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I can't believe the Cartwrights sang sooo badly in this!! TOPICS: Arts/Photography ; History ; Music/Entertainment ; TV/Movies KEYWORDS: obscure ; oldies ; television ; tvthemes Mostly stuff nobody has ever heard of outside of television trivia geeks.

Dear Jerry: In a televised bio of Michael Landon, a brief "Bonanza" clip ran where all four Cartwrights -- Little Joe ; Ben ; Adam ; and Hoss -- took a turn singing a verse of the show's theme song.

There's no telling what the family would do on Friday. Or Saturday. But when I was a kid, Sunday night was completely predictable.

'Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name,' goes the TV song. There's a place like that around here.

Bonanza: The Official First Season, Volume 1 1959 // 792 Minutes // Not Rated Bonanza: The Official First Season, Volume 2 1959 // 793 Minutes // Not Rated Released by Paramount Reviewed by Judge Cynthia Boris // October 7th, 2009 View Judge Boris's Dossier E-mail Judge Boris Judge Cynthia Boris could have reviewed a von Praunheim film, but she ...

For 14 seasons, viewers tuned in every week to "Bonanza," the first prime time network Western television show filmed in color.

"One Step Beyond" and "Bonanza" have been on DVD for many years - always in cheap, public-domain sets that offer lousy picture and sound.

There was always a little bit of show business in the Lubbock car dealerships of the mid-20th century.

It was 50 years ago this month that NBC opened the Ponderosa for business. After a slow start, the Cartwrights' sprawling ranch became a ratings gold mine, and it was ... well, it was nothing less than a "Bonanza." How big a ratings strike are we talking about here? With the 1961-62 television season, "Bonanza" began a 10-year ride in the top 10.

Only a few more weeks before the bulk of last season's TV shows are out on DVD! Only a few more years before every TV show that was ever made is out, as well! So where's The Wizard ? Don't make me write letters! Big Bang Theory: The Complete Second Season As a comic nerd, I a well aware that I should be watching this show.

The long running premier western family television show "Bonanza" highlighted the Lake Tahoe area each week in homes across America.

Series: NBC's iconic Western about 1860s rancher Ben Cartwright and his different-mother sons - serious Adam, comic Hoss, hot Little Joe - finally gets the quality release it deserves.

There were two Bonanzas here in Nevada - one began in 1859 and the other in 1959.

"Bonanza" premiered on NBC the night of Sept. 12, 1959. By the time the trail dust cleared 14 years and 430 episodes later, the Cartwrights of the Ponderosa rode themselves into history and the hearts of a half-billion people around the planet.

It was 50 years ago this month that American families first watched the rugged Cartwright family ride into their living rooms and launch "Bonanza." Then, no one knew whether the show would last but, after 14 seasons, it stands as the second-longest-running Western in television history.

Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker and Lorne Greene starred in 'Bonanza,' which celebrates its 50th anniversary with the release of DVDs.

Fifty years ago on Saturday, Sept. 12, 1959, "Bonanza," one of the great TV Westerns of all time, premiered on NBC.

Mike Steele's life has been about planes from the start. His father, J.W. Steele, was called "The Flying Tobacco Farmer" in a 1961 article in the Winston-Salem Journal about the small-plane business, Steele Aviation, that he founded in Walnut Cove in 1954.

From left to right: Adam Cartwright, Little Joe, Ben and Hoss from the hit television series "Bonanza," which aired from 1959-1972. Courtesy The Bonanza 50th Anniversary Friendship Convention 2009 will be held Sept.

Twenty-five years ago, Rich Roundtree-Glisson quit his job at Sperry Flight Systems Co.