Set in Nevada, Bonanza – which premiered in 1959 and ran for 14 seasons – looked like a Western, but at its core, it was a family drama that focused on three sons and their father, Ben Cartwright, who ...
Michael Landon said fans thought the Cartwright men in 'Bonanza' were gay because all of the women kept getting removed from the show. Lorne Greene played Ben Cartwright, and Ben had three wives ...
Set in the Nevada frontier, ‘Bonanza’ quickly became a television staple, running for an impressive 14 seasons Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working for PEOPLE since ...