Bonanza
Cast & Crew
Lorne Greene Ben Cartwright
Michael Landon Little Joe Cartwright
Dan Blocker Eric "Hoss" Cartwright
Pernell Roberts Adam Cartwright
Victor Sen Yung Hop Sing
Ray Teal Sheriff Roy Coffee
Bing Russell Deputy Clem Foster
David Canary Candy
Lou Frizzell Dusty Rhoades
Mitch Vogel Jamie Hunter
Tim Matheson Griff King
David Dortort Creator
⨁Full Cast & CrewUpcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Wednesday, July 17
Big Shadows on the Land
Season 7 • Episode 29
A winemaker claims an area of the Ponderosa as his own to start a vineyard.
Wednesday, July 17
Journey to Terror
Season 8 • Episode 21
Little Joe visits the barren farm of an old friend where a desperado is hiding.
Wednesday, July 17
The Avenger
Season 1 • Episode 26
Adam and Ben are accused of murdering a cattle buyer on the testimony of the victim's daughter.
Thursday, July 18
The Fighters
Season 7 • Episode 30
Hoss accepts a promoter's challenge to box an aging fighter (Michael Conrad) for $200.
Thursday, July 18
Amigo
Season 8 • Episode 22
Lootings and killings by the Cap Fenner gang bring feelings to a fever pitch in Virginia City.
Thursday, July 18
The Last Trophy
Season 1 • Episode 27
A Britisher (Edward Ashley), once a great game hunter, visits the Ponderosa and displays cowardice.
Friday, July 19
Judgment at Red Creek
Season 8 • Episode 24
A vengeance-blinded guard wants to kill two men he thinks wounded his brother.
Friday, July 19
San Francisco
Season 1 • Episode 28
Two traildrivers are shanghaied shortly after the Ponderosa cattle herd arrives in San Francisco.
Saturday, July 20
Bitter Water
Season 1 • Episode 29
A miner persuades a prospective son-in-law to sell him land that supplies water to the Ponderosa.
Monday, July 22
Home From the Sea
Season 7 • Episode 31
A man claiming to be Adam's shipmate arrives at the ranch as part of a plan to rob the Cartwights.
Monday, July 22
Feet of Clay
Season 1 • Episode 30
The Cartwrights take in a motherless boy whose father is in prison for murder; guest David Ladd.
Monday, July 22
The Ape
Season 2 • Episode 14
Adam and Little Joe try to warn Hoss when he befriends a violent man (Cal Bolder).
Monday, July 22
The Blood Line
Season 2 • Episode 15
An Easterner looking for his father learns a Cartwright killed him in self-defense.
Monday, July 22
The Courtship
Season 2 • Episode 16
Adam tells betrothed Hoss his intended is a compulsive gambler who caused her husband's death.
Monday, July 22
The Spitfire
Season 2 • Episode 17
A Kentucky mountain clan swears revenge on Little Joe after he shoots a family member for arson.
Monday, July 22
The Gunmen
Season 1 • Episode 19
Little Joe and Hoss, mistaken for gunmen, get caught between feuding families.
Monday, July 22
The Fear Merchants
Season 1 • Episode 20
A mayoral candidate hires two hoodlums to harass Chinese residents, resulting in murder.
Tuesday, July 23
Spanish Grant
Season 1 • Episode 21
Ex-dancehall girl poses as Spanish aristocrat to obtain large piece of property.
Tuesday, July 23
Blood on the Land
Season 1 • Episode 22
Disreputable shepherd moves herd across Ponderosa, destroying rich pasture land.
Tuesday, July 23
Desert Justice
Season 1 • Episode 23
A Ponderosa ranch hand faces charges of killing the wife of the U.S. marshal who came to arrest him.
Tuesday, July 23
The Stranger
Season 1 • Episode 24
A disabled New Orleans police inspector comes to arrest Ben on a 20-year-old murder charge.
Tuesday, July 23
The Last Mission
Season 7 • Episode 32
Ben becomes a pawn in an army colonel's plot to destroy an Indian tribe that massacred his family.
Tuesday, July 23
Dark Star
Season 1 • Episode 31
Little Joe falls for a Gypsy who believes she is a witch and, therefore, an outcast.
