Bonanza season 8 | |
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No. of episodes | 34 |
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Original network | NBC |
Original release | September 11, 1966 – May 14, 1967 |
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The eighth season of the American Western television series Bonanza premiered on NBC on September 11, 1966, with the final episode airing May 14, 1967. [1] The series was developed and produced by David Dortort. Season eight starred Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, and Michael Landon. The season consisted of 34 episodes of a series total 431 hour-long episodes, the entirety of which was produced in color. [2] Season eight was aired on Sundays at 9:00 p.m. It was the third straight season the show held the #1 position in the Nielsen ratings. [3]
Bonanza is set around the Ponderosa Ranch near Virginia City, Nevada and chronicles the weekly adventures of the Cartwright family, consisting of Ben Cartwright and his three sons (each by a different wife), Adam, Eric ("Hoss"), and Joseph ("Little Joe"). A regular character is their ranch cook, Hop Sing.
On location filming for season eight took place at the following:
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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236 | 1 | "Something Hurt, Something Wild" | Lewis Allen | Jerry Alderman and William Driskill | September 11, 1966 |
237 | 2 | "Horse of a Different Hue" | William Witney | William R. Cox | September 18, 1966 |
238 | 3 | "A Time to Step Down" | Paul Henreid | Frank Chase | September 25, 1966 |
239 | 4 | "The Pursued" | William Witney | Story by : Thomas Thompson and Marc Michaels Teleplay by : Thomas Thompson | October 2, 1966 |
240 | 5 | October 9, 1966 | |||
241 | 6 | "To Bloom for Thee" | Sutton Roley | June Randolph | October 16, 1966 |
242 | 7 | "Credit for a Kill" | William F. Claxton | Frederick Louis Fox | October 23, 1966 |
243 | 8 | "Four Sisters from Boston" | Alan Crosland Jr. | John M. Chester | October 30, 1966 |
244 | 9 | "Old Charlie" | William F. Claxton | Bob and Wanda Duncan | November 6, 1966 |
245 | 10 | "Ballad of the Ponderosa" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Hendrik Vollaerts Teleplay by : Rik Vollaerts and Michael Landon | November 13, 1966 |
246 | 11 | "The Oath" | Gerd Oswald | Martha Wilkerson | November 20, 1966 |
247 | 12 | "A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town" | Herman Hoffman | Herman Hoffman | November 27, 1966 |
248 | 13 | "The Bridegroom" | William F. Claxton | Walter Black | December 4, 1966 |
249 | 14 | "Tommy" | William Witney | Story by : Mary Terri Taylor and Thomas Thompson Teleplay by : Mort Thaw and Mary Terri Taylor | December 18, 1966 |
250 | 15 | "A Christmas Story" | Gerd Oswald | Thomas Thompson | December 25, 1966 |
251 | 16 | "Ponderosa Explosion" | William F. Claxton | Alex Sharp | January 1, 1967 |
252 | 17 | "Justice" | Lewis Allen | Richard Wendley | January 8, 1967 |
253 | 18 | "A Bride for Buford" | William F. Claxton | Robert V. Barron | January 15, 1967 |
254 | 19 | "Black Friday" | William F. Claxton | Herbert Kastle and John Hawkins | January 22, 1967 |
255 | 20 | "The Unseen Wound" | Gerd Oswald | Frank Chase | January 29, 1967 |
256 | 21 | "Journey to Terror" | Lewis Allen | Joel Murcott | February 5, 1967 |
257 | 22 | "Amigo" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Jack Turley Teleplay by : John Hawkins and Jack Turley | February 12, 1967 |
258 | 23 | "A Woman in the House" | Gerd Oswald | Joel Murcott | February 19, 1967 |
259 | 24 | "Judgement at Red Creek" | William F. Claxton | Robert Sabaroff | February 26, 1967 |
260 | 25 | "Joe Cartwright, Detective" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Oliver Crawford Teleplay by : Michael Landon | March 5, 1967 |
261 | 26 | "Dark Enough to See the Stars" | Donald R. Daves | Kelly Colvin | March 12, 1967 |
262 | 27 | "The Deed and the Dilemma" | William F. Claxton | William F. Leicester | March 26, 1967 |
263 | 28 | "The Prince" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Melvin Levy Teleplay by : John Hawkins | April 2, 1967 |
264 | 29 | "A Man Without Land" | Donald R. Daves | Steve McNeil | April 9, 1967 |
265 | 30 | "Napoleon's Children" | Christian Nyby | Judith and Robert Guy Barrows | April 16, 1967 |
266 | 31 | "The Wormwood Cup" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Joy Dexter Teleplay by : Joy Dexter and Michael Landon | April 23, 1967 |
267 | 32 | "Clarissa" | Lewis Allen | Chester Krumholz | April 30, 1967 |
268 | 33 | "Maestro Hoss" | William F. Claxton | U.S. Anderson | May 7, 1967 |
269 | 34 | "The Greedy Ones" | Donald R. Daves | James Amesbury | May 14, 1967 |
Season eight aired on Sundays from 9:00 pm–10:00 pm on NBC. [10]
The show held the #1 position in the Nielsen ratings for three straight seasons, with season eight being the final season to do so. [3]
Award | Year [lower-alpha 1] | Category | Nominee(s) / Work | Result | Ref(s) |
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Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 1967 | Individual Achievements in Cinematography—Cinematography | Haskell Boggs and William F. Whitley | Nominated | [11] |
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, and one of the longest-running, live-action American series. The show continues to air in syndication. The show is set in the 1860s and centers on the wealthy Cartwright family, who live in the vicinity of Virginia City, Nevada, bordering Lake Tahoe. The series initially starred Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon and later featured Guy Williams, David Canary, Mitch Vogel and Tim Matheson. The show is known for presenting pressing moral dilemmas.
Lorne Hyman Greene was a Canadian actor, musician, singer and radio personality. His notable television roles include Ben Cartwright on the Western Bonanza and Commander Adama in the original science-fiction television series Battlestar Galactica and Galactica 1980. He also worked on the Canadian television nature documentary series Lorne Greene's New Wilderness and in television commercials.
Michael Landon was an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza (1959–1973), Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983), and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven (1984–1989). Landon appeared on the cover of TV Guide 22 times, second only to Lucille Ball.
The Ponderosa Ranch was a theme park based on the television western Bonanza, which housed the land, timber and livestock-rich Cartwright family. The amusement park operated in Incline Village, Nevada, near Lake Tahoe, from 1968 until 2004. Portions of the last five seasons of the TV series and three television films were also filmed at that location.
The Ponderosa is a television series developed by Bonanza creator David Dortort for PAX TV that ran for the 2001–2002 television season.
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