Little House on the Prairie (1974)
TVG
Drama
Based on the book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Ingalls family struggles to survive in 1870s after settling on a farm near a small rural town in Minnesota.
Cast & Crew
Michael Landon Charles Ingalls
Karen Grassle Caroline Ingalls
Melissa Gilbert Laura Ingalls Wilder
Melissa Sue Anderson Mary Ingalls Kendall
Karl Swenson Lars Hanson
Richard Bull Nels Oleson
Katherine MacGregor Harriet Oleson
Alison Arngrim Nellie Oleson Dalton
Jonathan Gilbert Willie Oleson
Kevin Hagen Dr. Baker
Dabbs Greer Rev. Robert Alden
Charlotte Stewart Eva Beadle Simms
Victor French Mr. Isaiah Edwards
Ted Gehring Ebenezer Sprague
Bonnie Bartlett Grace Edwards
Merlin Olsen Jonathan Garvey
Patrick Laborteaux Andy Garvey
Hersha Parady Alice Garvey
Matthew Labyorteaux Albert Ingalls
Linwood Boomer Adam Kendall
Don "Red" Barry Jud Larabee
Ketty Lester Hester Sue Terhune
Dean Butler Almanzo Wilder
Lucy Lee Flippin Eliza Jane Wilder
Steve Tracy Percival Dalton
Jason Bateman James Cooper
Missy Francis Cassandra Cooper
Allison Balson Nancy Oleson
Shannen Doherty Jenny Wilder
Stan Ivar John Carter
Pamela Roylance Sarah Carter
Lindsay Kennedy Jeb Carter
David Friedman Jason Carter
Leslie Landon Etta Plum
Lindsay Greenbush Carrie Ingalls
Sidney Greenbush Carrie Ingalls
Brenda Turnbaugh Grace Ingalls
Wendi Turnbaugh Grace Ingalls
Michael Landon Executive Producer
Ed Friendly Executive Producer
Michael Landon Director
William F. Claxton Director
Maury Dexter Director
Victor French Director
Leo Penn Director
Alf Kjellin Director
Lewis Allen Director
Victor Lobl Director
Joseph Pevney Director
Michael Ray Rhodes Director
Blanche Hanalis Writer
Michael Landon Writer
Don Balluck Writer
John T. Dugan Writer
Arthur Heinemann Writer
Carole Raschella Writer
Michael Raschella Writer
John Hawkins Producer
William F. Claxton Producer
Winston Miller Producer
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Tuesday, July 1
Enchanted Cottage
Season 5 • Episode 21
Adam becomes depressed when Mary announces that she can distinguish between light and dark.
Tuesday, July 1
Someone Please Love Me
Season 5 • Episode 22
The family of an alcoholic rancher turns to houseguest Charles for attention.
Tuesday, July 1
Back to School
Season 6 • Episode 1
Laura tries to convince Almanzo she is mature and her love for him is not just infatuation.
Tuesday, July 1
Back to School
Season 6 • Episode 2
Laura and Nellie continue their battle for the romantic attentions of Almanzo.
Tuesday, July 1
Going Home
Season 2 • Episode 22
A crop-destroying tornado convinces Charles to sell the farm and return to his old home.
Tuesday, July 1
The Collection
Season 3 • Episode 1
A con man, garbed as a man of the cloth, arrives in Walnut Grove.
Tuesday, July 1
Bunny
Season 3 • Episode 2
Nellie feigns injury after an argument with Laura, then tries to manipulate others.
Wednesday, July 2
Back to School
Season 6 • Episode 1
Laura tries to convince Almanzo she is mature and her love for him is not just infatuation.
Wednesday, July 2
Back to School
Season 6 • Episode 2
Laura and Nellie continue their battle for the romantic attentions of Almanzo.
Wednesday, July 2
The Family Tree
Season 6 • Episode 3
The Ingalls go to court to adopt Albert, but his father reappears and demands custody.
Wednesday, July 2
The Third Miracle
Season 6 • Episode 4
Mary must get help when a stagecoach accident traps Adam and endangers a pregnant woman.
