Bonanza and its cast members quickly became a fan favorites when the show aired on September 12, 1959. One of NBC‘s longest-running western TV series went on for 14 seasons and over 430 episodes.

Long before contemporary television audiences were roped into the drama of such modern-day Westerns as Longmire and Yellowstone, Ben Cartwright and his sons were riding into homes every week via the ...

Lorne Green was a famous actorHe passed away in 1987Learn more about his tragic death From 1959 to 1973, Lorne Greene cemented his status as a TV legend on Bonanza. He played "Ben," the patriarch of ...

There aren't many shows that can get away successfully with a name change during its initial airing, but the classic Western series Bonanza was certainly one of them. Following the adventures of Ben ...