Wednesday, July 24
A Dollar's Worth of Trouble
Season 7 • Episode 33
A clairvoyant predicts a beautiful girl (Sally Kellerman) will fall for Hoss.
Wednesday, July 24
Death at Dawn
Season 1 • Episode 32
The deputized Cartwrights sentence a murderer to hang at dawn.
Thursday, July 25
Something Hurt, Something Wild
Season 8 • Episode 1
A young woman falsely accuses Joe of assault, ending the Cartwrights' friendship with her family.
Thursday, July 25
Showdown
Season 2 • Episode 1
A bank robber takes a job with the Cartwrights to hide his accomplices on the Ponderosa.
Friday, July 26
The Mission
Season 2 • Episode 2
Hoss befriends a former Army scout (Henry Hull) who drinks to forget the massacre of his troop.
Saturday, July 27
Badge Without Honor
Season 2 • Episode 3
A Deputy U.S. Marshal arrives to accompany a Cartwright friend back to a California court.
Monday, July 29
Horse of a Different Hue
Season 8 • Episode 2
An impoverished Southerner inadvertently sets the Cartwrights up as victims of a crooked horse race.
Monday, July 29
The Mill
Season 2 • Episode 4
A hired hand (Claude Akins) victimizes the Cartwrights' disabled neighbor (Harry Townes).
Monday, July 29
Escape to the Ponderosa
Season 1 • Episode 25
The Cartwrights help search for three Army prisoners who stole Adam's gun and hid on the Ponderosa.
Monday, July 29
The Avenger
Season 1 • Episode 26
Adam and Ben are accused of murdering a cattle buyer on the testimony of the victim's daughter.
Monday, July 29
The Last Trophy
Season 1 • Episode 27
A Britisher (Edward Ashley), once a great game hunter, visits the Ponderosa and displays cowardice.
Monday, July 29
San Francisco
Season 1 • Episode 28
Two traildrivers are shanghaied shortly after the Ponderosa cattle herd arrives in San Francisco.
Monday, July 29
Bitter Water
Season 1 • Episode 29
A miner persuades a prospective son-in-law to sell him land that supplies water to the Ponderosa.
Monday, July 29
Feet of Clay
Season 1 • Episode 30
The Cartwrights take in a motherless boy whose father is in prison for murder; guest David Ladd.
Tuesday, July 30
Dark Star
Season 1 • Episode 31
Little Joe falls for a Gypsy who believes she is a witch and, therefore, an outcast.
Tuesday, July 30
Death at Dawn
Season 1 • Episode 32
The deputized Cartwrights sentence a murderer to hang at dawn.
Tuesday, July 30
Showdown
Season 2 • Episode 1
A bank robber takes a job with the Cartwrights to hide his accomplices on the Ponderosa.
Tuesday, July 30
The Mission
Season 2 • Episode 2
Hoss befriends a former Army scout (Henry Hull) who drinks to forget the massacre of his troop.
Tuesday, July 30
To Bloom for Thee
Season 8 • Episode 6
Hoss falls in love with a pretty stranger despite words of caution from Ben and Little Joe.
Tuesday, July 30
The Hopefuls
Season 2 • Episode 5
Outlaws plot to steal a trunk containing the savings of a religious group.
Wednesday, July 31
Ballad of the Ponderosa
Season 8 • Episode 10
A young minstrel's (Randy Boone) ballad claims his father was sent to jail because Ben lied.
Wednesday, July 31
Denver McKee
Season 2 • Episode 6
The Cartwrights help a former decorated Army scout find security for his daughter.
Thursday, August 1
The Bridegroom
Season 8 • Episode 13
Little Joe helps bolster a plain girl's (Joanne Linville) self-esteem to catch a widower's eye.
Thursday, August 1
Day of Reckoning
Season 2 • Episode 7
Hoss' bandit uncle (Neville Brand) decides to bypass the Ponderosa, but his gang disagrees.
Friday, August 2
The Abduction
Season 2 • Episode 8
Little Joe and Hoss seek Joe's date, who disappeared while the trio was at a carnival.