Someone looking for a TV show to watch should look no further than the western Bonanza. The show became successful after its second season. Not to mention, it launched careers for stars like Michael ...

For decades, the Western has lived a cyclical existence in American entertainment. It rises, it fades, and then-just when it feels like it's been left behind-it rides again. From the dominance of ...

When watching Yellowstone, it's easy to think its creator, Taylor Sheridan, more or less reinvented the television Western by ...

Opening with one of the most recognizable themes in television history, Bonanza followed the lives and exploits of thrice-widowed patriarch Ben Cartwright and his sons Adam, Eric “Hoss” and Little Joe ...

David Dortort, who created top-rating western Bonanza, has died at his Los Angeles home aged 93. Debuting in 1959, Bonanza was the most-watched show on US television from 1964 to 1967. Dortort pitched ...

Few Western television shows had the lasting power as NBC's Bonanza. An impressive series about a rancher and his three sons, the horse opera was a breath of fresh air for many who were used to ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

David Dortort, the creator and producer of “Bonanza,” the long-running television western that was untraditional in its emphasis on relationships over violence and that helped spur public demand for ...

For decades, the Western has lived a cyclical existence in American entertainment. It rises, it fades, and then—just when it feels like it’s been left behind—it rides again. From the dominance of ...