Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie - NBC

NBC

Series

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.

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1974–1983 Series 9 Seasons276 Episodes

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Sunday, May 5

The Older Brothers

Season 9 • Episode 13

Mr. Edwards stumbles into a robbery by the Younger gang and is mistaken for one of them.

Monday, May 6

Home Again

Season 9 • Episode 16

Charles decides to bring Albert back to Walnut Grove after police arrest him for theft in Chicago.

Monday, May 6

Home Again

Season 9 • Episode 17

Charles discovers a morphine addiction is causing Albert's anger.

Monday, May 6

To Run and Hide

Season 4 • Episode 7

Despondent Doc Baker retires after the death of a farmer who refused medical attention.

Monday, May 6

The Aftermath

Season 4 • Episode 8

Frank and Jesse James, posing as businessmen, hire Mary to run errands and then take her hostage.

Monday, May 6

The High Cost of Being Right

Season 4 • Episode 9

Jonathan's objections to his wife's needed new job leads to a separation.

Monday, May 6

The Man Inside

Season 5 • Episode 4

Laura makes a joke about an overweight man, unaware he is her best friend's father.

Monday, May 6

Once Upon a Time

Season 9 • Episode 15

After Laura wins a writing contest, a Minneapolis publisher asks her to alter her stories.

Monday, May 6

There's No Place Like Home

Season 5 • Episode 5

Charles and Jonathan become increasingly unhappy with Winoka; guest Ray Bolger.

Monday, May 6

A Child With No Name

Season 9 • Episode 18

Laura holds Dr. Baker responsible for her newborn son's sudden, mysterious death.

Monday, May 6

There's No Place Like Home

Season 5 • Episode 6

The Ingallses, Garveys and Olesons return to find Walnut Grove in a shocking state.

Monday, May 6

The Last Summer

Season 9 • Episode 19

Jason spends his time with a wealthy, childless neighbor.

Monday, May 6

Fagin

Season 5 • Episode 7

Albert decides to run away because Laura believes he is stealing Charles' attention.

Tuesday, May 7

Meet Me at the Fair

Season 4 • Episode 11

The Ingalls family travels to a nearby town for the annual fair.

Tuesday, May 7

Here Come the Bride

Season 4 • Episode 12

Mrs. Oleson asks Miss Beadle to talk with the father of a boy who wants to date Nellie.

Tuesday, May 7

Freedom Flight

Season 4 • Episode 13

Charles hides an ailing Indian chief and his family when townspeople threaten to fight the tribe.

Tuesday, May 7

Harriet's Happenings

Season 5 • Episode 8

Mrs. Oleson's gossip column praises her family and infuriates her neighbors.

Tuesday, May 7

For the Love of Blanche

Season 9 • Episode 20

Isaiah promises to care for a dying man's "child" -- a baby orangutan.

Tuesday, May 7

The Wedding

Season 5 • Episode 9

Mary accepts Adam's proposal, but doubts they can raise children.

Tuesday, May 7

May I Have This Dance?

Season 9 • Episode 21

Willie's mother reacts angrily to news of the 16-year-old's engagement.

Tuesday, May 7

Men Will Be Boys

Season 5 • Episode 10

Albert and Andy outwit their fathers' attempt to prove them children.

Tuesday, May 7

Hello and Goodbye

Season 9 • Episode 22

Matthew meets the father who abandoned him; a famous author stays at the Wilder boarding house.

Tuesday, May 7

The Cheaters

Season 5 • Episode 11

Nellie tutors Andy, then wants him to steal test answers.

Wednesday, May 8

The Rivals

Season 4 • Episode 14

Laura wants to impress a discovered buddy.

Wednesday, May 8

Whisper Country

Season 4 • Episode 15

Teacher Mary clashes with a hostile, domineering woman (Anita Dangler) in a remote community.

Wednesday, May 8

I Remember, I Remember

Season 4 • Episode 16

Waiting for Charles on their anniversary, Caroline recalls their meeting and courtship.

