Bonanza | |
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Season 8 | |
Cast of
Bonanza in 1959 | |
Starring | |
No. of episodes | 34 |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | September 11, 1966 May 14, 1967 | –
Season chronology | |
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 | ||||||
Laurie Ferguson (
Lynn Loring) accuses Joe of assaulting her, setting off a feud between her family and the Cartwrights. | |||||||||||
237 | 2 | "Horse of a Different Hue" | William Witney | William R. Cox | September 18, 1966 | ||||||
Ben has no idea that the outcome of a horse race he arranged has been fixed by an old friend of his, Colonel Robert Fairchild (
Charles Ruggles). | |||||||||||
238 | 3 | "A Time to Step Down" | Paul Henreid | Frank Chase | September 25, 1966 | ||||||
Aging wrangler Dan Tolliver (
Ed Begley) turns against the Cartwrights after his longtime friend Ben suggests that he should retire. | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||
The Cartwrights try to help a Mormon rancher (
Eric Fleming) overcome persecution against his beliefs.
Eric Fleming,
Dina Merrill,
Lois Nettleton and
Vincent Beck guest star. | |||||||||||
241 | 6 | "To Bloom for Thee" | Sutton Roley | June Randolph | October 16, 1966 | ||||||
Hoss proposes marriage to Carol Attley (
Geraldine Brooks), a woman with a hidden past which includes having killed her abusive first husband and fleeing from the associated murder charge. | |||||||||||
242 | 7 | "Credit for a Kill" | William F. Claxton | Frederick Louis Fox | October 23, 1966 | ||||||
Joe lets his friend Morgan Tanner (
Dean Harens) take credit for killing a horse thief, but when the outlaw's brothers come after him to get their revenge he has to make a difficult decision to save his friend's life. | |||||||||||
243 | 8 | "Four Sisters from Boston" | Alan Crosland Jr. | John M. Chester | October 30, 1966 | ||||||
Ben tries to stop a con artist from stealing an inheritance from four Boston sisters that are trying to prevent the auctioning of a property left to them by their uncle.
Vera Miles guest stars. | |||||||||||
244 | 9 | "Old Charlie" | William F. Claxton | Bob and Wanda Duncan | November 6, 1966 | ||||||
Teller of tales Old Charlie Conners (
John McIntire) brags about killing an outlaw, so the dead man's brothers seek their revenge. | |||||||||||
245 | 10 | "Ballad of the Ponderosa" | William F. Claxton | Story by :
Hendrik Vollaerts Teleplay by : Rik Vollaerts and Michael Landon | November 13, 1966 | ||||||
A balladeer blames Ben for his father's hanging.
Randy Boone,
Ann Doran,
Roger Davis and
John Archer guest star. | |||||||||||
246 | 11 | "The Oath" | Gerd Oswald | Martha Wilkerson | November 20, 1966 | ||||||
Before his execution for murder, convicted man Big Charlie Monahan (
Douglas Kennedy) has his son take an oath to kill the Cartwrights for revenge. | |||||||||||
247 | 12 | "A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town" | Herman Hoffman | Herman Hoffman | November 27, 1966 | ||||||
Hoss confronts a woman and her gun-toting sons after Joe is hit by a ricocheting bullet, but the mother seems to be more interested in protecting her kids than seeing justice done.
Louise Latham,
Mark Slade and
Vaughn Taylor guest star. | |||||||||||
248 | 13 | "The Bridegroom" | William F. Claxton | Walter Black | December 4, 1966 | ||||||
Joe romances Maggie Dowling (
Joanne Linville) so widower Jared Wilson (
Ron Hayes) will be jealous enough to ask for her hand in marriage. | |||||||||||
249 | 14 | "Tommy" | William Witney | Story by : Mary Terri Taylor and Thomas Thompson Teleplay by : Mort Thaw and Mary Terri Taylor | December 18, 1966 | ||||||
The Cartwrights protect deaf-mute Tommy Miller (
Teddy Quinn) and his mother from his stepfather, a vicious outlaw determined to take back his wife. | |||||||||||
250 | 15 | "A Christmas Story" | Gerd Oswald | Thomas Thompson | December 25, 1966 | ||||||
Singer Andy Walker (
Wayne Newton) returns to Virginia City for Christmas with his scheming uncle, who plans to make a profit on the orphans' benefit. | |||||||||||
251 | 16 | "Ponderosa Explosion" | William F. Claxton | Alex Sharp | January 1, 1967 | ||||||
Joe and Hoss literally get more than they bargained for when a pair of con men lead them to invest in a pair of rabbits that subsequently multiply.