Wednesday, July 2
The Race
Season 3 • Episode 3
Only Laura's tired steed challenges Nellie's Thoroughbred in an annual race.
Wednesday, July 2
I'll Ride the Wind
Season 3 • Episode 12
Mr. Edwards' adopted son, John, refuses a college scholarship when Mary agrees to be his wife.
Wednesday, July 2
The Monster of Walnut Grove
Season 3 • Episode 5
Laura thinks she saw Mr. Oleson kill his wife, but no one believes her.
Thursday, July 3
The Family Tree
Season 6 • Episode 3
The Ingalls go to court to adopt Albert, but his father reappears and demands custody.
Thursday, July 3
The Third Miracle
Season 6 • Episode 4
Mary must get help when a stagecoach accident traps Adam and endangers a pregnant woman.
Thursday, July 3
The Preacher Takes a Wife
Season 6 • Episode 6
Mrs. Oleson sets out to have the Rev. Alden removed from his church.
Thursday, July 3
The Halloween Dream
Season 6 • Episode 7
Before a Halloween party, Albert naps and dreams Indians have captured him and Laura.
Thursday, July 3
Journey in the Spring
Season 3 • Episode 6
Charles rushes to Wisconsin to be with his suicidal, widowed father.
Thursday, July 3
Journey in the Spring
Season 3 • Episode 7
Charles' father stays with the Ingalls, but an incident with Laura deepens his depression.
Thursday, July 3
Fred
Season 3 • Episode 8
Laura cannot understand why the rest of the family doesn't like her goat.
Friday, July 4
The Preacher Takes a Wife
Season 6 • Episode 6
Mrs. Oleson sets out to have the Rev. Alden removed from his church.
Friday, July 4
The Halloween Dream
Season 6 • Episode 7
Before a Halloween party, Albert naps and dreams Indians have captured him and Laura.
Friday, July 4
The Little House Years
Season 6 •
Gathered for a holiday, the Ingalls tell Albert how they came to Walnut Grove.
Friday, July 4
The Little House Years
Season 6 •
Gathered for a holiday, the Ingalls tell Albert how they came to Walnut Grove.
Friday, July 4
Bully Boys
Season 3 • Episode 9
Charles tries to tolerate three bullies, until they assault his family.
Friday, July 4
Little Girl Lost
Season 3 • Episode 4
Carrie falls into a mine while chasing a butterfly; a miner must get his act together to rescue her.
Friday, July 4
Quarantine
Season 3 • Episode 13
Laura tries to help Mr. Edwards and his daughter, stricken with fever.
Saturday, July 5
The King Is Dead
Season 6 • Episode 9
A con artist and an aging wrestler set out to cheat Walnut Grove residents.
Saturday, July 5
The Faith Healer
Season 6 • Episode 10
A charismatic preacher (James Olson) entices residents from the Rev. Alden's teachings.
Monday, July 7
Author, Author
Season 6 • Episode 11
Death of Caroline's mother dims baby's birth.
Monday, July 7
Crossed Connections
Season 6 • Episode 12
Mrs. Oleson eavesdrops on her neighbors' telephones; she hears a secret.
Monday, July 7
Little Women
Season 3 • Episode 14
Mrs. Oleson casts Nellie as the lead in the children's play; a girl plots marriage for her mother.
Monday, July 7
Injun Kid
Season 3 • Episode 15
The Ingalls try to help a boy who is rejected by the townsfolk.
Monday, July 7
To Live With Fear
Season 3 • Episode 16
Only dangerous work pays enough for Charles to afford an operation to save Mary.
Tuesday, July 8
Author, Author
Season 6 • Episode 11
Death of Caroline's mother dims baby's birth.
Tuesday, July 8
Crossed Connections
Season 6 • Episode 12
Mrs. Oleson eavesdrops on her neighbors' telephones; she hears a secret.
Tuesday, July 8
The Werewolf of Walnut Grove
Season 6 • Episode 14
Albert and Laura plan to frighten a bully whose disruptions caused the teacher to resign.