Wednesday, May 8

Blind Journey

Season 5 • Episode 12

Mrs. Oleson, Charles and Joe move the blind children to Walnut Grove.

Wednesday, May 8

Look Back to Yesterday

Charles Ingalls stops in Walnut Grove to see the Wilders with his dying son, Albert.

Wednesday, May 8

Blind Journey

Season 5 • Episode 12

Mrs. Oleson, Charles and Joe move the blind children to Walnut Grove.

Wednesday, May 8

The Godsister

Season 5 • Episode 14

Carrie creates an imaginary playmate and a heavenly adventure to learn when Charles will return.

Wednesday, May 8

A Harvest of Friends

Season 1 • Episode 1

After promising to fix a store's roof and stack sacks of grain, Charles falls out of a tree.

Wednesday, May 8

The Craftsman

Season 5 • Episode 15

Albert endures the scorn of residents when he becomes apprentice to a Jewish woodcarver.

Thursday, May 9

The Inheritance

Season 4 • Episode 18

Friends try to advise Charles on how to spend an inheritance.

Thursday, May 9

The Stranger

Season 4 • Episode 19

Charles helps Mr. Oleson's unloved nephew learn values by hiring him for odd jobs.

Thursday, May 9

A Most Precious Gift

Season 4 • Episode 20

Pregnant Caroline worries Charles will be disappointed if her baby is a girl.

Thursday, May 9

Blind Man's Bluff

Season 5 • Episode 16

A boy feigns blindness to stop his parents' (Maureen Lee, Wesley Grant) divorce.

Thursday, May 9

Bless All the Dear Children

A grieving frontier woman kidnaps Almanzo and Laura's baby girl.

Thursday, May 9

Dance With Me

Season 5 • Episode 17

Laura and Albert play matchmaker for a hard-drinker (Ray Bolger) and a prim woman (Eileen Heckart).

Thursday, May 9

The Sound of Children

Season 5 • Episode 18

Pregnant Mary wants to reconcile Adam and his wealthy Bostonian father.

Thursday, May 9

Country Girls

Season 1 • Episode 2

Before their first day of school, Laura and Mary worry other students won't accept them.

Thursday, May 9

The Lake Kezia Monster

Season 5 • Episode 19

The children plot to scare Mrs. Oleson into returning an old woman's (Hermione Baddeley) home.

Friday, May 10

I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away

Season 4 • Episode 21

Caroline and Charles do not tell Mary she will soon be totally blind.

Friday, May 10

I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away

Season 4 • Episode 22

An understanding instructor helps Mary cope with her blindness; Walnut Grove faces financial ruin.

Friday, May 10

As Long as We're Together

Season 5 • Episode 1

The Ingalls move from financially troubled Walnut Grove to the busy town of Winoka.

Friday, May 10

Barn Burner

Season 5 • Episode 20

The town bigot finds himself on trial for burning the Garveys' barn and assaulting their young son.

Friday, May 10

The Last Farewell

Walnut Grove citizens vow to destroy homes after learning that Eastern financiers own their town.

Friday, May 10

Enchanted Cottage

Season 5 • Episode 21

Adam becomes depressed when Mary announces she can distinguish between light and dark.

Friday, May 10

Someone Please Love Me

Season 5 • Episode 22

The family of an alcoholic rancher turns to houseguest Charles for attention.

Friday, May 10

The 100-Mile Walk

Season 1 • Episode 3

After wheat is destroyed, farmers must take risky quarry jobs.

Friday, May 10

Mortal Mission

Season 5 • Episode 23

Charles and Jonathan search for medicine for the anthrax epidemic in Walnut Grove.

Friday, May 10

The Odyssey

Season 5 • Episode 24

William Randolph Hearst helps Charles, Laura and Albert bring a dying boy to visit the ocean.

Friday, May 10

Back to School

Season 6 • Episode 1

Laura tries to convince Almanzo she is mature and her love for him is not just infatuation.

Friday, May 10

Back to School

Season 6 • Episode 2

Laura and Nellie continue their battle for the romantic attentions of Almanzo.

