Bonanza
1959-1973 | Western | USA | Created by David Dortort
Overview
The Cartwrights ran the Ponderosa in color from the first season, NBC showcasing its new color broadcasts. Fourteen seasons, 431 episodes, a Sunday night institution. Lorne Greene patriarch and Michael Landon rising to stardom. The first western centered on a family rather than drifters. The Ponderosa later became a real tourist ranch. The face of the tv western in the 1960s.
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