Bonanza (1959)

Western

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (12,622 votes)
Seasons: 14
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Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1959)

7.23 avg 32 episodes 7.1 → 8.0 57 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Rose for Lotta	7.1	379
2	Death on Sun Mountain	7.1	266
3	The Newcomers	7.2	240
4	The Paiute War	7.3	233
5	Enter Mark Twain	7.3	226
6	The Julia Bulette Story	7.0	240
7	The Saga of Annie O'Toole	7.3	225
8	The Philip Diedesheimer Story	7.5	208
9	Mr. Henry Comstock	6.8	213
10	The Magnificent Adah	7.0	207
11	The Truckee Strip	7.1	218
12	The Hanging Posse	7.5	201
13	Vendetta	7.8	200
14	The Sisters	7.1	184
15	The Last Hunt	7.2	189
16	El Toro Grande	6.9	187
17	The Outcast	7.4	197
18	A House Divided	7.1	200
19	The Gunmen	6.9	304
20	The Fear Merchants	7.2	260
21	The Spanish Grant	7.1	257
22	Blood on the Land	7.0	259
23	Desert Justice	7.5	283
24	The Stranger	7.4	228
25	Escape to Ponderosa	7.2	245
26	The Avenger	8.1	313
27	The Last Trophy	6.6	218
28	San Francisco	7.6	248
29	Bitter Water	7.2	211
30	Feet of Clay	7.6	243
31	Dark Star	6.4	252
32	Death at Dawn	8.0	276

Season 2 (1960)

7.25 avg 34 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 58 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Showdown	7.4	221
2	The Mission	8.0	232
3	Badge Without Honor	7.3	239
4	The Mill	7.4	234
5	The Hopefuls	7.2	201
6	Denver McKee	7.0	222
7	Day of Reckoning	7.2	222
8	The Abduction	7.1	237
9	Breed of Violence	7.3	197
10	The Last Viking	6.8	232
11	The Trail Gang	7.3	188
12	The Savage	6.6	196
13	Silent Thunder	7.5	256
14	The Ape	7.2	285
15	The Blood Line	6.7	211
16	The Courtship	7.5	186
17	The Spitfire	7.4	241
18	The Bride	7.2	178
19	Bank Run	7.3	173
20	The Fugitive	7.1	147
21	Vengeance	7.7	141
22	The Tax Collector	6.6	138
23	The Rescue	7.4	144
24	The Dark Gate	7.5	175
25	The Duke	7.3	147
26	Cutthroat Junction	6.9	138
27	The Gift	7.4	158
28	The Rival	7.3	156
29	The Infernal Machine	6.9	159
30	The Thunderhead Swindle	7.4	134
31	The Secret	7.5	174
32	The Dream Riders	7.1	156
33	Elizabeth, My Love	7.4	172
34	Sam Hill	7.6	176

Season 3 (1961)

7.35 avg 34 episodes 7.2 → 6.4 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Smiler	7.2	160
2	Springtime	8.0	176
3	The Honor of Cochise	8.0	186
4	The Lonely House	7.3	158
5	The Burma Rarity	7.0	154
6	Broken Ballad	7.4	160
7	The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch	7.3	173
8	The Friendship	7.7	158
9	The Countess	7.1	143
10	The Horse Breaker	7.3	146
11	Day of the Dragon	7.7	168
12	The Frenchman	6.0	152
13	The Tin Badge	7.3	149
14	Gabrielle	7.4	203
15	Land Grab	7.0	153
16	The Tall Stranger	7.1	149
17	The Lady from Baltimore	7.1	166
18	The Ride	8.0	169
19	The Storm	7.4	160
20	The Auld Sod	7.0	147
21	Gift of Water	7.5	160
22	The Jackknife	7.5	153
23	The Guilty	7.1	137
24	The Wooing of Abigail Jones	7.4	168
25	The Lawmaker	7.4	149
26	Look to the Stars	7.4	164
27	The Gamble	8.1	179
28	The Crucible	8.0	208
29	Inger, My Love	7.7	167
30	Blessed Are They	7.2	166
31	The Dowry	6.8	132
32	The Long Night	7.6	155
33	The Mountain Girl	7.4	156
34	The Miracle Maker	6.4	124

Season 4 (1962)

