Bonanza
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Friday, April 19
The Ponderosa Matador
Season 5 • Episode 15
Hilarious but dangerous high jinks mark the Cartwrights' adventures with an angry bull.
Friday, April 19
The Reluctant American
Season 12 • Episode 20
A new manager on a neighboring ranch accuses the Cartwrights of rustling cattle.
Saturday, April 20
Shadow of a Hero
Season 12 • Episode 21
Ben's friend is bidding for the governorship, but is discredited due to his hatred of the Indians.
Saturday, April 20
Clarissa
Season 8 • Episode 32
Ben's visiting cousin (Nina Foch) uses the Cartwrights' sympathy to gain control of the household.
Monday, April 22
My Son, My Son
Season 5 • Episode 16
Ben's on the verge of announcing his forthcoming marriage to a widow.
Monday, April 22
The Silent Killers
Season 12 • Episode 22
A new doctor in town offers his services when influenza strikes the Ponderosa.
Monday, April 22
The Abduction
Season 2 • Episode 8
Little Joe and Hoss seek Joe's date, who disappeared while the trio was at a carnival.
Monday, April 22
Breed of Violence
Season 2 • Episode 9
Bank robbers hide on a ranch that Hoss and Little Joe are visiting.
Monday, April 22
The Last Viking
Season 2 • Episode 10
For saving his life, Ben offers some Ponderosa farmland to an American Indian.
Monday, April 22
The Trail Gang
Season 2 • Episode 11
An outlaw joins the cattle drive, knowing it will take him to the town where his father is sheriff.
Monday, April 22
The Savage
Season 2 • Episode 12
When Adam passes through a sacred Indian burial ground, Shoshone braves attack him in revenge.
Monday, April 22
Silent Thunder
Season 2 • Episode 13
Little Joe's efforts to help a deaf-mute girl backfire when she falls in love with him.
Tuesday, April 23
The Ape
Season 2 • Episode 14
Adam and Little Joe try to warn Hoss when he befriends a violent man (Cal Bolder).
Tuesday, April 23
The Blood Line
Season 2 • Episode 15
An Easterner looking for his father learns a Cartwright killed him in self-defense.
Tuesday, April 23
The Courtship
Season 2 • Episode 16
Adam tells betrothed Hoss his intended is a compulsive gambler who caused her husband's death.
Tuesday, April 23
The Spitfire
Season 2 • Episode 17
A Kentucky mountain clan swears revenge on Little Joe after he shoots a family member for arson.
Tuesday, April 23
Alias Joe Cartwright
Season 5 • Episode 17
Little Joe is mistaken for an Army deserter and is ordered executed.
Tuesday, April 23
Terror at 2:00
Season 12 • Episode 23
A protester posing as a newspaperman plans to disrupt an Indian treaty-signing in Virginia City.
Wednesday, April 24
Gentleman From New Orleans
Season 5 • Episode 18
A Frenchman comes to Virginia City claiming to be Jean Lafitte.
Wednesday, April 24
The Stillness Within
Season 12 • Episode 24
After suffering serious injury in an explosion, Little Joe faces blindness.
Thursday, April 25
The Cheating Game
Season 5 • Episode 19
Adam's attempts to help a woman with her ranch strains their relationship.
Thursday, April 25
A Time to Die
Season 12 • Episode 25
Ben's friend is bitten by a rabid wolf during her visit to Ponderosa, and there is no treatment.
Friday, April 26
Bullet for a Bride
Season 5 • Episode 20
Little Joe accidentally blinds a young woman in a hunting accident.
Friday, April 26
Winter Kill
Season 12 • Episode 26
Ben sends Hoss and Joe to Montana for a hardy steer to build up his herd's resistance to the winter.
Saturday, April 27
Kingdom of Fear
Season 12 • Episode 27
Falsely charged with trespassing, the clan is imprisoned and forced to slave by a cruel landowner.
Saturday, April 27
Maestro Hoss
Season 8 • Episode 33
A Gypsy fortuneteller (Zsa Zsa Gabor) convinces Hoss he is a musical genius.
Monday, April 29
An Earthquake Called Callahan
Season 12 • Episode 28
Joe agrees to track an itinerant boxer who is a reluctant witness in a court case.
Tuesday, April 30
The Grand Swing
Season 13 • Episode 1
Jamie accompanies Ben on a pack trip to inspect the far regions of the Ponderosa.
Wednesday, May 1
The Fallen Woman
Season 13 • Episode 2
Hoss' testimony sends a man to jail, and his alcoholic wife abandons her son to the rancher's care.
Thursday, May 2
Bushwacked
Season 13 • Episode 3
Little Joe is unable to identify his attackers after he is shot and stranded.
Friday, May 3
Rock-a-Bye Hoss
Season 13 • Episode 4
Hoss is accused of favoritism when he judges a beautiful baby contest.
Saturday, May 4
The Prisoners
Season 13 • Episode 5
Little Joe has major problems escorting an accused killer to jail.
Saturday, May 4
The Sure Thing
Season 9 • Episode 9
A girl's father sells the horse she planned to ride in the annual race to the Cartwrights.