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VIDEO: Bonanza Season 2

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Bonanza Season 2
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Posted: 10/13/2011

The adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community. watch

VIDEO: Bonanza Season 2

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Bonanza Season 2
Paid | Amazon Instant Video

Posted: 10/13/2011

The adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community. watch

VIDEO: Bonanza Season 1

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Bonanza Season 1
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Posted: 10/13/2011

The adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community. watch

Dan Blocker: Videos

Lady In Cement
The Errand Boy Rent SD

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Come Blow Your Horn
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Ambush
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Gunmen
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Year Title Description
1970 The Cockeyed Cowboys Of Calico County Movie, Actor - Charley
1968 Lady In Cement Movie, Actor - Gronsky
1963 Come Blow Your Horn Movie, Actor - Mr. Eckman
1961 The Errand Boy Movie, Actor - Guest Star
1959 The Young Captives Movie, Actor - Oil Field Roughneck

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Bonanza Creator David Dortort Dies at 93

David Dortort, creator of the long-running hit Western Bonanza, has died. He was 93.

Dortort died Sunday at his Westwood, Calif., apartment, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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A three-time Emmy nominee, Dortort got his start writing for such series as ...
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I've been watching Bonanza ...

Question: I've been watching Bonanza reruns and was wondering why it was eventually canceled. My dad says it was because Dan Blocker died. Is that true? Thanks for your help and keep up the good work!


Answer: Aw, heck — t'ain't nothin, but thanks for the kind words, Tim.

It's true that when Blocker died at 43 from surgical complications, many felt the heart and soul of the show went with him. But the show also dropped in the ratings after NBC moved it from its longtime Sunday-night berth to Tuesday night. The truth is that Bonanza most likely perished because its time had simply passed. Next to Gunsmoke, it was the longest-running Western on TV (from September 1959 to January 1973) and for much of that time it turned in phenomenal ratings. From 1964 to 1967, it was No. 1 and it only began to slip out read more

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