Little House on the Prairie: TV Show that Made Glasgow Gangsters Weep Returns
The reboot follows Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books more closely and adds Osage Nation perspectives to the classic family story.
- Netflix launched its new series adaptation of 'Little House on the Prairie' yesterday, July 9, 2026, starring Luke Bracey as Charles Ingalls and Crosby Fitzgerald as Caroline Ingalls.
- More than 50 years after the original NBC series premiered, critics describe the eight-episode season as a 'stiff CliffsNotes version' compared to the original's 200-episode run.
- Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly warned Netflix against 'woke-ify' the show, while actress Melissa Gilbert countered that the original tackled 'racism, addiction, nativism, antisemitism, misogyny, rape, spousal abuse and every other 'woke' topic you can think of.'
- Addressing land disputes, the series depicts the Ingalls family settling on Osage Nation territory, a narrative thread reminiscent of 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' though critics argue it sands down the sinister truths.
- Critics note the production looks 'flat and polished,' suffering from adaptation pitfalls similar to other Netflix originals as the series prioritizes compression over authentic character development.
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Forty-three years later, Ronald Reagan's favorite program resurrected with a first season of eight episodes. A little more inclusive, this new version is not so bad.
The new version of "Little House on the Prairie" is sleeker and more conscious than the seventies series, but also so streamlined that pioneer life itself loses its weight. Strangely enough, the Netflix version appears even more well-combed than its bizarre TV predecessor, notes Kerstin Gezelius.
Netflix turns in a scattered CliffsNotes version of Little House On The Prairie
More than 50 years after its premiere, NBC’s take on Little House On The Prairie remains an expansive, refreshingly patient TV experience—one in which well-drawn interpretations of the characters introduced in the children’s novels of Laura Ingalls Wilder grow up and change over the course of nine seasons and a whopping 200 episodes. It’s the type of TV show we may never see again. Not that it’s perfect or above criticism; its optimistic and sho…
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