Dub Taylor,
Chubby Johnson,
Chick Chandler and
Phil Chambers guest star. | |||||||||||
252 | 17 | "Justice" | Lewis Allen | Richard Wendley | January 8, 1967 | ||||||
Joe seeks revenge on the bank clerk who killed his fiancée.
Beau Bridges,
Lurene Tuttle and
Shirley Bonne guest star. | |||||||||||
253 | 18 | "A Bride for Buford" | William F. Claxton | Robert V. Barron | January 15, 1967 | ||||||
Hoss is certain that a saloon girl is only interested in a miner for his wealth.
Lola Albright,
Jack Elam,
Paul Brinegar and
Richard Devon guest star. | |||||||||||
254 | 19 | "Black Friday" | William F. Claxton | Herbert Kastle and John Hawkins | January 22, 1967 | ||||||
Joe tries to save his friend Steven Friday (
John Saxon) from dying in a gunfight to avenge one of his victims and planned for Friday the 13th. | |||||||||||
255 | 20 | "The Unseen Wound" | Gerd Oswald | Frank Chase | January 29, 1967 | ||||||
Ben tries to help his friend Sheriff Paul Rowan (
Leslie Nielsen) after his wife Katherine (
Nancy Malone) shows concerns about his health: the Sheriff has been driven to the breaking point by years of violence. | |||||||||||
256 | 21 | "Journey to Terror" | Lewis Allen | Joel Murcott | February 5, 1967 | ||||||
After being suspected of being a member of Wade Hollister (
John Ericson)'s gang, outlaws imprison Little Joe, Tom (
Jason Evers) and Ellie Blackwell (
Elizabeth Rogers) at the Blackwell farm. | |||||||||||
257 | 22 | "Amigo" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Jack Turley Teleplay by : John Hawkins and Jack Turley | February 12, 1967 | ||||||
Ben helps a wounded comanchero who is being pursued by a lynch mob, a band of terrorists and an angry Little Joe who has just lost a friend.
Henry Darrow and
Gregory Walcott guest star. | |||||||||||
258 | 23 | "A Woman in the House" | Gerd Oswald | Joel Murcott | February 19, 1967 | ||||||
Ben protects a girl from her alcoholic husband, but she's unable to tell gratitude from love.
Diane Baker and
Paul Richards guest star. | |||||||||||
259 | 24 | "Judgement at Red Creek" | William F. Claxton | Robert Sabaroff | February 26, 1967 | ||||||
Joe comes to suspect that a pair of murder suspects is lying because the leader of a posse does not intend to bring them alive.
John Ireland,
Martin West and
Harry Carey Jr. guest star. | |||||||||||
260 | 25 | "Joe Cartwright, Detective" | William F. Claxton | Story by :
Oliver Crawford Teleplay by : Michael Landon | March 5, 1967 | ||||||
Joe gets hooked on detective novels and tries to use Scotland Yard techniques to prevent a bank robbery.
Mort Mills,
Ken Lynch and
Ed Prentiss guest star. | |||||||||||
261 | 26 | "Dark Enough to See the Stars" | Donald R. Daves | Kelly Colvin | March 12, 1967 | ||||||
A young ranch hand who is running from the law falls in love with a girl.
Richard Evans and
Richard Eastham guest star. | |||||||||||
262 | 27 | "The Deed and the Dilemma" | William F. Claxton | William F. Leicester | March 26, 1967 | ||||||
Ben tries to help the family of immigrant winemaker Giorgio Rossi (first introduced in episode 29 of season 7), but a racist neighbor complicates things.