Tuesday, July 8
Whatever Happened to the Class of '56?
Season 6 • Episode 15
Charles and Caroline feel inferior to former classmates at a 25-year high-school reunion.
Tuesday, July 8
To Live With Fear
Season 3 • Episode 17
Mr. Edwards fumes when Charles endangers a Chinese railroad crew to rush a blasting job.
Tuesday, July 8
The Wisdom of Solomon
Season 3 • Episode 18
A black boy (Todd Bridges) offers to be the Ingalls' slave in exchange for attending school.
Tuesday, July 8
The Music Box
Season 3 • Episode 19
Laura suffers guilt after stealing Nellie's music box, then becomes Nellie's blackmail victim.
Wednesday, July 9
The Werewolf of Walnut Grove
Season 6 • Episode 14
Albert and Laura plan to frighten a bully whose disruptions caused the teacher to resign.
Wednesday, July 9
Whatever Happened to the Class of '56?
Season 6 • Episode 15
Charles and Caroline feel inferior to former classmates at a 25-year high-school reunion.
Wednesday, July 9
May We Make Them Proud
Season 6 • Episode 18
A fire at the School for the Blind kills two people, one Mary's son.
Wednesday, July 9
May We Make Them Proud
Season 6 • Episode 19
The loss of her baby shatters Mary; the residents attempt to recover from the shock.
Wednesday, July 9
The Election
Season 3 • Episode 20
The boys want to prove that a slow-witted classmate can beat Mary and Nellie for class president.
Wednesday, July 9
Gold Country
Season 3 • Episode 21
When the rains make it impossible to plant their crops, the Ingalls and Edwards families head west.
Wednesday, July 9
Gold Country
Season 3 • Episode 22
Charles faces reality when a recluse pays a deadly price for telling Laura a secret.
Thursday, July 10
May We Make Them Proud
Season 6 • Episode 18
A fire at the School for the Blind kills two people, one Mary's son.
Thursday, July 10
May We Make Them Proud
Season 6 • Episode 19
The loss of her baby shatters Mary; the residents attempt to recover from the shock.
Thursday, July 10
Wilder and Wilder
Season 6 • Episode 20
Charles hopes Laura's affections will shift to Almanzo's flamboyant younger brother.
Thursday, July 10
Second Spring
Season 6 • Episode 21
His wife's nagging sends Nels on the road, where he meets a charming woman (Suzanne Rogers).
Thursday, July 10
Castoffs
Season 4 • Episode 1
Only Walnut Grove's children welcome an old wanderer (Hermione Baddeley).
Thursday, July 10
Times of Change
Season 4 • Episode 2
A Grange convention in Chicago disillusions Charles; Mary drifts away from John.
Thursday, July 10
My Ellen
Season 4 • Episode 3
A grieving mother who blames Laura for her child's drowning holds the girl hostage.
Friday, July 11
Wilder and Wilder
Season 6 • Episode 20
Charles hopes Laura's affections will shift to Almanzo's flamboyant younger brother.
Friday, July 11
Second Spring
Season 6 • Episode 21
His wife's nagging sends Nels on the road, where he meets a charming woman (Suzanne Rogers).
Friday, July 11
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Season 6 • Episode 23
Charles forbids young Laura to marry Almanzo; Nellie meets her parents' accountant.
Friday, July 11
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Season 6 • Episode 24
Laura mistakenly believes Almanzo has a new girlfriend; Percival changes Nellie.
Friday, July 11
The Handyman
Season 4 • Episode 4
Caroline faces temptation when handyman finds her attractive.
Friday, July 11
The Wolves
Season 4 • Episode 5
A pack of starving dogs arrives at the Ingalls farm, where Mary is alone with the children.
Friday, July 11
The Creeper of Walnut Grove
Season 4 • Episode 6
Sleuths Laura and Andy try to track down a thief in Walnut Grove.
Saturday, July 12
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Season 6 • Episode 23
Charles forbids young Laura to marry Almanzo; Nellie meets her parents' accountant.
