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==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:25, 15 September 2023

Bonanza
Season 14
Cast of Bonanza in 1959
Cast of Bonanza in 1959
Starring
No. of episodes16
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 12, 1972 (1972-09-12) –
January 16, 1973 (1973-01-16)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

Bonanza is an American Western television series developed and produced by David Dortort and broadcast in the United States for 14 seasons on the NBC network. The entire run of the series' 431 hour-long episodes was produced in color.[1] The premiere was on September 12, 1959, and the final episode broadcast on January 16, 1973.[2] In its initial season, Bonanza aired on Saturday evenings and placed at number 45 in the Nielsen ratings. During its second season, the series moved up to number 17.[3] Bonanza was moved to Sundays at 9:00 PM Eastern Time at the start of its third season. In that time slot, the ratings soared and the series become second only to Wagon Train as the most popular program on American prime time television.[4] It remained in the top ten of the ratings through its twelfth season and ranked at number one in its sixth, seventh, and eighth seasons.

Synopsis

Bonanza is set around the Ponderosa Ranch near Virginia City, Nevada and chronicles the weekly adventures of the Cartwright family, consisting of Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his three sons (each by a different wife), Adam (Pernell Roberts), Eric "Hoss" (Dan Blocker), and Joseph (Michael Landon). Veteran actor Victor Sen Yung played the ranch cook, Hop Sing. In 1964, Pernell Roberts began expressing a desire to leave the series, and so prospective replacements were introduced via Barry Coe as Little Joe's wayward maternal half-brother Clay, and Guy Williams as Ben's nephew Will Cartwright. However, Roberts was persuaded to complete his contract, and remained through season six. The characters of Clay and Will were discontinued. In the ninth season, David Canary was added to the cast as ranch hand/foreman Candy Canady. After four years with the series, Canary left due to a contract dispute. In the twelfth season, Mitch Vogel joined the cast as Jamie Hunter, a teenage orphan who is adopted by Ben Cartwright.[5][6] Following Dan Blocker's death in May 1972 after season thirteen ended, Greene, Landon, and Vogel continued the series into a fourteenth season, with Canary returning as Candy (reportedly approached by Landon) and Tim Matheson was introduced as ex-prisoner and newly hired ranch-hand Griff King.[5][6] The program was moved to Tuesday nights where it slipped badly in the ratings to number 52 and was subsequently cancelled.[5][6] Bonanza has, however, continued to be popular in syndication. From 1964–1967, Bonanza became the most watched show in the U.S.

Cast and characters

Episodes

Bonanza, season 14 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
4161"Forever: Episode 1"Michael LandonMichael LandonSeptember 12, 1972 (1972-09-12)
4172"Forever: Episode 2"Michael LandonMichael LandonSeptember 19, 1972 (1972-09-19)
4183"Heritage of Anger"Nicholas WebsterDon IngallsSeptember 26, 1972 (1972-09-26)
4194"The Initiation"Alf KjellinDouglas Day StewartOctober 3, 1972 (1972-10-03)
4205"Riot!"Lewis AllenRobert PiroshOctober 10, 1972 (1972-10-10)
4216"New Man"Leo PennJack B. SowardsOctober 17, 1972 (1972-10-17)
4227"Ambush at Rio Lobo"Nicholas ColasantoJoel MurcottOctober 24, 1972 (1972-10-24)
4238"The 26th Grave"Nicholas ColasantoStanley RobertsOctober 31, 1972 (1972-10-31)
4249"Stallion"E. W. SwackhamerJack B. SowardsNovember 14, 1972 (1972-11-14)
42510"The Hidden Enemy"Alf KjellinStanley RobertsNovember 28, 1972 (1972-11-28)
42611"The Sound of Sadness"Michael LandonMichael LandonDecember 5, 1972 (1972-12-05)
42712"The Bucket Dog"William F. ClaxtonJohn HawkinsDecember 19, 1972 (1972-12-19)
42813"First Love"Leo PennRichard CollinsDecember 26, 1972 (1972-12-26)
42914"The Witness"Lewis AllenStory by : Arthur Heinemann
Teleplay by : Joel Murcott and Arthur Heinemann
January 2, 1973 (1973-01-02)
43015"The Marriage of Theodora Duffy"William F. ClaxtonWard HawkinsJanuary 9, 1973 (1973-01-09)
43116"The Hunter"Michael LandonMichael LandonJanuary 16, 1973 (1973-01-16)

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Shapiro 1997, pp. 5, 65–157.
  2. ^ Shapiro 1997, pp. 65, 157.
  3. ^ "TV Ratings: 1960–1961". ClassicTVGuide.com. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  4. ^ "TV Ratings: 1961–1962". ClassicTVGuide.com. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Bonanza World Home". Bonanza World. Bonanza Ventures, Inc., and NBC, Inc. 2002–2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
  6. ^ a b c Erickson, Hal (2010). "Bonanza". AllMovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 28, 2010.

Bibliography