It's a Father's Day 'Bonanza' on TV Land!

It's a Father's Day 'Bonanza' on TV Land!

NEW YORK, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- TV Land blazes a trail through the western frontier in celebration of Father's Day with a four-hour tribute to one of televisions greatest fathers - "Ben Cartwright" of Bonanza. Beginning Sunday, June 19 from 8:00pm to 12:00am (all times ET/PT), fans can tune to see the stabling force of the Ben Cartwright family navigate his way through fatherhood and ranching in the Wild West.

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The Bonanza block schedule is as follows (all times listed are ET/PT):

8:00pm #24 - The Stranger
While running for Governor of Nevada, Ben is taken to New Orleans to face

murder charges from twenty years ago.

9:00pm #59 - The Gift
Joe takes a long trip to Yuma to pick up a beautiful white horse as a
gift for his father. On his way home, he finds himself caught in the
middle of an Indian uprising and relies on his traveling companion,
Emeliano, to guide them to safety.

10:00pm #65 - Elizabeth, My Love
Adam is battling a high fever and Ben keeps vigil, as he recalls his
courtship with Adam's Mom, his first wife Elizabeth.

11:00pm #145 - The Legacy
Ben sets out after poachers and when only his horse returns with blood on

the saddle, his sons assume he's been killed. While the boys contemplate
their revenge, Ben is cared for at someone's home and wonders if his sons

are the men he'd hoped they would be.

Now seen in over 85 million U.S. homes, TV Land's program mix features popular dramas, sitcoms, westerns, Retromercials and a TV-referential interstitial environment, all programmed with a specific audience in mind - the first generation of Americans to grow up watching television and features all-time Classic hits like All in the Family, Leave It To Beaver, The Andy Griffith Show, Sanford and Son and Bonanza.

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