Jack Kruschen (as giorgio) and
Brioni Farrell guest star. | |||||||||||
263 | 28 | "The Prince" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Melvin Levy Teleplay by : John Hawkins | April 2, 1967 | ||||||
The Cartwrights welcome Count Alexis (
Warren Stevens) and Countess Elena (Claire Griswold), who are being targeted by thieves. | |||||||||||
264 | 29 | "A Man Without Land" | Donald R. Daves | Steve McNeil | April 9, 1967 | ||||||
To get Matt Jeffers (
Royal Dano)'s land, a foreman murders his son and frames Little Joe. | |||||||||||
265 | 30 | "Napoleon's Children" | Christian Nyby | Judith and Robert Guy Barrows | April 16, 1967 | ||||||
Ted Arseneaux (Robert Biheller) believes that he is Napoleon and leads an army of young men in terrorizing Virginia City. | |||||||||||
266 | 31 | "The Wormwood Cup" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Joy Dexter Teleplay by : Joy Dexter and Michael Landon | April 23, 1967 | ||||||
A woman blames Joe for killing her brother and offers a thousand dollars to the man who will kill him in a fair fight. Little Joe tries to convince her that she's wrong, but it might be too late.
Frank Overton,
Judi Meredith and
Clay Tanner guest star. | |||||||||||
267 | 32 | "Clarissa" | Lewis Allen | Chester Krumholz | April 30, 1967 | ||||||
The Cartwrights' Eastern cousin Clarissa Cartwright (
Nina Foch) brings trouble when she visits to the Ponderosa. | |||||||||||
268 | 33 | "Maestro Hoss" | William F. Claxton | U.S. Anderson | May 7, 1967 | ||||||
Phony fortune-teller Madame Marova (
Zsa Zsa Gabor) causes earaches when she convinces Hoss he's a master violinist. | |||||||||||
269 | 34 | "The Greedy Ones" | Donald R. Daves | James Amesbury | May 14, 1967 | ||||||
Greedy gold hunters threaten to destroy the Ponderosa after a prospector claims to have found a sample there.
Robert Middleton,
George Chandler and
William Bakewell guest star. |
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 [a] | Category | Nominee(s) / Work | Result | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 1967 | Individual Achievements in Cinematography—Cinematography | Haskell Boggs and William F. Whitley | Nominated | [11] |
Bonanza | |
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Season 8 | |
Cast of
Bonanza in 1959 | |
Starring | |
No. of episodes | 34 |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | September 11, 1966 May 14, 1967 | –
Season chronology | |
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 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
236 | 1 | "Something Hurt, Something Wild" | Lewis Allen | Jerry Alderman and William Driskill | September 11, 1966 | ||||||
Laurie Ferguson (
Lynn Loring) accuses Joe of assaulting her, setting off a feud between her family and the Cartwrights. | |||||||||||
237 | 2 | "Horse of a Different Hue" | William Witney | William R. Cox | September 18, 1966 | ||||||
Ben has no idea that the outcome of a horse race he arranged has been fixed by an old friend of his, Colonel Robert Fairchild (
Charles Ruggles). | |||||||||||
238 | 3 | "A Time to Step Down" | Paul Henreid | Frank Chase | September 25, 1966 | ||||||
Aging wrangler Dan Tolliver (
Ed Begley) turns against the Cartwrights after his longtime friend Ben suggests that he should retire. | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||
The Cartwrights try to help a Mormon rancher (
Eric Fleming) overcome persecution against his beliefs.
Eric Fleming,
Dina Merrill,
Lois Nettleton and
Vincent Beck guest star. | |||||||||||
241 | 6 | "To Bloom for Thee" | Sutton Roley | June Randolph | October 16, 1966 | ||||||
Hoss proposes marriage to Carol Attley (
Geraldine Brooks), a woman with a hidden past which includes having killed her abusive first husband and fleeing from the associated murder charge. | |||||||||||
242 | 7 | "Credit for a Kill" | William F. Claxton | Frederick Louis Fox | October 23, 1966 | ||||||
Joe lets his friend Morgan Tanner (
Dean Harens) take credit for killing a horse thief, but when the outlaw's brothers come after him to get their revenge he has to make a difficult decision to save his friend's life. | |||||||||||
243 | 8 | "Four Sisters from Boston" | Alan Crosland Jr. | John M. Chester | October 30, 1966 | ||||||
Ben tries to stop a con artist from stealing an inheritance from four Boston sisters that are trying to prevent the auctioning of a property left to them by their uncle.