7.27 avg 34 episodes 7.3 → 7.2 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The First Born	7.3	167
2	The Quest	7.6	148
3	The Artist	7.5	152
4	A Hot Day for a Hanging	7.0	162
5	The Deserter	7.3	148
6	The Way Station	7.7	168
7	The War Comes to Washoe	7.0	143
8	Knight Errant	7.4	158
9	The Beginning	7.1	134
10	The Deadly Ones	7.4	133
11	Gallagher's Sons	7.5	138
12	The Decision	7.8	149
13	The Good Samaritan	6.8	131
14	The Jury	7.4	143
15	The Colonel	6.8	142
16	Song in the Dark	7.1	157
17	Elegy for a Hangman	7.4	146
18	Half a Rogue	7.3	132
19	The Last Haircut	7.3	166
20	Marie, My Love	6.8	136
21	The Hayburner	7.7	144
22	The Actress	6.4	140
23	A Stranger Passed This Way	7.5	149
24	The Way of Aaron	7.4	144
25	A Woman Lost	6.9	137
26	Any Friend of Walter's	8.0	196
27	Mirror of a Man	6.9	136
28	My Brother's Keeper	7.4	158
29	Five into the Wind	7.6	137
30	The Saga of Whizzer McGee	6.1	130
31	Thunder Man	8.0	155
32	Rich Man, Poor Man	7.1	121
33	The Boss	7.4	140
34	Little Man... Ten Feet Tall	7.2	143

Season 5 (1963)

7.29 avg 34 episodes 7.3 → 7.5 60 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	She Walks in Beauty	7.3	165
2	A Passion for Justice	7.3	149
3	Rain from Heaven	7.4	144
4	Twilight Town	8.2	254
5	The Toy Soldier	7.4	125
6	A Question of Strength	7.4	143
7	Calamity Over the Comstock	7.2	161
8	Journey Remembered	7.9	132
9	The Quality of Mercy	7.4	138
10	The Waiting Game	7.0	125
11	The Legacy	8.1	160
12	Hoss and the Leprechauns	8.3	290
13	The Prime of Life	7.7	134
14	The Lila Conrad Story	7.0	157
15	Ponderosa Matador	7.2	138
16	My Son, My Son	7.1	135
17	Alias Joe Cartwright	7.9	151
18	The Gentleman from New Orleans	7.0	120
19	The Cheating Game	7.0	133
20	Bullet for a Bride	7.0	131
21	King of the Mountain	6.6	126
22	Love Me Not	6.9	141
23	The Pure Truth	7.2	120
24	No Less a Man	8.0	143
25	Return to Honor	7.3	128
26	The Saga of Muley Jones	6.3	134
27	The Roper	7.2	130
28	A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay	6.2	156
29	The Companeros	6.7	94
30	Enter Thomas Bowers	8.0	191
31	The Dark Past	7.5	139
32	The Pressure Game	6.8	122
33	Triangle	6.9	141
34	Walter and the Outlaws	7.5	140

Season 6 (1964)

7.26 avg 34 episodes 7.6 → 7.3 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Invention of a Gunfighter	7.6	152
2	The Hostage	7.6	129
3	The Wild One	6.9	141
4	Thanks for Everything, Friend	7.7	154
5	Logan's Treasure	7.5	130
6	The Scapegoat	7.3	125
7	A Dime's Worth of Glory	7.1	125
8	Square Deal Sam	6.4	129
9	Between Heaven and Earth	7.2	151
10	Old Sheba	7.6	134
11	A Man to Admire	8.0	132
12	The Underdog	7.6	150
13	A Knight to Remember	7.2	143
14	The Saga of Squaw Charlie	7.6	128
15	The Flapjack Contest	8.0	139
16	The Far, Far Better Thing	7.1	132
17	Woman of Fire	7.2	137
18	The Ballerina	7.6	152
19	The Flannel-Mouth Gun	7.4	125
20	The Ponderosa Birdman	6.9	140
21	The Search	7.4	127
22	The Deadliest Game	6.8	128
23	Once a Doctor	7.6	117
24	Right Is the Fourth R	7.4	122
25	Hound Dog	6.4	127
26	The Trap	7.3	131
27	Dead and Gone	7.1	161
28	A Good Night's Rest	6.9	134
29	To Own the World	7.8	142
30	Lothario Larkin	6.8	126
31	The Return	6.8	125
32	Jonah	7.0	113
33	The Spotlight	6.7	125
34	Patchwork Man	7.3	122

Season 7 (1965)

7.21 avg 33 episodes 7.1 → 7.2 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Debt	7.1	124
2	The Dilemma	7.4	119
3	The Brass Box	7.4	109
4	The Other Son	8.1	124
5	The Lonely Runner	7.5	113
6	Devil on Her Shoulder	6.4	121
7	Found Child	7.9	147
8	The Meredith Smith	7.3	133
9	Mighty Is the Word	8.0	129
10	The Strange One	5.6	120
11	The Reluctant Rebel	7.2	112
12	Five Sundowns to Sunup	7.6	121
13	A Natural Wizard	7.3	103
14	All Ye His Saints	7.9	129
15	The Dublin Lad	6.9	107
16	To Kill a Buffalo	6.8	102
17	Ride the Wind: Part 1	7.3	139
18	Ride the Wind: Part 2	7.2	128
19	Destiny's Child	7.0	114
20	Peace Officer	7.4	131
21	The Code	7.2	128
22	Three Brides for Hoss	7.2	122
23	The Emperor Norton	6.6	110
24	Her Brother's Keeper	7.1	105
25	The Trouble with Jamie	7.8	123
26	Shining in Spain	6.9	111
27	The Genius	6.5	93
28	The Unwritten Commandment	7.1	132
29	Big Shadow on the Land	7.2	110
30	The Fighters	7.6	110
31	Home from the Sea	7.0	105
32	The Last Mission	7.2	102
33	A Dollar's Worth of Trouble	7.2	114

