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TV Guide: September 4, 1965 - Dan Blocker, Lorne Greene, Michael Landon of "Bonanza"

TV Guide July 22nd 1967

I wasnt even a week old when this issue came out

Just for Fun

Bonanza - Season 6 (Women of Fire)

We continue our look at the 6th season (1964-65) of the legendary western Bonanza.  This was the first of 3 consecutive seasons as the #1 show in prime time television.

Season 6

Episode 17

Women of Fire

originally aired 01/17/1965

NBC

Shakespeare inspired Adam tries to tame a shrewish senorita while she waits at the Ponderosa for her never-met husband to be.

Bonanza Season 6 - The Scapegoat

Our continuing look at Season 6 of Bonanza, 1964-65.  This was the first season it was the #1 show in prime time television.


Episode 6
The Scapegoat
originally aired October 25th 1964
Guest star George Kennedy (Waldo Watson)

Waldo Watson, a born loser who has decided to end it all.  Feeling pity for Waldo, Hoss hires him as a Ponderosa ranch hand.  Waldo is a clumsy and inept worker, but he also puts the Cartwrights lives' in danger with a gang of eastern gamblers who want to collect a long-standing debt from the hapless Waldo.

Bonanza Season 6 - The Wild One

My continuing look at the 1964-65 Season of Bonanza, the first season it was the #1 show in Prime Time TV.

The Wild One
Episode 3
aired October 4th 1964
(guest stars Aldo Ray and Kathryn Hays)

Bonanza - Season 6

From the 1964-65 season of Bonanza, the first season it was the #1 show in Prime Time television


The Hostage 
Episode 2 of Season 6 
Originally Aired  September 27th 1964
(Ben is taken hostage by a gang of outlaws (are their any other kind in the old west?) who are hoping for a $100,000 ransom from the Cartwrights.   As his sons formulate a plan to rescue him, Ben comes up with a plan of his own after sensing dissension between his captors.

This episode was originally aired commercial free as part of a sponsorship deal between the producers and Chevrolet. The deal was to air one episode per season commercial free.

Bonanza Season 6

After the fun with Gunsmoke Season 3 I have decided to do another legendary western's first season as the #1 television show in prime time, Bonanza.

Season 6, 1964-65 saw Bonanza take over the top spot in prime time television, after Gunsmoke fell to #2 behind Wagon Train in 1960 then first 2 season of the Beverly Hillbillies being the #1 show, Bonanza moved to the top after sitting at #2 for the previous 2 seasons.

Here is the season premiere episode from the 1964-65 season of Bonanza

The Invention of a Gunfighter  
aired September 20 1964