Little House on the Prairie
- TV Series
- 1974–19831974–1983
- TV-PGTV-PG
- 1h
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(developed for television by)
- Stars
Top credits
- Creator
- Blanche Hanalis(developed for television by)
- Stars
- Won 4 Primetime Emmys
- 17 wins & 42 nominations total
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- Blanche Hanalis(developed for television by)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe show transitioned from Paramount to MGM studios in the late 1970s. As they were tearing up the old MGM sets so they could build new Paramount/Little House sets over them, they uncovered the Yellow Brick Road from the Wizard of Oz. Melissa Gilbert and the other kids on the set went nuts.
- GoofsFeatured prominently in at least two episodes ("The Monster of Walnut Grove" and "The Music Box"), restless tree branches are seen and heard immediately outside the front upstairs window, next to the girls' bed. But at no point in the show did any such tree ever exist that close to the house.
- 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!
Review
Top review
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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- andyred-1
- Apr 21, 2006
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- Runtime1 hour
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