For those in the United States who are missing Bonanza and other classic westerns, there is a new frontier coming to town... I mean the airwaves.

WEST channel (Western Entertainment Series Television - check your local TV substations, a sister station to MeTV) will officially launch on September 29th.  I've already re-scanned my TV and found it.  I don't know what cable/satellite stations will choose to broadcast it.  Right now, it is airing a continuous loop (think commercial) announcing it is coming.

WEST <- check out the link for a partial listing of programs and how they will be broadcast.  I've not been able to find schedule but presume one will be published closer to its 'go-live' date.

 

Here is the list of providers:

https://westtelevision.com/future-west-stations

 

I see North Carolina is not in the list of providers yet. However, we stream everything now - no cable or satellite. I wish MeTV and WEST-TV would offer streaming options. 

This is an offshoot channel from MeTV, which shows the full uncut episodes (all seasons too!), even though they do time-compress them a bit. At one point I checked the MeTV episodes against my DVDs and they show the entire episode but compress it to get about 2 more minutes of commercial time. 

 

It looks like TV Land is no longer showing Bonanza. I went to the TV Land site and it's a mess, but I found a readable multi-day schedule here: https://www.tvinsider.com/network/tv-land/schedule/

It looks like they are showing 5 Gunsmoke episodes in a row(!) but no Bonanza. I like Gunsmoke, but I can't imagine even the biggest fan will watch that many episodes in a row, and if you don't like Gunsmoke you won't even be turning on the channel in the afternoon. That doesn't sound like the smartest programming decision. Oh well, at least I have my DVDs!

@ellen I believe I came across some time compressed episodes on Youtube. Some distant riding scenes seemed to run faster. Like they speeded it up a smidge then went back to normal for the close ups. 

The schedule for WEST TV is now posted!

 

It looks like Bonanza will be on 6 days per week. 
 

Monday through Friday a 2-hour block in the late afternoon or early evening, depending on where you live:

A show at 6 PM and 7 PM Central time

 

Starting with Rose for Lotta on 

Monday, September 29
 

A 6-hour block on Sunday mornings starting at 8 am Central time. 
 

Calendar of episodes, all shows:

https://westtelevision.com/schedule/2025-09-28

Overall lineup:

https://westtv-images.s3.amazonaws.com/OXsLf-1756917941-pdf-WEST 4Q25 Eff. 9-29-25 CT.pdf

Bonanza:

https://westtelevision.com/shows/bonanza