Vera Miles guest stars. | |||||||||||
244 | 9 | "Old Charlie" | William F. Claxton | Bob and Wanda Duncan | November 6, 1966 | ||||||
Teller of tales Old Charlie Conners (
John McIntire) brags about killing an outlaw, so the dead man's brothers seek their revenge. | |||||||||||
245 | 10 | "Ballad of the Ponderosa" | William F. Claxton | Story by :
Hendrik Vollaerts Teleplay by : Rik Vollaerts and Michael Landon | November 13, 1966 | ||||||
A balladeer blames Ben for his father's hanging.
Randy Boone,
Ann Doran,
Roger Davis and
John Archer guest star. | |||||||||||
246 | 11 | "The Oath" | Gerd Oswald | Martha Wilkerson | November 20, 1966 | ||||||
Before his execution for murder, convicted man Big Charlie Monahan (
Douglas Kennedy) has his son take an oath to kill the Cartwrights for revenge. | |||||||||||
247 | 12 | "A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town" | Herman Hoffman | Herman Hoffman | November 27, 1966 | ||||||
Hoss confronts a woman and her gun-toting sons after Joe is hit by a ricocheting bullet, but the mother seems to be more interested in protecting her kids than seeing justice done.
Louise Latham,
Mark Slade and
Vaughn Taylor guest star. | |||||||||||
248 | 13 | "The Bridegroom" | William F. Claxton | Walter Black | December 4, 1966 | ||||||
Joe romances Maggie Dowling (
Joanne Linville) so widower Jared Wilson (
Ron Hayes) will be jealous enough to ask for her hand in marriage. | |||||||||||
249 | 14 | "Tommy" | William Witney | Story by : Mary Terri Taylor and Thomas Thompson Teleplay by : Mort Thaw and Mary Terri Taylor | December 18, 1966 | ||||||
The Cartwrights protect deaf-mute Tommy Miller (
Teddy Quinn) and his mother from his stepfather, a vicious outlaw determined to take back his wife. | |||||||||||
250 | 15 | "A Christmas Story" | Gerd Oswald | Thomas Thompson | December 25, 1966 | ||||||
Singer Andy Walker (
Wayne Newton) returns to Virginia City for Christmas with his scheming uncle, who plans to make a profit on the orphans' benefit. | |||||||||||
251 | 16 | "Ponderosa Explosion" | William F. Claxton | Alex Sharp | January 1, 1967 | ||||||
Joe and Hoss literally get more than they bargained for when a pair of con men lead them to invest in a pair of rabbits that subsequently multiply.
Dub Taylor,
Chubby Johnson,
Chick Chandler and
Phil Chambers guest star. | |||||||||||
252 | 17 | "Justice" | Lewis Allen | Richard Wendley | January 8, 1967 | ||||||
Joe seeks revenge on the bank clerk who killed his fiancée.
Beau Bridges,
Lurene Tuttle and
Shirley Bonne guest star. | |||||||||||
253 | 18 | "A Bride for Buford" | William F. Claxton | Robert V. Barron | January 15, 1967 | ||||||
Hoss is certain that a saloon girl is only interested in a miner for his wealth.
Lola Albright,
Jack Elam,
Paul Brinegar and
Richard Devon guest star. | |||||||||||
254 | 19 | "Black Friday" | William F. Claxton | Herbert Kastle and John Hawkins | January 22, 1967 | ||||||
Joe tries to save his friend Steven Friday (
John Saxon) from dying in a gunfight to avenge one of his victims and planned for Friday the 13th. | |||||||||||
255 | 20 | "The Unseen Wound" | Gerd Oswald | Frank Chase | January 29, 1967 | ||||||
Ben tries to help his friend Sheriff Paul Rowan (
Leslie Nielsen) after his wife Katherine (
Nancy Malone) shows concerns about his health: the Sheriff has been driven to the breaking point by years of violence. | |||||||||||
256 | 21 | "Journey to Terror" | Lewis Allen | Joel Murcott | February 5, 1967 | ||||||
After being suspected of being a member of Wade Hollister (
John Ericson)'s gang, outlaws imprison Little Joe, Tom (
Jason Evers) and Ellie Blackwell (
Elizabeth Rogers) at the Blackwell farm. | |||||||||||
257 | 22 | "Amigo" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Jack Turley Teleplay by : John Hawkins and Jack Turley | February 12, 1967 | ||||||
Ben helps a wounded comanchero who is being pursued by a lynch mob, a band of terrorists and an angry Little Joe who has just lost a friend.