Season 8 (1966)

7.28 avg 34 episodes 7.2 → 7.4 60 min avg

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Something Hurt, Something Wild	7.2	141
2	Horse of a Different Hue	7.1	113
3	A Time to Step Down	7.5	114
4	The Pursued: Part 1	7.3	122
5	The Pursued: Part 2	7.2	111
6	To Bloom for Thee	6.8	124
7	Credit for a Kill	8.1	125
8	Four Sisters from Boston	7.4	138
9	Old Charlie	7.5	120
10	Ballad of the Ponderosa	6.7	114
11	The Oath	7.5	114
12	A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town	7.2	131
13	The Bridegroom	7.3	122
14	Tommy	7.7	120
15	A Christmas Story	7.1	154
16	Ponderosa Explosion	7.3	118
17	Justice	7.1	129
18	A Bride for Buford	7.2	106
19	Black Friday	7.8	120
20	The Unseen Wound	7.6	121
21	Journey to Terror	7.6	122
22	Amigo	7.4	118
23	A Woman in the House	6.8	118
24	Judgement at Red Creek	7.8	109
25	Joe Cartwright, Detective	7.5	129
26	Dark Enough to See the Stars	7.4	108
27	The Deed and the Dilemma	7.1	101
28	The Prince	6.8	104
29	A Man Without Land	7.7	110
30	Napoleon's Children	6.7	133
31	The Wormwood Cup	7.9	124
32	Clarissa	6.6	110
33	Maestro Hoss	6.3	123
34	The Greedy Ones	7.4	110

Season 9 (1967)

7.65 avg 34 episodes 7.8 → 6.9 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Second Chance	7.8	120
2	Sense of Duty	7.9	118
3	The Conquistadores	6.9	122
4	Judgment at Olympus	7.6	123
5	Night of Reckoning	7.9	120
6	False Witness	7.9	117
7	The Gentle Ones	8.0	128
8	Desperate Passage	7.9	128
9	The Sure Thing	7.8	109
10	Showdown at Tahoe	7.2	123
11	Six Black Horses	7.2	109
12	Check Rein	7.6	105
13	Justice Deferred	7.9	124
14	The Gold Detector	7.1	106
15	The Trackers	7.9	105
16	A Girl Named George	7.7	125
17	The Thirteenth Man	7.9	113
18	The Burning Sky	8.1	150
19	The Price of Salt	8.0	129
20	Blood Tie	8.0	124
21	The Crime of Johnny Mule	7.8	116
22	The Late Ben Cartwright	8.1	123
23	Star Crossed	7.3	113
24	Trouble Town	8.1	115
25	Commitment at Angelus	7.4	105
26	A Dream to Dream	7.8	122
27	In Defense of Honor	7.5	105
28	To Die in Darkness	8.2	133
29	The Bottle Fighter	8.0	111
30	The Arrival of Eddie	7.5	108
31	The Stronghold	7.7	112
32	Pride of a Man	7.6	119
33	A Severe Case of Matrimony	5.9	106
34	Stage Door Johnnies	6.9	114

Season 10 (1968)

7.57 avg 30 episodes 7.8 → 7.9 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Different Pines, Same Wind	7.8	122
2	Child	7.5	117
3	Salute to Yesterday	7.7	108
4	The Real People of Muddy Creek	7.7	129
5	The Passing of a King	7.9	114
6	The Last Vote	7.3	110
7	Catch as Catch Can	7.5	116
8	Little Girl Lost	7.3	118
9	The Survivors	7.5	107
10	Sound of Drums	6.4	115
11	Queen High	7.0	101
12	Yonder Man	7.2	114
13	Mark of Guilt	8.4	129
14	A World Full of Cannibals	7.4	98
15	Sweet Annie Laurie	7.3	114
16	My Friend, My Enemy	8.1	117
17	Mrs. Wharton and the Lesser Breeds	7.7	119
18	Erin	7.6	125
19	Company of Forgotten Men	7.5	101
20	The Clarion	7.7	112
21	The Lady and the Mountain Lion	6.9	116
22	Five Candles	7.9	107
23	The Wish	8.4	147
24	The Deserter	7.8	109
25	Emily	7.1	110
26	The Running Man	7.7	107
27	The Unwanted	7.6	109
28	Speak No Evil	7.4	105
29	The Fence	7.9	101
30	A Ride in the Sun	7.9	116

