Their closest neighbor, Isaiah Edwards ( Victor French), helps them settle on the prairie as they encounter fierce storms, destructive fires, and hostile Native American tribes. Pilot movie premiere (1974) TitleĬharles and Caroline Ingalls ( Michael Landon and Karen Grassle) move with their three young daughters, Mary, Laura, and Carrie ( Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, and Lindsay Greenbush) from the big woods of Wisconsin to the open prairies of Kansas. Expanded episodes (90 minutes to 2 hours) have been indicated as such many of these may not currently be shown in some rerun markets due to their length. The majority of the episodes run approximately 50 minutes (not counting commercials, they have since been edited for syndication to accommodate more commercial time).

Then it was re-tooled as a spin-off sequel series known as Little House: A New Beginning from Septemto March 21, 1983–this is generally considered “Season Nine” for purposes of television syndication. The series began on the NBC network on September 11, 1974, and ended on May 10, 1982. The regular series was preceded by the two-hour pilot movie, which first aired on March 30, 1974. The show is a full-colour version of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s series of Little House books. The following is a list of episodes for the television show Little House on the Prairie, an American Western drama about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota from the 1870s to the 1890s.