Dean Butler shared his thoughts on the news of Netflix's upcoming 'Little House on the Prairie' reboot, including why he thinks it will "never" be like the original series, on which he played Almanzo Wilder from 1979 until 1983.

A Little House on the Prairie reboot is heading to our TV screens in a “reimagined” way! Fans received the news in January 2025 that “a new generation will have its own version” of the “treasured novels” on Netflix.

Netflix is planning a reboot of the “Little House on the Prairie” series that was based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It’s an historic intellectual property with modern appeal, given that Nielsen recently revealed the 50-year-old television series had 13.3 billion minutes of viewing time on Peacock last year.

Netflix has greenlit a new TV adaptation of "Little House on the Prairie," the beloved book series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A remake of the classic family drama Little House on the Prairie is in the works at Netflix. No casting has been announced yet. Rebecca Sonnenshine -- whose credits include The Boys and Vampire Diaries -- will serve as showrunner.

News of the reboot comes days after Nielsen’s streaming report for 2024, which revealed that the original Little House is one of the most popular “legacy titles” on streaming, logging over 13 billion viewing minutes on Peacock. For Netflix, a Little House reboot will be like striking gold. Ballerina Farm must be shaking in her egg apron.

Original “Little House on the Prairie” actors Dean Butler and Alison Arngrim are quelling concerns that the recently announced reboot will tarnish the legacy of the beloved 1974 drama. In a recent interview with Remind,