Ponderosa Steakhouse and Bonanza Steakhouse under the Metromedia Restaurant Group. The names of the restaurants were derived from the classic TV series "Bonanza", which was set at a place called Ponderosa Ranch. In 1963, Dan Blocker, who played Eric "Hoss" Cartwright on "Bonanza", started the Bonanza Steakhouse chain. The first Bonanza opened in Westport, Connecticut. Sam Wyly and his brother Charles Wyly bought the small Bonanza restaurant chain three years later. The company grew to approximately 600 restaurants by 1989, when the Wylys sold it to Metromedia. In 1965, Dan Lasater, Norm Wiese and Charles Kleptz founded Ponderosa in Kokomo, Indiana, moving the headquarters to
The Nest (TV series) families with revised family schedules. The Nest has attracted a degree of criticism for the grating and glib style of the relationship and financial experts. The Nest (TV series) The Nest is an Australian series that explores the phenomenon (called Peter-pan-demonium) of adult children living with their parents. The program offers insight into what a family means in this day and age. Throughout series one, a financial expert and a relationship expert provided the families with guidance and support. A second series began airing on SBS One in September 2009. The second series focuses on work/life family balance with 3