Today -- May 13, 2002, -- marks the 30th year since the passing of Dan Blocker (Hoss Cartwright) of "Bonanza." Blocker was literally the biggest star of the Cartwright clan, at 6-foot-four and 275 ...

Bonanza is second-longest-running western TV series in the United States, only behind Gunsmoke. The show follows the story of the Cartwright family, who lives in a Virginia City, Nevada and they live ...

Q: By the end of “Bonanza,” had any of the sons married? A: I know of one. At the beginning of the 14th season, Joe (Michael Landon) married Alice Harper (guest star Bonnie Bedelia); at the end of the ...

Dan Blocker, who played Hoss on 'Bonanza,' had an impressive net worth when he died tragically young, shocking his fans and co-stars. At the time of his untimely passing, Dan Blocker had a net worth ...

Long before Yellowstone or the Dutton Ranch were concepts in Taylor Sheridan's mind—in fact, long before he was even born—there was the Cartwright family and the Ponderosa Ranch on Bonanza. And ...

2002-06-09 04:00:00 PDT Crystal Bay, Nev.-- They were the most devout among the dedicated, stretched out on the floor of a conference room like teenagers in the wee hours of Saturday morning staring ...

“Bonanza” premiered on NBC the night of Sept. 12, 1959. By the time the trail dust cleared 14 years and 430 episodes later, the Cartwrights of the Ponderosa rode themselves into history and the hearts ...

Q. Was Dan Blocker always called Hoss on Bonanza? A. Each of Ben Cartwright’s three sons had a different mother and in the course of the series, the story of each of the three marriages was told. In ...

Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon as Ben, Adam, Hoss, and Joe Cartwright, riding horses and looking at the sky in Bonanza. Image via NBC When it comes to classic television ...

Long before contemporary television audiences were roped into the drama of such modern-day Westerns as Longmire and Yellowstone, Ben Cartwright and his sons were riding into homes every week via the ...

Former Birmingham boxer Joe Egan has been snapped up for the 21st century equivalent of wild west soap Bonanza. Film-makers are working on a new series called Big Sky, which is being touted as the ...

It's time to saddle up and ride out to the Ponderosa once again. For the first time ever, all 14 seasons of the classic long-running western series Bonanza are coming together in a complete remastered ...