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America's Favorite TV Western
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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Episode 1
Joe teaches Johnny Chapman how to use a gun for defense. What Joe doesn't see is the deadly consequences that it has in the long run when Johnny becomes a gunfighter.
Guest stars Valerie Allen, Ray Teal
Episode 2
Outlaws capture Ben and hide him in an abandoned mine, holding him for a ransom. The boys must come up with a plan to save him before it's too late.
Guest stars Jacqueline Scott, Harold J. Stone
Episode 3
Lafe Jessup doesn't really want to be married, and now he's about to be a father! The horse wrangler finds a fight with Hoss at his reluctance to perform his duties.
Guest stars Kathryn Hays
Episode 4
After inadvertantly falling into the river, Adam is rescued by Tom Wilson. Wilson has feelings for Sue Miller, which bring him into trouble after her father is killed.
Directed by Christian NybyGuest stars Rory Calhoun, Linda Foster, Tom Skerritt, Ray Teal
Episode 5
Sam Logan is released from jail after serving his twenty year sentence for stealing $100,000 worth of gold dust. He is followed by a bounty hunter who believes Sam will lead him to where the gold is buried.
Guest stars Ray Teal, John Kellogg, Virginia Gregg
Episode 6
Hoss hires Waldo as a ranch hand after keeping Waldo from killing himself. Hoss soon learns that Waldo is lousy at his job and only causes problems for everyone else due to his clumsiness. Although Hoss is willing to defend him, he soon finds out a secret about Waldo.
Guest stars George Kennedy, Sandra Warner, Richard Devon, Troy Melton
Episode 7
An author is inspired to write about the heroic Cartwrights after watching first-hand as they fight off an attempted robbery of a stage. As Ben and Adam see no use for the glory of such a novel, they turn the writer down forcing him to turn to the sherriff who quickly accepts.
Guest stars Bruce Cabot, Rudy Doucette, Walter Brooke, John Harmon
Episode 8
A conman heads into town and takes advantage of the Cartwrights with a fake land deal. The conman ends up staying in Virginia city to run an orphanage.
Guest stars Shug Fisher, William 'Shorty' Young
Episode 9
When Joe and his friend Mitch go after a puma, Joe climbs a big peak and throws his gun up higher, intending to crawl up after it. But as he looks down, things begin to spin. He realises he can't go any higher, and he retreats down the hill. Needing to prove himself, Joe spars against Mitch.
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Episode 10
As payment for a performance in a circus, Joe and Hoss are given an elephant. They want to keep it but encounter opposition from Adam and Ben.
Guest stars Ray Teal, William Demarest, Henry Kulky
Episode 11
Hoss relies on clever attorney Whitney Parker, who has a drinking problem, to clear him of a murder charge.
Guest stars Ray Teal, Rudy Doucette, George Ford, James Gregory, Dave Willock, Joe Garcio, Jonathan Hole, Norman Leavitt
Episode 12
Little Joe convinces Ben to hire Harry Starr, a half-Indian who is accused by other ranchers of being a chronic horse thief. Joe sets out to prove the others wrong, but is the youngest Cartwright's trust misplaced?
Guest stars Charles Bronson, Ray Teal, Tom Reese
Episode 13
Two robberies take place on stagecoaches that Adam is traveling on, and both times a knight in shining armor scares the robbers away. Adam is accused of robbery, and his story about the knight is none too helpful.
Guest stars Ray Teal, Henry Jones, Robert Sorrells, Raymond Guth, William O'Connell
Episode 14
A peaceful Indian is framed for the kidnapping of a young girl, a stunt which ends of tragedy.
Guest stars Ray Teal, Don 'Red' Barry, Virginia Christine, Rudy Doucette
Episode 15
Hoss unknowingly enters a flapjack contest and Joe puts Hoss on a diet which Hoss doesn't care for. Joe's betting on the flapjack contest could get him into some trouble and will he ever succeed in getting the window pane his Pa wants?
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Episode 16
On their way to prevent a young woman from encountering the renegade Indians, Joe and Tuck are captured, and in order to save them all, Joe must fight Sharp Tongue, who is the leader of the band who went to school with Joe as a youth.
Guest stars Brenda Scott
Episode 17
Ben's friend, Don Miguel, visits the Ponderosa with his two daughters, Margarita and Elena, and Elena's two very anxious suitors. Their mission? They're on their way to California to meet Margarita's suitor, Don Luis. Trouble is, Margarita is a "woman of fire" who manages to scare away all suitors with her hot temper. Since Margarita is the older daughter, she must be married before Elena. Elena's two suitors are quickly losing their patience, and Don Miguel fears his name will be disgraced if Margarita rejects Don Luis.
Guest stars Joan Hackett, Jay Novello, Susan Silo, Eugene Iglesias
Episode 18
Kellie Conrad dances and her father plays the fiddle to earn a living. Hoss feels a sense of guilt after he unintentionally hurts the arm that Kellie's father uses to play the fiddle, in a saloon fight with some roughnecks. He gets them to stay at the Ponderosa while the girl's father recuperates. While there, Ben introduces Kellie to his friend Paul Mandel, a ballet star before an explosion cut his dancing career short. Kellie persuades Paul to help her learn ballet. She soon comes to the realization that she loves both the ballet and Paul. She struggles inwardly to make a choice between her love of ballet and giving it all up for the love of her father.
