When Bonanza first hit TV screens in 1959, it didn’t just ride into the Western genre – it helped define it. The show galloped through 14 successful seasons on NBC, captivating audiences with the ...

Newport Beach Police Chief Joe Cartwright announced his retirement Wednesday, bringing an end to 23 years of service with the department. Cartwright worked as a police officer in Los Angeles for three ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Running on NBC from 1959 to 1973, Bonanza centered on the Cartwright family—patriarch Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his three ...

For three years in the 1960s, this rambunctious Western about the ranching Cartwright family of Nevada’s sprawling Ponderosa was TV’s No. 1 show. The first Western shown “in living color,” Bonanza ...

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