Posted on January 26, 2010.
Little House on the Prairie (DVD) Review Nominated for 17 Emmys, including a Golden Globe for Best Television Series - Drama, Little House on the Prairie is one of the most popular shows in television history. Based on the autobiographical series "Little House 'books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the show explores the inner workings of a small town and family to the U.S. border from the 19th century. Director / Co-Executive Producer Michael Landon (of Bonanza and Highway to Heaven fame) also wrote one third of the episodes (in addition to playing a leading role as father of the family, Charles, where the actor originally cast for the party did not show). Charles would become one of the most popular series, and Little House on the Prairie would become a favorite American, offering ten successful seasons to its credit ...
Little House on the Prairie follows the lives of the Ingalls family as they settle on the banks of Plum Creek in Walnut Grove Township, Kansas in the 1870s. A true pioneer family, the story is seen through the eyes of the Ingalls Middle daughter, Laura (Melissa Gilbert), who knows all the normal growing pains and emotions of a young girl growing up in the meadow. Carpenter Charles Ingalls (Michael Landon) and his ex-wife, teacher, Caroline (Karen Grassle), head of a family of three that includes two additional daughters, Mary (Melissa Sue Anderson) and Carrie (Lindsay