Classic Television - Prime Time

Ponderosa

Original channel

NBC

Original run

Summer 1972

Starring

Lorne Greene

Pernell Roberts

Dan Blocker

Michael Landon

Victor Sen Yung

David Canary

Mitch Vogel

Ray Teal

Bing Russell

Tim Matheson

During the summer of 1972, NBC broadcast reruns of episodes Bonanza of the show from the 1967–1970 era on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. under the title Ponderosa while also rerunning more recent episodes on Sunday evenings in the show's normal time slot as Bonanza. In the fall of 1972, off-network episodes were released in broadcast syndication to local stations by NBC under the Ponderosa name. After the series was cancelled, the syndicated reruns reverted to the Bonanza name.