Henry Darrow and
Gregory Walcott guest star. | |||||||||||
258 | 23 | "A Woman in the House" | Gerd Oswald | Joel Murcott | February 19, 1967 | ||||||
Ben protects a girl from her alcoholic husband, but she's unable to tell gratitude from love.
Diane Baker and
Paul Richards guest star. | |||||||||||
259 | 24 | "Judgement at Red Creek" | William F. Claxton | Robert Sabaroff | February 26, 1967 | ||||||
Joe comes to suspect that a pair of murder suspects is lying because the leader of a posse does not intend to bring them alive.
John Ireland,
Martin West and
Harry Carey Jr. guest star. | |||||||||||
260 | 25 | "Joe Cartwright, Detective" | William F. Claxton | Story by :
Oliver Crawford Teleplay by : Michael Landon | March 5, 1967 | ||||||
Joe gets hooked on detective novels and tries to use Scotland Yard techniques to prevent a bank robbery.
Mort Mills,
Ken Lynch and
Ed Prentiss guest star. | |||||||||||
261 | 26 | "Dark Enough to See the Stars" | Donald R. Daves | Kelly Colvin | March 12, 1967 | ||||||
A young ranch hand who is running from the law falls in love with a girl.
Richard Evans and
Richard Eastham guest star. | |||||||||||
262 | 27 | "The Deed and the Dilemma" | William F. Claxton | William F. Leicester | March 26, 1967 | ||||||
Ben tries to help the family of immigrant winemaker Giorgio Rossi (first introduced in episode 29 of season 7), but a racist neighbor complicates things.
Jack Kruschen (as giorgio) and
Brioni Farrell guest star. | |||||||||||
263 | 28 | "The Prince" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Melvin Levy Teleplay by : John Hawkins | April 2, 1967 | ||||||
The Cartwrights welcome Count Alexis (
Warren Stevens) and Countess Elena (Claire Griswold), who are being targeted by thieves. | |||||||||||
264 | 29 | "A Man Without Land" | Donald R. Daves | Steve McNeil | April 9, 1967 | ||||||
To get Matt Jeffers (
Royal Dano)'s land, a foreman murders his son and frames Little Joe. | |||||||||||
265 | 30 | "Napoleon's Children" | Christian Nyby | Judith and Robert Guy Barrows | April 16, 1967 | ||||||
Ted Arseneaux (Robert Biheller) believes that he is Napoleon and leads an army of young men in terrorizing Virginia City. | |||||||||||
266 | 31 | "The Wormwood Cup" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Joy Dexter Teleplay by : Joy Dexter and Michael Landon | April 23, 1967 | ||||||
A woman blames Joe for killing her brother and offers a thousand dollars to the man who will kill him in a fair fight. Little Joe tries to convince her that she's wrong, but it might be too late.
Frank Overton,
Judi Meredith and
Clay Tanner guest star. | |||||||||||
267 | 32 | "Clarissa" | Lewis Allen | Chester Krumholz | April 30, 1967 | ||||||
The Cartwrights' Eastern cousin Clarissa Cartwright (
Nina Foch) brings trouble when she visits to the Ponderosa. | |||||||||||
268 | 33 | "Maestro Hoss" | William F. Claxton | U.S. Anderson | May 7, 1967 | ||||||
Phony fortune-teller Madame Marova (
Zsa Zsa Gabor) causes earaches when she convinces Hoss he's a master violinist. | |||||||||||
269 | 34 | "The Greedy Ones" | Donald R. Daves | James Amesbury | May 14, 1967 | ||||||
Greedy gold hunters threaten to destroy the Ponderosa after a prospector claims to have found a sample there.
Robert Middleton,
George Chandler and
William Bakewell guest star. |
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 [a] | Category | Nominee(s) / Work | Result | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 1967 | Individual Achievements in Cinematography—Cinematography | Haskell Boggs and William F. Whitley | Nominated | [11] |