Ponderosa

I wish that it had lasted longer. I grew up watch re runs of Bonanza with my mom and as an adult still watch it.

This could have been so good. A show about the Cartwrights before Bonanza, before Joe grew up, before Hop sing was hired.

As I watched the ponderosa, I noticed a few things. First was the way they explained how Hoss and Little Joe got their nicknames.

Ben, Hoss, & Little Joe must be spinning in their graves to witness how Hollywood honors their memory with such garbage as "PONDEROSA". Close your eyes and you would think that you were watching either "GENERAL HOSPITAL" or reruns of "XEENA".

Although it is a remake of the legendary TV classic BONANZA, PONDEROSA more than holds its own showing greater depth and much more realism.The Cartwright clan is younger in this new version, less rich, less sure about right & wrong -- specially in terms of the taking of the Nevada lands from its previous owners and the aftermath this produces.

Ponderosa is undoubtedly the most outstanding television program to come along in years. The combination of David Dortort, Beth Sullivan, excellent writers and award winning cast makes this show a winner in all ways.

The Ponderosa tv series is a prequel to Bonanza. It tells about the Cartwrights when they first built the ranch in Eagle Station, Nevada near Lake Tahoe.

This is a show that a huge number of people have been trying to save for nearly a year. The values of integrity, honest, compassion, love of family, community spirit, patriotism, love of the land, making mistakes and learning from them are beautifully and movingly portrayed in this majestic return to the Cartwrights and their home, The Ponderosa.

The Ponderosa is a family series showing love, honesty, respect, tolerance, and a strong American spirit, all the things vital to our being and seriously lacking on television today. It is the story of a father who is raising three sons on the frontier, with a sense of humor as well as a firm hand.