
Bonanza
1959 · TV Series · TV-PG · 49 min · ★ 7.5
A ranching family in frontier Nevada faces everyday dangers and hard choices while protecting their land and lending a hand to the nearby town. Each episode brings a new dispute, outsider, or injustice, mixing action with lessons about fairness, community, and doing the right thing.
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352 hours to watch · 431 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 1959–1973
- Release date
- 1959-09-12
- Network
- NBC
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 49 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (478 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a classic, family-oriented Western with clear moral lessons, recurring community troubles, and occasional comedy, similar to Gunsmoke or Little House on the Prairie; Not for you if you dislike older, sometimes predictable storytelling.
Pros: family-friendly moral stories; lots of standalone adventures; warm humor at times | Cons: uneven episode quality; can feel corny; occasional historical slip-ups
Themes
- nevada
- ranch
- family
- single father
- cowboy
- wild west
- 19th century
- early america
Cast & crew

Lorne Greene
as Ben Cartwright

Pernell Roberts
as Adam Cartwright

Dan Blocker
as Hoss Cartwright

Michael Landon
as Joe Cartwright

David Canary
as Candy Canaday

Tim Matheson
as Griff King

Mitch Vogel
as Jamie Hunter Cartwright

John Hoyt
as Major Sutcliffe

Yvonne De Carlo
as Lotta Crabtree

George Macready
as Alpheus Troy
Directed by Michael Landon, Edward Ludwig, Lewis Allen +11 more
Created by David Dortort
Episodes14 seasons · 431 episodes
14 seasons · 431 episodes. Full episode list omitted here for length — open the episode tracker above to browse and mark episodes.