When Bonanza first galloped onto television screens in 1959, it became an instant hit. Viewers were drawn to the Cartwright family and their adventures on the Ponderosa, and Pernell Roberts, who ...

Few Western television shows had the lasting power as NBC's Bonanza. An impressive series about a rancher and his three sons, the horse opera was a breath of fresh air for many who were used to ...

Set in the Nevada frontier, ‘Bonanza’ quickly became a television staple, running for an impressive 14 seasons Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working for PEOPLE since ...

Long before Yellowstone or the Dutton Ranch were concepts in Taylor Sheridan's mind—in fact, long before he was even born—there was the Cartwright family and the Ponderosa Ranch on Bonanza. And ...

Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon as Ben, Adam, Hoss, and Joe Cartwright, riding horses and looking at the sky in Bonanza. Image via NBC When it comes to classic television ...