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Little House on the Prairie

  • TV Series
  • 1974–1983
  • TV-PG
  • 1h
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7.5/10
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Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Richard Bull, Sidney Greenbush, Jonathan Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, and Katherine MacGregor in Little House on the Prairie (1974)
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The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.

  • Creator
    • Blanche Hanalis
  • Stars
    • Melissa Gilbert
    • Michael Landon
    • Karen Grassle
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    29K
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    POPULARITY
    423
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    • Creator
      • Blanche Hanalis
    • Stars
      • Melissa Gilbert
      • Michael Landon
      • Karen Grassle
    • 121User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 17 wins & 44 nominations total

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    Melissa Gilbert
    Melissa Gilbert
    • Laura Ingalls…
    • 1974–1983
    Michael Landon
    Michael Landon
    • Charles Ingalls…
    • 1974–1983
    Karen Grassle
    Karen Grassle
    • Caroline Ingalls
    • 1974–1982
    Rachel Lindsay Greenbush
    Rachel Lindsay Greenbush
    • Carrie Ingalls…
    • 1974–1982
    Sidney Greenbush
    Sidney Greenbush
    • Carrie Ingalls…
    • 1974–1982
    Melissa Sue Anderson
    Melissa Sue Anderson
    • Mary Ingalls…
    • 1974–1981
    Katherine MacGregor
    Katherine MacGregor
    • Harriet Oleson
    • 1974–1983
    Richard Bull
    Richard Bull
    • Nels Oleson
    • 1974–1983
    Jonathan Gilbert
    Jonathan Gilbert
    • Willie Oleson
    • 1974–1983
    Kevin Hagen
    Kevin Hagen
    • Dr. Hiram Baker
    • 1974–1983
    Alison Arngrim
    Alison Arngrim
    • Nellie Oleson…
    • 1974–1982
    Matthew Labyorteaux
    Matthew Labyorteaux
    • Albert Quinn Ingalls…
    • 1976–1983
    Dabbs Greer
    Dabbs Greer
    • Reverend Robert Alden
    • 1974–1983
    Dean Butler
    Dean Butler
    • Almanzo James Wilder
    • 1979–1983
    Ruth Foster
    • Melinda Foster…
    • 1974–1983
    Brenda Turnbaugh
    • Grace Ingalls
    • 1978–1982
    Wendi Turnbaugh
    • Grace Ingalls
    • 1978–1982
    Victor French
    Victor French
    • Isaiah Edwards
    • 1974–1983
    • Creator
      • Blanche Hanalis
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    lotsabears65

    LHotP - Best Family Show!

    I don't know what it is about this show, but it is one of my all time favorites. I am now in my early 40's and still watch it every time it airs. I own every DVD and even recorded every show long before DVDs were available. Michael Landon had a gift about the shows he wrote and directed. The best episode, in my opinion, is "The Lord is My Shepherd." The story lines and family atmosphere of these episodes says a lot. I can remember growing up watching these shows every Monday night - brings back fond memories of sharing those times with my family, particularly my grandmother, who adored Michael Landon as much as I did. I wish TV of today had the family values like it had many years ago. Shows such as "Little House" will forever remain a piece of history. Thank God Michael Landon left us such wonderful TV memories! :-)
    Remie-1

    The best and most touching show ever made.

    I love that show,I grew up with it,I saw all the episodes about twenty times.Michael Landon was a marvelous man he knew the how to make the show works and to touch audience all over the world. The casting was perfect.The music was great,all the characters had their theme song. If only we could see more about the little house actors now because they were more talented than somme actors you get on television drama now.Mattew Laborteaux was a great actors especially in the episode I'll remember you and Fagin and who could ever forget Scottie Mc gregor and Alyson Amgrim as Hariet and Nelie Olson. My point is that THEY DONT DO SHOWS LIKE THIS ANYMORE and it's sad,they did try to copy it with Dr queen but still it wasn't the half as good. I am hoping one day of somme sort of a reunion even if I know that it wont be the samme as the great Michael Landon died and that many of the others actors did too.
    RoxyGirl77

    Was one of my favourites

    When I was five years old my grandmother bought me the Little House book set, and for nearly a year my dad read me a chapter or two a night, until all the books had been read. I still love these books and every fall I re-discover them.

    Although I loved the show I can't remember too many similarites between the books and the TV, other than some of the characters. In the books there were no Garveys, no Albert, no James and Cassandra BUT I understand that these characters were added to the show for an interesting cast. I liked the fact that they made Mrs. Oleson like her horrible daughter Nellie, but if you had read the books you would remember that Mrs. Oleson wasn't too bad, although I think she should've knocked some sense into Nellie. :-) Other characters that are left out of the show are Mary Power and Cap Garland (who was one of my favourites from the books). It would've been cool to see Nellie try to worm her way into Almanzo's heart like she did in the books. I don't remember a plot line like that. I do remember some woman that liked Almanzo in the TV show, and Laura humiliated her somehow, I think she didn't sew a dress properly and if fell of the woman? I can't remember clearly. I read in a biography that Willie went blind from a firecracker - that would've made a good story! I still loved the show though. My favourite episodes are when Laura steals the jewel box from Nellie, and she had the nightmares about jail, and when Nellie pretends to be crippled and Laura pushes her down a hill in her wheelchair. I remember the one where Carrie fell in the mine, that one made me cry.
    mommyayla

    Wonderful family show

    This show debuted just after my birth, my mother watched it religiously and I was raised watching this show. I have read and re-read all of the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder and I now own every season available on DVD. Little House On the Prarie is a show that not only showed America what family is all about, it also tackled serious issues every week. I've read all of the negative comments and still can't see why anyone wouldn't love this show. Yes Michael Landon was a big part of the show, but the show was really about Laura and how she grew up, and as she grew up we got to watch a wonderful actress, Melissa Gilbert, grow up too. At 31 I now look back on this show with love and tenderness, remembering special times with my own mother as I watched it as a child. This is truly one of the best family shows that has ever been broadcast on TV. We need shows like this on TV now.
    andyred-1

    Uneven Over 9 Years, Solid at its Core

    A well-written show with some definite episodes within "genres" (broad comedies, moral choices, adventure, family values, religion). As far as a complete body of work, the seasons best hold together in the first four years, ending with "I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away" (you can believe that the family had faced issues and had to move as they moved previously, in the spirit of the books and the time period)...adding additional cast and bringing back characters afterward added some confusion and some continuity problems that are well documented. The last season of episodes and the last TV movies are often lambasted as not true to style, or by having substitute families, and while this is true to a point, the new characters often were used to tell similar stories.

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    • Trivia
      After the show moved to MGM studios from Paramount, the production moved onto Stage 15, the largest soundstage on the lot. When Ray Bolger guest appeared in season five he removed flooring from part of the studio where an old, defunct oil heater had been torn out and uncovered part of the Yellow Brick Road from The Wizard of Oz (1939), (in which he famously played the Scarecrow,) which was still intact. the children and cast were extremely excited when Bolger showed it to them.
    • Goofs
      After 'Nellie's' restaurant is renamed 'Caroline's', the name in the window goes back and forth between the two in subsequent episodes.
    • Quotes

      Mrs. Oleson: [to her husband, who is holding a shotgun, when they catch daughter Nellie with her new husband] Nels - make her a WIDOW!

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Michael Landon/Carl Reiner/Joanna Cassidy/Gloria Loring (1974)

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    • Release date
      • March 30, 1974 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • NBC / COZI TV
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Little House: A New Beginning
    • Filming locations
      • Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA(As the town of Mankato, Minnesota)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color

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