30-8:30pm

September 1972 - January 1973

Tuesday 8:00-9:00pm

Set in Nevada, in the 1860s, Bonanza chronicled the adventures of the Cartwright family who owned a large ranch - The Ponderosa.

Broadcast History

September 1959 - September 1961

Saturday 7:30-8:30pm

September 1961 - September 1972

Sunday 9:00-10:00pm

May 1972 - August 1972

Tuesday 7:30-8:30pm

September 1972 - January 1973

Tuesday 8:00-9:00pm

• Favorite Episode

  Mine is A Knight to Remember".

  Mine is A Knight to Remember".less «

  archangelwho Last online 10 hrs, 17 mins ago
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• do any of them get married?

  does Little Joe, Adam or Hoss get married in any future seasons?

  does Little Joe, Adam or Hoss get married in any future seasons?less «

  dagurlpink2006 Last online Feb 26, 2008
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• Favorite Cartwright Brother

  The choices are of course: Adam Hoss Little Joe Should I include Jamie? He's only an adopted Cartwright. Well vote f...more »

  The choices are of course: Adam Hoss Little Joe Should I include Jamie? He's only an adopted Cartwright. Well vote for him if you want. My favorite is Hoss. Adam seems a little stuffy and Little Joe is cute, but immature. Hoss just is so interesting to watch. He works well in a comedy episode as well as the more serious episodes. He is even believable as the love interest. No wonder the show couldn't last very long after Dan Blocker's premature death. I'm sure it was very hard for Lorne Greene and Michael Landon to go back to the set after that.less «

  jedimastertahl Last online Aug 14, 2007
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  9.5 Superb

  Bonanza is about the Cartwright family and there life on the Ponderosa, the thousand-square-mile ranch. hide « show »

  The widowed patriarch Ben Cartwright and his sons He had three sons, each by a different wife: the oldest was the urbane architect Adam Cartwright, who built the ranch house. The second was the warm and lovable giant Eric, better known by his nickname: "Hoss". And the youngest was the hotheaded and impetuous Joseph or "Little Joe". They all live and worked on the ranch.
  
  "Bonanza" was considered an atypical western for its time, as the core of the storylines dealt with Ben and his three dissimilar sons, how they cared for one another, their neighbors and their land.Bonanza was the second longest running TV series on NBC (14 years). Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, and Pernell Roberts did a great job. Bonanza is a classic show that people will be watching in Fifty years. It is two bad that Dan blocker died before the series was over. 1959 to 1973 is a classic that I love to watch.

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  minnie_mouse52 Added Feb 14, 2008 All my reviews
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  1 Abysmal

  Who thought of this? Tell me because I think they should be in an asylum. hide « show »

  This show is just for old people. Every time I have veiwed it it ws very dull and lacked in plot and dialog. I remmember falling asleep most of the time. I think this is the one western show where this kid falls in love with someone and then they die. If they want more veiwers he should fall in love with a homosexual/tranvestite. That would get me to watch the show. Western shows should be full of drunk people and murder, but no, it hs to be good for the family and all that crap. "Hey little Joe (if that's his name.) someone killed your mom!" Lil' Joe: "I'm going to sit down and have a talk with him and tell him that he's not a very nice person." So if you ever see this show on the television I suggest you move on to Roseanne, at least they have good actors.

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  Daddytrucker Added Nov 22, 2007 All my reviews
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  8.9 Great

  Bonanza chronicles the lives of the Cartwrights and the workings of a big ranch on the American frontier. Ben Cartwright and his three sons, Adam, Hoss, and Joe fight for what is just and decent in a time where lawlessness was common. hide « show »

  I grew up watching this show! I'll admit that as a young girl I watched because of the horses in the show, but as I grew older I got caught up in the stories of the Cartwrights and their friends. You could always count on Ben Cartwright and his sons to be on the side of justice, fairness, law and order. Some of the "bad guys" they had to go up against were pretty slimy! I recently bought a boxed set of Bonanza and so enjoyed rewatching those shows! The characters usually had a lesson of some kind to learn and Bonanza did this without being too preachy. A great classic show from my childhood!

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  Pamela57 Added Nov 17, 2007 All my reviews
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  8.5 Great

  I grew up watching Bonanza. I even got to see Little Joe (Michael Landon) at the Houston Livestock and Rodeo Show as a kid. True by todays standards this show is dated, but then, it was excellent and kept me up until 9:00 pm. hide « show »

  Bonanza was one of those western shows on TV one of many, but it stood alone in the quality of acting and moral content. Just imagine an elderly widower with three sons out in the middle of nowhere on a huge ranch. To a city dwelling kid that was just plain cool. And then there was Hop Sing the Chinese house boy, more like the House Boss than the House Keeper. I would wade through The Wonderful World of Disney, in anticipation of hearing Dinah Shore sing "See the USA in your Chevrolet" and I knew it was time for the Boys and Pa to come riding up through that beautiful country on their outstanding steeds to look us in the eye and bring another show. Bonanza is an icon of times when Americans were naive and simple. "What ya gonna do Pa".

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  JohnnyGnote Added Nov 6, 2007 All my reviews
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  7 Good

  Hear the theme tune, enjoy and switch off. hide « show »

  This is a fossil of a show, the theme tune is the best part about it. If I watched an episode it made me want to watch something similar, but just done better... so i would watch a western film instead, there are hundreds to choose from and this series borrowed from them all. It broke no ground in driving forward the genre in my opinion and for me it was just like a choppy amalgamation of western films that came out before it aired, shame it could have been much stronger. If you've never seen it before think of the monotony of Little House On The Prairie and add some guns. Maybe I was too young to fully appreciate it, but i don't think that was the case, I just think it was lame... no particular episode stands out in my mind and that is kinda my point, its forgettable, still lots of people do like it, the reason i scored it a 7, based on its popularity at the time.

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  scott_naylor Added Aug 6, 2007 All my reviews