The Most Popular TV Show From Your Birth Year (1951-1990)

11. 1965-1967: Bonanza

1967 was Bonanza‘s final year as the nation’s most-watched show, though it would continue to see solid ratings until going off air in 1973. The intra-family drama was just as compelling as the Cartwright family’s squabbles with outside threats, making Bonanza something of a Western soap.

Bonanza was appointment television during a time when the family would gather around the television together. Regardless of your age, odds are that someone in your family (for me, my grandparents) has a fond connection to Bonanza.