Updated
Updated · Forbes · Jul 11
Netflix's Little House on the Prairie Debuts at No. 2 With 77% Rotten Tomatoes Score
Updated
Updated · Forbes · Jul 11

Netflix's Little House on the Prairie Debuts at No. 2 With 77% Rotten Tomatoes Score

1 articles · Updated · Forbes · Jul 11

Summary

  • Netflix’s reboot of Little House on the Prairie opened at No. 2 on the platform, trailing only Worst Neighbor Ever and ranking ahead of titles including I Will Find You and Dark Winds.
  • 77% of critics on Rotten Tomatoes rated the series positively after a few dozen reviews, while its audience score stood at 61% from a still-small pool of viewers.
  • The adaptation revives a property last seen on TV in 1974 and rooted in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 1935 books, extending a franchise now nearing the century mark.
  • An ensemble of largely unknown actors may help keep costs down for the period drama; a planned Paramount film adaptation was scrapped in 2016 after a proposed $45 million budget was deemed too high.

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Is this show's cost-cutting, unknown-actor model the future for major streaming hits?
Can this reboot's new historical honesty win over fans seeking nostalgic comfort?