Bonanza (season 11)

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Cast of Bonanza in 1959
Cast of Bonanza in 1959
Starring
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 28
Release
Original network NBC
Original release September 14, 1969 (1969-09-14) – April 19, 1970 (1970-04-19)
List of Bonanza episodes

The eleventh season of the American Western television series Bonanza premiered on NBC on September 14, 1969, with the final episode airing April 19, 1970.[1] The series was developed and produced by David Dortort. Season eleven starred Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, and Michael Landon. The season consisted of 28 episodes of a series total 431 hour-long episodes, the entirety of which was produced in color.[2] Season eleven was aired on Sundays at 9:00 p.m. It was #3 in the Nielsen ratings, behind #2 Gunsmoke.[3]

Synopsis

Bonanza is set around the Ponderosa Ranch near Virginia City, Nevada and chronicles the weekly adventures of the Cartwright family, consisting of Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his three sons (each by a different wife), Adam (Pernell Roberts), Eric "Hoss" (Dan Blocker), and Joseph (Michael Landon). Veteran actor Victor Sen Yung played the ranch cook, Hop Sing. In 1964, Pernell Roberts began expressing a desire to leave the series, and so prospective replacements were introduced via Barry Coe as Little Joe's wayward maternal half-brother Clay, and Guy Williams as Ben's nephew Will Cartwright. However, Roberts was persuaded to complete his contract, and remained through season six. The characters of Clay and Will were discontinued. In the ninth season, David Canary was added to the cast as ranch hand/foreman Candy Canady.

Cast and characters

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Main cast

Recurring

Guest cast

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Episodes

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<templatestyles src="Screen reader-only/styles.css" />Bonanza, season 11 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
334 1 "Another Windmill to Go" James B. Clark Story by: Palmer Thompson
Teleplay by: Palmer Thompson
September 14, 1969 (1969-09-14)
335 2 "The Witness" Don Richardson Joel Murcott September 21, 1969 (1969-09-21)
336 3 "The Silence at Stillwater" Joseph Lejtes Preston Wood September 28, 1969 (1969-09-28)
337 4 "A Lawman's Lot is Not a Happy One" Don Richardson Vincent Wright October 5, 1969 (1969-10-05)
338 5 "Anatomy of a Lynching" William Wiard Preston Wood October 12, 1969 (1969-10-12)
339 6 "To Stop a War" Leon Benson Carey Wilber October 19, 1969 (1969-10-19)
340 7 "The Medal" Lewis Allen Frank Chase October 26, 1969 (1969-10-26)
341 8 "The Stalker" Robert L. Friend D. C. Fontana November 2, 1969 (1969-11-02)
342 9 "Meena" Herschel Daugherty Jack B. Sowards November 16, 1969 (1969-11-16)
342 10 "A Darker Shadow" Don Richardson John Hawkins, Jonathon Knopf November 23, 1969 (1969-11-23)
343 11 "Dead Wrong" Michael Landon Michael Landon December 7, 1969 (1969-12-07)
345 12 "Old Friends" Leon Benson Barney Slater December 14, 1969 (1969-12-14)
346 13 "Abner Willoughby's Return" Herschel Daugherty Jack B. Sowards December 21, 1969 (1969-12-21)
347 14 "It's a Small World" Michael Landon Michael Landon January 1, 1970 (1970-01-01)
348 15 "Danger Road" William F. Claxton Milton S. Gelman January 11, 1970 (1970-01-11)
349 16 "The Big Jackpot" Herschel Daugherty John Hawkins January 18, 1970 (1970-01-18)
350 17 "The Trouble with Amy" Leon Benson Jack Miller, John Hawkins January 25, 1970 (1970-01-25)
351 18 "The Lady and the Mark" Leon Benson Preston Wood February 1, 1970 (1970-02-01)
352 19 "Is There Any Man Here" Don Richardson B. W. Sandefur February 8, 1970 (1970-02-08)
353 20 "The Law and Billy Burgess" William F. Claxton Stanley Roberts February 15, 1970 (1970-02-15)
354 21 "Long Way to Ogden" Lewis Allen Joel Murcott February 22, 1970 (1970-02-22)
355 22 "Return Engagement" Don Richardson Stanley Roberts March 1, 1970 (1970-03-01)
356 23 "The Gold Mine" Leon Benson Preston Wood, Robert Bruckner March 8, 1970 (1970-03-08)
357 24 "Decision at Los Robles" Michael Landon Michael Landon March 22, 1970 (1970-03-22)
358 25 "Caution, Easter Bunny Crossing" Bruce Bilson Larry Markes March 29, 1970 (1970-03-29)
359 26 "The Horse Traders" Herschel Daugherty Jack B. Sowards April 5, 1970 (1970-04-05)
360 27 "What are Pardners For?" William F. Claxton Jack B. Sowards April 12, 1970 (1970-04-12)
361 28 "A Matter of Circumstance" William F. Claxton B. W. Sandefur April 19, 1970 (1970-04-19)

Release

Season eleven aired on Sundays from 9:00 pm–10:00 pm on NBC.[4]

Reception

Season eleven was number 3 in the Nielsen ratings, coming in behind Gunsmoke at number 2.[3]

References

Footnotes

  1. Shapiro 1997, pp. 141, 145.
  2. Shapiro 1997, pp. 5, 65–157.
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  4. Brooks & Marsh 2007, p. 164.

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