That said, Bonanza’s impact endures. For over a decade, the show helped define what television could be—thoughtful, ...

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 ...

Bonanza was the first Western ever broadcast in color, and fans of the series will never forget the Cartwright family. The Cartwrights were a fictional family of ranchers in the mid-1800s, and the ...

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 ...

MeTV, the home of classic television, also airs Bonanza daily, around 2:00pm ET. You can watch the first two season of ...

The Cartwrights come to the aid of a Chinese-American stable hand accused of murder. Opposing them is a manipulative mayoral candidate who wants all "foreigners" to leave Virginia City. The ...

Ben Cartwright and his younger sons, Adam, Eric and Little Joe are back, roaming "The Ponderosa" (9 p.m. Sunday, 9 p.m. Wednesday and 8 p.m. Saturday, Pax's WPXJ Channel 51). Eric? That's Hoss ...

Though actors typically portray many roles throughout their careers, they can also be defined by one or two pivotal parts that become their legacy (whether they like it or not). Such is the case with ...

Lotta Crabtree is hired by mining tycoon Alpheus Troy to lure one of the Cartwrights into town and hold him for ransom in exchange for Ponderosa timber rights. Trader Mike Wilson attempts to escape ...