Bonanza was a western drama television series that first aired on NBC on September 12, 1959. The show is ranked as the second longest running western television show, after Gunsmoke, and is still playing in syndication. The show followed the adventures of Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene), the three-time widowed father of three sons: Adam (Pernell Roberts), Eric or ÒHossÓ (Dan Blocker), and Joseph or ÒLittle JoeÓ (Michael Landon). The show is set in the 1860's on the Cartwright family Ponderosa, a thousand square-mile ranch in the Nevada territory of Lake Tahoe close to Virginia City. The series was less traditional as far as westerns go, in that it focused less on being a cowboy and more on the everyday personal struggles within a family and community. Perhaps the fourteen season run of the show was due to it's easy to watch Sunday timeslot and in color format. Bonanza was one of the few shows that aired every week and in color. Whatever the reason may be, this heartwarming wild-west tale has defined itself as classic American television.MORE
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