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The show's theme song, also titled "Bonanza", became a hit song. Only instrumental renditions, without Ray Evans's lyrics, were used during the series's long run. [3] In 2002, Bonanza was ranked No. 43 on TV Guide ' s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, [4] and in 2013 TV Guide included it in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time. [5]
[5] [6] Bonanza has, however, continued to be popular in syndication. From 1964 to 1967, Bonanza became the most watched show in the U.S. All 14 seasons have been released on DVD in Region 1, both individually, and as a complete series box set.
The first season of the American Western television series Bonanza premiered on NBC on September 12, 1959, with the final episode airing April 30, 1960. [1] The series was developed and produced by David Dortort , and season one starred Lorne Greene , Pernell Roberts , Dan Blocker , and Michael Landon .
The move from Sunday to Tuesday did not help the show's declining ratings. Hawaii Five-O was already the leader on Tuesdays, at 12 overall in the Nielsen ratings for the previous season. [ 6 ] By the 1972 season, Hawaii Five-O gained in the ratings, lifting Maude along with it, topping the Tuesday ratings and securing the number 3 and 4 spots ...
After Bonanza's 14 seasons came to an end, Greene released a few country albums and then in 1978, jumped TV genres and joined the cast of the original Battlestar Galactica as Commander Adama.
Bonanza lasted another season without Hoss, and the 14th and final season ended on January 16, 1973. That season was "by far the least popular and least requested season in the show's rerun package". [13] Bonanza co-star Michael Landon said years later that whenever he needed to cry for a scene, he would think of Dan Blocker's death. [14]
Set to her song “Long Live,” the end credits show blink-and-you’ll-miss-them tour bloopers, including her trying to escape the “willow” cape that got stuck on her head, wiping rainwater ...
Bonanza is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, Bonanza is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on U.S. network television (behind CBS's Gunsmoke ), and one of the longest-running, live-action American series.