How many Bonanza episodes were black and white?

Answer 1

So I looked into this question and found out that all episodes of Bonanza were filmed in color except for one. The episode where a trio of escaped African American slaves found themselves on the Ponderosa in their search for freedom. they were of course welcomed with open arms and a cup of Bens bottomless pot of coffee. they origianly filmed the episode in color but upon review they realized that the African Americans skin didnt look right in color so they filmed it in black and white. Color television was in its infancy so they were still trying to figure out how to film with it correctly. That was actually one of my favorite episodes. Because of that episode I thought that all the early episodes were filmed in black and white but had later digitly remastered them and added color like they have done to some of the old black and white movies. I think it would be funny if they started selling black and white telivisions to watch the black and white episodes that they are showing now. Stranger Things have happened.

Answer 2

None of the Bonanza episodes were ever filmed in black and white. All 14 seasons were in color to promote color TV's.