CLASSIC Bonanza 1960-61 4+

Enjoy the classic 1960-61 Bonanza Season 2 TV series.

Bonanza is an NBC television western series that ran from 1959 to 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, Bonanza is NBC's longest-running western, and ranks overall as the second-longest-running western series on U.S. network television (behind CBS's Gunsmoke), and within the top 10 longest-running, live-action American series. The show continues to air in syndication. The show is set around the 1860s and it centers on the wealthy Cartwright family, who live in the area of Virginia City, Nevada, bordering Lake Tahoe. The series stars Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Pernell Roberts (who left after six seasons), and later David Canary and Mitch Vogel. The show is heavily laden with moral messages.

The title "Bonanza" is a term used by miners in regard to a large vein or deposit of ore, and commonly refers to the 1859 revelation of the Comstock Lode discovery, not far from the fictional Ponderosa Ranch that the Cartwright family operated. The show's theme song itself called Bonanza, became a hit song in its own right. When played as an accompaniment to the show, the lyrics were not disclosed and instead only the instrumental version was used.

In 2002, Bonanza was ranked No. 43 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide included it in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time. The time period for the television series is roughly between 1861 (Season 1) to 1867 (Season 13) during and shortly after the American Civil War.

During the summer of 1972, NBC aired reruns of episodes from the 1967–1970 period in prime time on Tuesday evening under the title Ponderosa.

Episodes included are:

Season 1:
19. The Gunmen
20. The Fear Merchants
21. The Spanish Grant
22. Blood on the Land
23. Desert Justice
24. The Stranger
25. Escape to Ponderosa
26. The Avenger
27. The Last Trophy
28. San Francisco
29. Bitter Water
30. Feet of Clay
31. Dark Star
32. Death at Dawn

Season 2:
33. Showdown
34. The Mission
35. Badge Without Honour
36. The Mill
37. The Hopefuls
38. DenverMcKee
39. Day of Reckoning
40. The Abduction
41. Breed of Violence
42. The Last Viking
43. The Trail GAng
44. The Savage
45. Silent Thunder
46. The Ape
47. The Blood Line
48. The Courtship
49. The Spitfire