‘Little House on the Prairie’ Reboot Coming to Netflix

21 hours ago

<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/little-house-on-the-prairie-why-michael-landon-nicknamed-melissa-gilbert-half-pint.html/”>Half-pint has a new home</a>. A reboot of the classic series <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/little-house-on-the-prairie/?swcfpc=1″>Little House on the Prairie</a> is coming to Netflix, the streamer announced on Wednesday.

<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-little-house-on-the-prairie-reboot-will-be-part-family-drama-part-survival-tale”>The ‘Little House on the Prairie’ reboot will be ‘part family drama, part survival tale’ </h2>

<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Liitle-House-on-the-Prairie-Michael-Landon.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”man and woman in a covered wagon in ‘Little House on the Prairie'” class=”wp-image-3769346″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls and Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls in ‘Little House on the Prairie’ | NBCU Photo Bank</figcaption></figure>

<div class=”related-article related-article–simple”>
Related

<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/when-calls-the-heart-just-cemented-its-little-house-on-the-prairie-connection-with-this-surprise-casting.html/”>
‘When Calls the Heart’ Just Cemented Its ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Connection With This Surprise Casting </a>

</div>
“Little House on the Prairie, a reimagining of the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/little-house-on-the-prairie-melissa-gilbert-tv-show-strayed-pretty-far-truth-books.html/”>Laura Ingalls Wilder book series</a>, is coming to Netflix!” the company said in a Jan. 29 message posted to X. “Part family drama, part survival tale, and part origin story, the series will offer a kaleidoscopic view of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the American West.”

Rebecca Sonnenshine will serve as showrunner and executive producer. She’s a long-time fan of Wilder’s novels, the first of which was published in 1932.

“I fell deeply in love with these books when I was 5 years old,” Sonnenshine told Netflix’s <a href=”https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/little-house-on-the-prairie-remake-netflix” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Tudum</a>. “They inspired me to become a writer and a filmmaker, and I am honored and thrilled to be adapting these stories for a new audience.”

Trip Friendly, whose father Ed Friendly produced the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/what-was-1-reason-little-house-on-the-prairie-ended.html/”>Little House series</a> on NBC, will also serve as an executive producer through Friendly Family Productions.

Duchess Meghan ‘is the CEO of American Riviera Orchard’ & ARO will launch in 2025

“It has been a long-held dream of mine to carry on my father’s legacy and adapt Wilder’s classic American stories for a 21st-century audience in a way that brings together fans of both the books and the original television series,” Friendly said.

<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-little-house-on-the-prairie-was-one-of-the-most-streamed-shows-of-2024″>‘Little House on the Prairie’ was one of the most streamed shows of 2024</h2>

Netflix’s <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/little-house-on-the-prairie-alison-arngrim-role-wants-reboot-shed-cast-nellie.html/”>Little House reboot</a> announcement comes as streaming data reveals that the original show, which aired from 1974 to 1983, continues to delight audiences.

In 2024, viewers streamed 13.25 billion minutes of the heartwarming Melissa Gilbert series on Peacock, according to <a href=”https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2025/top-streaming-tv-trends-2024-artey-awards/#legacyaward” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Nielsen</a>. The show performed particularly well among adults between the ages of 35 and 64. It also over-indexed among Black viewers, who accounted for 17% of the total viewership. For comparison, the top streaming original, Netflix’s Bridgerton, had 21.42 billion viewing minutes last year. Little House on the Prairie reruns also air on Hallmark Family and Great American Family.

In March 2024, Little House on the Prairie cast members, including Gilbert and Alison Arngrim, came together for a reunion. Gilbert spoke about how the show continues to resonate decades after it went off the air.

“The show evokes so much emotion in people and made everybody feel,” she said, according to <a href=”https://deadline.com/2025/01/little-house-on-the-prairie-reboot-netflix-1236271613/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Deadline</a>. “So when they see us, they have the feels, and then the leftover feels from 50 years ago. Now they’re feeling it again through children and grandchildren. There’s this continuity and sense of family.”

M.I.A. Called Out Beyoncé and Jay-Z: ‘I’m Coming for Everyone Now’

For more on the entertainment world and exclusive interviews, subscribe to <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWmTM34h0-P7FcCwuA6h6sw/videos” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Showbiz Cheat Sheet’s YouTube channel</a>.