Guest stars Barrie Chase, Warren Stevens, Douglas Fowley, Read Morgan
Episode 19
Adam becomes involved with a quick-triggered range detective hired by the Virginia City Cattleman's Association to find out who is responsible for all the rustling going on in the area.
Written by Leo GordonGuest stars Ray Teal, Earl Holliman, Robert J. Wilke, Harry Carey, Jr., Ina Victor, Troy Melton
Episode 20
Professor Klump and Amanda pull Hoss into their flying machine scheme. The ""Hoss-mobile"" doesn't seem to be destined for a great take-off.
Guest stars Ed Wynn, Marlyn Mason
Episode 21
Adam sets out to track down the man who has been impersonating him to clear his reputation.
Guest stars Lola Albright, Elaine Devry, C. Lindsay Workman, Phil Chambers, Robert F. Hoy, Ernesto Molinari, Murray Pollack
Episode 22
The Cartwrights play host to Guido Borelli, a world renowed aerial acrobat who once saved Ben's life in Italy. Borelli's troup is beset by internal strife, and is performing in Virginia City.
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Episode 23
Hoss' latest acquaintance, an Englishman named Professor Poppy, is actually Percival Alexander Mundy, M.D., who has given up the practice of medicine. However, when Hoss is shot in the back, only Mundy's skill can save his life.
Guest stars Michael Rennie
Episode 24
While working as a substitute teacher, Adam uncovers an ugly secret about the territory's past that others prefer remain hidden.
Guest stars Mariette Hartley
Episode 25
Cousin Muley Jones returns to the Ponderosa, along with a pack of noisy hound dogs, in this funny sequel to "The Saga Of Muley Jones".
Guest stars Sue Ane Langdon, Ray Teal
Episode 26
One of Joe's old girlfriends thinks he killed her husband so they could come together. Unfortunately, that is what her husband's twin brother also believes.
Guest stars Joan Freeman, Ray Teal, George Murdock
Episode 27
Adam tries to find the good in Howard Mead, a talented troubadour who refuses to stay on the right side of the law. Dramatic debut of singer/songwriter Hoyt Axton. Last episode Pernell Roberts worked on, although he appears in the next two, that were made prior to this episode and aired afterwards.
Guest stars Ray Teal, Jack Gordon
Episode 28
First Ben's sons are making lots of noise, so he goes into town to sleep in the hotel. Then, various noises and things interrupt Ben's sleep. Will he ever get his desired good night's rest?
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Episode 29
One of the wealthiest men in the world, Charles Augustus Hackett, offers to buy the Ponderosa, price no object. Ben says the ranch is not for sale and Hackett refuses to give up.
Guest stars Telly Savalas, Linda Lawson
Episode 30
Ladies' man Lothario Larkin creates havoc whenever he hits Virginia City, so Roy Coffee orders him out of town. Naturally, Hoss takes him in.
Directed by William WitneyWritten by Warren DouglasGuest stars Noah Beery Jr., Dorothy Green, Jim Davis, Linda Bennett, Olive Sturgess, Morgan Woodward, Jan Norris, Frank Ferguson
Episode 31
No one in Virginia City is happy to see ex-con Trace Cordell, especially the man he crippled in a gunfight, now married to Cordell's former girlfriend.
Guest stars Joan Blackman, Ray Teal
Episode 32
The Ponderosa hands are upset when new hand George Whitman is hired on, it is rumored he is a jinx. Hoss tells George to ignore such foolishness, but a gypsy fortune teller says otherwise.
Guest stars Andrew Prine, Jacklyn O'Donnell, Angela Clarke, Troy Melton
Episode 33
Ben invites opera singer Angela Bergstrom to perform at Virginia City's anniversary celebration. She accepts, but does not tell him that her famous singing voice is long gone
Guest stars Viveca Lindfors, Ian Wolfe, Victor Sen Yung, Cosmo Sardo, Ron Randell, Robert Foulk, Billy M. Greene, William Meader
Episode 34
Hoss befriends a self-demeaning recluse named Patch, who makes the best apple pie Hoss has ever tasted. Hoss is so impressed with him, especially his pie, that he hires him to work on the Ponderosa. Ben, however, is unimpressed with Hoss' new friend when the Cartwrights get into a gunfight with a mining outfit, and Patch cowers. He has a deepseeded fear of violence stemming from an incident in his teen years, but he knows in order to survive in the West, he must overcome it.
Where to watch BonanzaEpisode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Lorne GreeneBen Cartwright
Pernell RobertsAdam Cartwright
Dan BlockerHoss Cartwright
Michael LandonJoe Cartwright
David CanaryCandy Canaday
Tim MathesonGriff King
Mitch VogelJamie Hunter Cartwright
Victor Sen YungHop Sing
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