After Megyn Kelly threatened to "ruin" Netflix's upcoming 'Little House on the Prairie' reboot if they "woke-ify" it, Melissa Gilbert responded.
“Part hopeful family drama, part epic survival tale and part origin story of the American West, this fresh adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s iconic semi-autobiographical Little House books offers a kaleidoscopic view of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the frontier,” a logline for the new show says.
Sonnenshine is the executive producer and showrunner of the new Little House on the Prairie reboot at Netflix. Per IMDb, among her producing credits are Bunny (2000), Reversion (2008), The Vampire Diaries, Outcast, The Crossing, Archive 81 and The Boys.
Netflix ordered a Little House on the Prairie Reboot. Let me count the reasons why it should stay a beloved classic.
Megyn Kelly trolled too close to the sun when she sent off a tweet chastising Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie reboot, getting a prompt clap back from the original show’s star Melissa Gilbert. The conservative pundit posted a link announcing the show’s reimagining at Netflix on Wednesday,
The actress made sure to point out the various issues the original series tackled, including "racism, addiction, nativism," as she slammed Kelly's tweetMelissa Gilbert will not stand for any Little House on the Prairie slander.
Hours after news broke that the streamer had commissioned a reboot of the Western classic, Kelly, 54, took to X/Twitter to threaten Netflix, writing: “If you wokeify Little House on the Prairie I will make it my singular mission to absolutely ruin your project.”
The streaming service is rebooting the long-deceased family frontier drama in what could be a new dawn for discarded TV shows of the 70s and 80s.
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.
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.