Bonanza Bonanza Bonanza is an NBC television western series that ran from 1959 to 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, "Bonanza" is NBC's longest-running western, and ranks overall as the second-longest-running western series on U.S. network television (behind CBS's "Gunsmoke"), and within the top 10 longest-running, live-action American series. The show continues to air in syndication. The show is set in the 1860s and it centers on the wealthy Cartwright family that live in the vicinity of Virginia City, Nevada, bordering Lake Tahoe. The series initially starred Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, and Michael Landon and later featured (at
This Is the Life (TV series) in the series included: 1972: Nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Religious Programming - Programs. 1980: Won two Daytime Emmy Awards and was nominated for a third. 1983, 1984, 1985: Won the New York International Film and TV Festival Gold Medal Award for episodes, "Bon Voyage and Shalom", "Reprise for the Lord", and "The Face of Gabriel Ortiz", all directed by Sharron Miller. This Is the Life (TV series) This Is the Life is an American Christian television dramatic series. This anthology series aired in syndication from the 1950s through the 1980s. The series was originally