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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.
Bonanza is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 432 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.
1959 Spur Award Short Story: Grandfather Out of the Past by Noel Loomis (Frontiers West) [6] 1963–1969 Director of Writers Workshop; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Association of University Professors; American Historical Association; PEN International; He also worked variously as a printer, newspaperman and editor.
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Western Fictioneers, founded in 2010, is a professional writers' group that encourages and promotes the traditional Westerns. It is the only professional writers' organization composed entirely of authors who have written Western fiction. Fans of the genre may join as patron members.
The Saturday Afternoon Matinee on the radio were a pre-television phenomenon in the US which often featured Western series. Film Westerns turned John Wayne, Ken Maynard, Audie Murphy, Tom Mix, and Johnny Mack Brown into major idols of a young audience, plus "singing cowboys" such as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Dick Foran, Rex Allen, Tex Ritter, Ken Curtis, and Bob Steele.
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.
Bonanza, season 1 episodes; No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date; 1: 1 "A Rose for Lotta" Edward Ludwig: David Dortort: September 12, 1959 () 2: 2 "Death on Sun Mountain" Paul Landres: Gene L. Coon and David Dortort: September 19, 1959 () 3: 3 "The Newcomers" Christian Nyby: Thomas Thompson: September 26, 1959 ()