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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,587 posts) Mon Sep 12, 2022, 05:18 AM Sep 2022

On this day, September 12, 1959, "Bonanza" went on the air.

Sun Sep 12, 2021: On this day, September 12, 1959, "Bonanza" went on the air.

Bonanza

Original release September 12, 1959 – January 16, 1973

Bonanza was an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 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 who 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 various times) Guy Williams, David Canary, Mitch Vogel and Tim Matheson. The show is known for presenting pressing moral dilemmas.

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Bonanza - Intro [HQ]
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Lorne Greene - Benjamin „Ben" Cartwright

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On this day, September 12, 1959, "Bonanza" went on the air. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 OP

Victor Sen Yung played Hop Sing. twodogsbarking Sep 2022 #1

The FIRST show to be broadcast in Living Color. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2022 #2

Tube TV. TV repairman showed up with a box of tubes. twodogsbarking Sep 2022 #3

I remember fix-it-yourself tube centers at the hardware store Auggie Sep 2022 #4

3..NBC, CBS, and ABC. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2022 #5

What's the difference between Living Color and any other color? rsdsharp Sep 2022 #6

twodogsbarking

(12,209 posts)

1. Victor Sen Yung played Hop Sing.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 07:13 AM

Sep 2022

ProudMNDemocrat

(18,959 posts)

2. The FIRST show to be broadcast in Living Color.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 07:21 AM

Sep 2022

We had our first Color TV in 1963. My dad repaired them on the side as he was a Design Engineer for Lockheed Missiles and Space in Sunnyvale from January 1962 to 1972.

Living color was a breakthrough then. It is the norm now. HD to be exact.

twodogsbarking

(12,209 posts)

3. Tube TV. TV repairman showed up with a box of tubes.

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 08:48 AM

Sep 2022

Bang it on the side to get the picture back. Didn't need remote when
you only got two channels.

Auggie

(31,770 posts)

4. I remember fix-it-yourself tube centers at the hardware store

Reply to twodogsbarking (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 09:36 AM

Sep 2022

Dad would remove suspect tubes from the TV and take them to the tube center for testing. That's how you diagnosed a bad one. When you found the one that had blown you bought a replacement.

That's depression-era kid mentality. Dad would try to fix almost anything first.

ProudMNDemocrat

(18,959 posts)

5. 3..NBC, CBS, and ABC.

Reply to twodogsbarking (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 10:06 AM

Sep 2022

Everything else was UHF until the concept of Cable was born.

I remember rabbit ears too.

rsdsharp

(10,064 posts)

6. What's the difference between Living Color and any other color?

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 12:38 PM

Sep 2022

I thought it was just a promotional line used by NBC (which in turn was owned by RCA) at the beginning of shows in conjunction with the peacock. Bonanza was kept on the air after despite dismal first year ratings, because RCA saw it as a vehicle to sell color TVs.

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