Saturday, July 12
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Season 6 • Episode 24
Laura mistakenly believes Almanzo has a new girlfriend; Percival changes Nellie.
Monday, July 14
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Season 7 • Episode 1
Almanzo refuses to let Laura take a teaching job, despite losing his money in a bad property deal.
Monday, July 14
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Season 7 • Episode 2
Almanzo's pride dissolves the engagement; Eliza Jane plans to reunite him with Laura.
Monday, July 14
To Run and Hide
Season 4 • Episode 7
Despondent Doc Baker retires after the death of a farmer who refused medical attention.
Monday, July 14
The Aftermath
Season 4 • Episode 8
Frank and Jesse James, posing as businessmen, hire Mary to run errands and then take her hostage.
Monday, July 14
The High Cost of Being Right
Season 4 • Episode 9
Jonathan's objections to his wife's needed new job leads to a separation.
Tuesday, July 15
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Season 7 • Episode 1
Almanzo refuses to let Laura take a teaching job, despite losing his money in a bad property deal.
Tuesday, July 15
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Season 7 • Episode 2
Almanzo's pride dissolves the engagement; Eliza Jane plans to reunite him with Laura.
Tuesday, July 15
The Silent Cry
Season 7 • Episode 5
A boy runs away with his mute, younger brother when he hears that no one will adopt both of them.
Tuesday, July 15
Portrait of Love
Season 7 • Episode 6
A mother tries to reunite with her daughter.
Tuesday, July 15
Meet Me at the Fair
Season 4 • Episode 11
The Ingalls family travels to a nearby town for the annual fair.
Tuesday, July 15
Here Come the Bride
Season 4 • Episode 12
Adam and Luke Simms move to Walnut Grove; Luke falls in love with Nellie.
Tuesday, July 15
Freedom Flight
Season 4 • Episode 13
Charles hides an Indian chief and his family when the townspeople threaten to fight the tribe.
Wednesday, July 16
The Silent Cry
Season 7 • Episode 5
A boy runs away with his mute, younger brother when he hears that no one will adopt both of them.
Wednesday, July 16
Portrait of Love
Season 7 • Episode 6
A mother tries to reunite with her daughter.
Wednesday, July 16
Dearest Albert, I'll Miss You
Season 7 • Episode 8
Albert tells a pen pal that he is tall and athletic; she hides her paralysis.
Wednesday, July 16
The In-Laws
Season 7 • Episode 9
Charles and Almanzo become partners in a new freight company; they get into an argument.
Wednesday, July 16
The Rivals
Season 4 • Episode 14
Laura wants to impress a newly discovered old buddy; Charles and Jonathan start a freight line.
Wednesday, July 16
Whisper Country
Season 4 • Episode 15
Teacher Mary clashes with a hostile, domineering woman (Anita Dangler) in a remote community.
Wednesday, July 16
I Remember, I Remember
Season 4 • Episode 16
Caroline recalls their meeting and courtship while waiting for Charles on their anniversary.
Thursday, July 17
Dearest Albert, I'll Miss You
Season 7 • Episode 8
Albert tells a pen pal that he is tall and athletic; she hides her paralysis.
Thursday, July 17
The In-Laws
Season 7 • Episode 9
Charles and Almanzo become partners in a new freight company; they get into an argument.
Thursday, July 17
To See the Light
Season 7 • Episode 10
Mary is afraid when Adam's sight is restored.
Thursday, July 17
To See the Light
Season 7 • Episode 11
Mary feels like a burden when Adam resumes his education to be a lawyer.
Thursday, July 17
The Inheritance
Season 4 • Episode 18
Friends try to advise Charles on how to spend an inheritance.
Thursday, July 17
The Stranger
Season 4 • Episode 19
Charles helps Mr. Oleson's unloved nephew learn values by hiring him for odd jobs.
Thursday, July 17
A Most Precious Gift
Season 4 • Episode 20
Pregnant Caroline worries Charles will be disappointed if her baby is a girl.
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