The serenity of the Ponderosa is disrupted by a small relative of the Cartwrights, an unruly tomboy (Linda Sue Risk) who's the subject of a custody battle. The Cartwrights are accused of being deadbeats in an effort to discredit their good name. Hoss and Little Joe act as campaign managers for opposing mayoral candidates ( Tom Bosley and Wally Cox) who are devoted friends. Possession of an Army payroll brings danger to the Cartwrights, Candy and a small Army unit, with some of Candy's past coming to light in the process.īen is left alone with his prisoner ( Joe Don Baker) to face a murderous and notorious gang after frightened citizens bail out.īen is cheated out of a valuable bull by the son ( Jeremy Slate) of one of his old friends ( Denver Pyle), a cattle baron who has been declared legally incompetent. Hoss, charged with robbery and murder, has to break out of jail in order to escape a lynch mob. Little Joe tries to convince an ailing recluse that she needs to file a legal claim to her remote property to prevent a timber tycoon from logging on her land. See also: List of Bonanza episodes Bonanza, season 10 episodes No. In the ninth season, David Canary was added to the cast as ranch hand/foreman Candy Canady.

The characters of Clay and Will were discontinued. However, Roberts was persuaded to complete his contract, and remained through season six.

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.

Veteran actor Victor Sen Yung played the ranch cook, Hop Sing. Synopsis īonanza 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). It was #2 in the Nielsen ratings, the highest rated Western for the season. Season ten was aired on Sundays at 9:00 p.m.

The season consisted of 30 episodes of a series total 431 hour-long episodes, the entirety of which was produced in color. Season ten starred Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, and Michael Landon. The series was developed and produced by David Dortort. The tenth season of the American Western television series Bonanza premiered on NBC on September 15, 1968, with the final episode airing May 11, 1969.

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