Season 11 (1969)

7.44 avg 28 episodes 7.1 → 7.4 60 min avg

Rebound

Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Another Windmill to Go	7.1	116
2	The Witness	7.4	111
3	The Silence at Stillwater	7.6	101
4	A Lawman's Lot Is Not a Happy One	7.0	111
5	Anatomy of a Lynching	7.5	94
6	To Stop a War	7.8	110
7	The Medal	7.9	116
8	The Stalker	7.6	109
9	Meena	7.5	105
10	A Darker Shadow	7.5	98
11	Dead Wrong	8.0	105
12	Old Friends	7.3	94
13	Abner Willoughby's Return	7.5	119
14	It's a Small World	7.7	109
15	Danger Road	7.4	95
16	The Big Jackpot	7.2	91
17	The Trouble with Amy	8.0	123
18	The Lady and the Mark	6.7	100
19	Is There Any Man Here?	6.5	102
20	The Law and Billy Burgess	7.1	116
21	Long Way to Ogden	7.9	101
22	Return Engagement	7.2	105
23	The Gold Mine	7.4	97
24	Decision at Los Robles	7.9	119
25	Caution: Easter Bunny Crossing	7.5	125
26	The Horse Traders	7.4	96
27	What Are Pardners For?	7.2	104
28	A Matter of Circumstance	7.4	114

Season 12 (1970)

7.39 avg 28 episodes 7.2 → 6.4 60 min avg

Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Night Virginia City Died	7.2	128
2	A Matter of Faith	7.4	112
3	The Weary Willies	7.1	131
4	The Wagon	7.4	107
5	The Power of Life and Death	7.8	113
6	Gideon the Good	7.6	110
7	The Trouble with Trouble	7.6	107
8	Thornton's Account	7.4	119
9	The Love Child	7.9	124
10	El Jefe	7.2	87
11	The Luck of Pepper Shannon	7.2	97
12	The Impostors	6.6	105
13	Honest John	7.3	102
14	For a Young Lady	7.3	107
15	A Single Pilgrim	7.6	115
16	The Gold-Plated Rifle	7.0	111
17	Top Hand	7.7	129
18	A Deck of Aces	6.4	111
19	The Desperado	7.2	112
20	The Reluctant American	6.9	107
21	Shadow of a Hero	7.1	104
22	The Silent Killer	7.8	127
23	Terror at 2:00	7.9	121
24	The Stillness Within	8.2	159
25	A Time to Die	7.6	117
26	Winter Kill	7.8	108
27	Kingdom of Fear	8.2	130
28	An Earthquake Called Callahan	6.4	107

Season 13 (1971)

7.28 avg 26 episodes 7.4 → 6.9 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 13 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Grand Swing	7.4	117
2	Fallen Woman	7.6	112
3	Bushwhacked!	7.1	128
4	Rock-A-Bye Hoss	7.4	120
5	The Prisoners	7.8	114
6	Cassie	7.1	103
7	Don't Cry, My Son	6.9	114
8	Face of Fear	7.4	101
9	Blind Hunch	7.8	103
10	The Iron Butterfly	7.4	110
11	The Rattlesnake Brigade	7.1	111
12	Easy Come, Easy Go	7.0	100
13	A Home for Jamie	7.5	110
14	Warbonnet	7.6	128
15	The Lonely Man	8.0	149
16	Second Sight	7.0	104
17	The Saddle Stiff	8.1	124
18	Frenzy	5.7	96
19	The Customs of the Country	7.1	107
20	Shanklin	7.8	123
21	Search in Limbo	6.7	98
22	He Was Only Seven	7.5	128
23	The Younger Brothers' Younger Brother	7.3	109
24	A Place to Hide	7.6	107
25	A Visit to Upright	6.4	98
26	One Ace Too Many	6.9	121

Season 14 (1972)

7.36 avg 15 episodes 8.1 → 7.6 63 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 14 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Forever	8.1	250
2	Heritage of Anger	7.3	111
3	The Initiation	6.9	125
4	Riot	7.9	120
5	New Man	7.4	112
6	Ambush at Rio Lobo	6.9	105
7	The Twenty-Sixth Grave	7.3	108
8	Stallion	7.2	134
9	The Hidden Enemy	7.3	127
10	The Sound of Sadness	8.1	143
11	The Bucket Dog	7.4	113
12	First Love	7.3	116
13	The Witness	7.1	104
14	The Marriage of Theodora Duffy	6.6	99
15	The Hunter	7.6	178

Bonanza (1959)

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