Bonanza: The Return portrayed Candy Canaday on the original series, was not involved with either TV-movie. The setting is The Ponderosa in the year 1905. Augustus Brandenburg (Dean Stockwell), a land baron, attempts to take the Ponderosa first by legal, and then by illegal means, in order to strip the land of its natural resources. The story includes several flashbacks to the original series. Bonanza: The Return Bonanza: The Return is a 1993 made-for-television film sequel to both the 1959–1973 television series "Bonanza" and the 1988 made-for-television film "". The movie was directed by Jerry Jameson and featured noted character actors Ben Johnson,
Bonanza: Under Attack Bonanza: Under Attack Bonanza: Under Attack is a 1995 made-for-television film sequel to the 1959–1973 television series "Bonanza" and television films "" (1988) and "" (1993). The movie was directed by Mark Tinker and features noted character actors Ben Johnson, Jack Elam, Dennis Farina, and Richard Roundtree, as well as Leonard Nimoy and Dirk Blocker. None of the characters from the original series appears since the entire cast, with the exception of Pernell Roberts, had passed. The cast does include Michael Landon Jr. and Dirk Blocker, sons of the actors who originally starred as Little Joe and Hoss Cartwright. Nimoy