Bonanza
Bonanza was an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. It ran for 14 seasons and 431 episodes. Bonanza is NBC's longest-running western, and ranks overall as the second-longest-running western series on U.S. network television (behind CBS's Gunsmoke). It starred Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon.[1]
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Approximate location of the fictional Ponderosa Ranch, the home of Cartwright family. The map is oriented with North at the top (instead of East at the top, as in the map shown on the program).
Ponderosa tour postcard – visitors tour the replica ranchhouse and its big living room with stone fireplace overlooking the east shore of Lake Tahoe, in Incline Village, Nevada where several rebuilt ranch buildings were used as a set for outside filming.
Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Lorne Greene and Michael Landon (1961)
Front to back: Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker and Lorne Greene
Philip Ahn in "The Fear Merchants"
The season two episode "Day of Reckoning" shows the native population with nuance, as individuals have distinct motives and discuss ethical issues involved in working with or resisting white colonialism, at a time when racial subtleties like this were not common on broadcast television. The protagonist is Mexican actor Ricardo Montalbán.
Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright
Pernell Roberts as Adam in "The Hopefuls"
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References
- ↑ "Bonanza Television Show – ONE". www.onlinenevada.org. Archived from the original on 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
