- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Jul 9, 2026
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For such a risky venture, Little House On The Prairie plays it a little too safe. Let’s hope the show takes things further in Netflix’s already-confirmed second season.
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A 2005 miniseries, shown as part of “The Wonderful World of Disney,” was generally faithful to the letter and spirit of the text. The record shows that I liked it. The new “Little House,” created by Rebecca Sonnenshine and streaming on Netflix, is fairly faithful to its spirit, and less so to its letter.
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A pleasant enough eight-episode drama that more than looks the part, without ever really challenging its audience or complicating its own depiction of life on the American frontier all that much.
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The reboot’s creator also deserves credit for assembling a uniformly capable cast, including young actors Halsey and Hughes, who do justice to roles made iconic by Melissa Gilbert and Melissa Sue Anderson, respectively, on the NBC show. Sonnenshine fails, however, to make this “Little House” any fun.
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It will appeal to many with its handsome cast and fun scenes of square dancing, but it also saps the story of the odd qualities that make it so memorable.
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There are plenty of elements rearranged and expanded on, with no greater depth of feeling to be found. It’s mostly an act of compression, rushing through the basics of storytelling while setting up for more to come on the horizon.
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Its intentions are noble, but its execution is messy, with situations and dynamics resolved via the most even-handed and comforting solutions available—a process akin to smoothing out a tablecloth’s creases.
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It is exactly the revamp you would expect. The new LHOTP is a precision-tooled and well-oiled machine. All children’s and most adult problems are solvable within a one-to-three episode arc.
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Stymied by the need to appeal to a family audience, this Little House is merely bland. .... You won’t be able to shake the feeling that this was made for an audience with modern – ie. short – attention spans and a desire for social media likes.
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Netflix may want us to feel Laura’s struggles but she’s slightly lost in this account, which seems more keen to see her life through the eyes of a liberal arts college professor in 2026. This Prairie pulls its punches.
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Even when the postcard visuals push an idealistic view of America the beautiful, the spirit of the piece pushes back that America still has a long way to go. Any arguments?
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Halsey and Fitzgerald give their characters real energy and depth. But for all the many fiddle-led family sing-alongs that comprise perhaps its greatest concession to the trad crowd, the series feels a bit flat.