On this day, September 12, 1959, "Bonanza" went on the air.

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Bonanza



Original release September 12, 1959 – January 16, 1973

Bonanza was an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 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), and within the top 10 longest-running, live-action American series. The show continues to air in syndication. The show is set in the 1860s and it centers on the wealthy Cartwright family who live in the vicinity of Virginia City, Nevada, bordering Lake Tahoe. The series initially starred Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon and later featured (at various times) Guy Williams, David Canary, Mitch Vogel and Tim Matheson. The show is known for presenting pressing moral dilemmas.

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Bonanza - Intro [HQ]
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1959 (430 Episoden in 14 Staffeln)

Lorne Greene - Benjamin „Ben" Cartwright

[dameatball]

1. We watched it and it was kind of a big deal. Back then the new shows were long awaited. Kids at

school would even talk about it. We had two channels and if we went outside and turned the antenna just right we might get three.