Friday, May 10

The Family Tree

Season 6 • Episode 3

The Ingalls go to court to adopt Albert, but his father reappears and demands custody.

Friday, May 10

The Third Miracle

Season 6 • Episode 4

Mary must get help when a stagecoach accident traps Adam and endangers a pregnant woman.

Friday, May 10

Annabelle

Season 6 • Episode 5

Almanzo upsets Laura by asking another girl to the circus; Nels denies a circus-performer relative.

Saturday, May 11

The Preacher Takes a Wife

Season 6 • Episode 6

Mrs. Oleson sets out to have the Rev. Alden removed from his church.

Saturday, May 11

The Halloween Dream

Season 6 • Episode 7

Before a Halloween party, Albert naps and dreams Indians have captured him and Laura.

Saturday, May 11

The Return of Mr. Edwards

Season 6 • Episode 8

Charles and Laura rush to help Mr. Edwards after an accident and find him filled with rage.

Saturday, May 11

The King Is Dead

Season 6 • Episode 9

A con artist and an aging wrestler set out to cheat Walnut Grove residents.

Saturday, May 11

The Faith Healer

Season 6 • Episode 13

A charismatic preacher (James Olson) entices residents from the Rev. Alden's teachings.

Saturday, May 11

Pilot

Season 1 •

The Ingalls family leaves the little house in the Big Woods and heads West.

Saturday, May 11

School Mom

Season 1 • Episode 9

Substitute-teacher Caroline deals with a boy (Dirk Blocker) ridiculed for his limited literacy.

Saturday, May 11

The Award

Season 1 • Episode 12

Mary accidentally sets the barn on fire while cramming for an important school competition.

Saturday, May 11

A Matter of Faith

Season 2 • Episode 15

A deadly infection fells Caroline before she can join her family on a camping trip.

Saturday, May 11

Author, Author

Season 6 • Episode 14

Death of Caroline's mother dims baby's birth.

Saturday, May 11

Oleson Versus Oleson

Season 7 • Episode 12

The women of Walnut Grove revolt when the men won't alter a law giving property to husbands only.

Saturday, May 11

I Do, Again

Season 7 • Episode 20

Caroline and Laura announce their pregnancies.

Monday, May 13

Mr. Edwards' Homecoming

Season 1 • Episode 4

Caroline plays matchmaker for Charles' old friend, Mr. Edwards, and an attractive local widow.

Monday, May 13

As Long as We're Together

Season 5 • Episode 2

The Ingalls, Garveys and Olesons have trouble with city life; Charles tries to reform Albert.

Monday, May 13

The Winoka Warriors

Season 5 • Episode 3

An unusual football game convinces a father (John Ireland) his blind son deserves an education.

Monday, May 13

The Man Inside

Season 5 • Episode 4

Laura makes a joke about an overweight man, unaware he is her best friend's father.

Monday, May 13

Author, Author

Season 6 • Episode 14

Death of Caroline's mother dims baby's birth.

Monday, May 13

The Love of Johnny Johnson

Season 1 • Episode 5

Laura falls for a new student (Mitch Vogel), who shows a greater interest in Mary.

Monday, May 13

Crossed Connections

Season 6 • Episode 15

Mrs. Oleson listens in on everyone's calls when telephone lines are installed in Walnut Grove.

Monday, May 13

If I Should Wake Before I Die

Season 1 • Episode 6

Charles helps a woman stage her own wake to ensure her distant children's attendance.

Monday, May 13

The Angry Heart

Season 6 • Episode 16

The Ingalls' elderly neighbors are dismayed that their teenage grandson is a bully.

Monday, May 13

Town Party, Country Party

Season 1 • Episode 7

Laura befriends a lonely, crippled girl (Kim Richards) sheltered by her father.

Monday, May 13

The Werewolf of Walnut Grove

Season 6 • Episode 17

Albert and Laura plan to frighten a bully whose disruptions caused the teacher to resign.

Tuesday, May 14

There's No Place Like Home

Season 5 • Episode 5

Charles and Jonathan become increasingly unhappy with Winoka; guest Ray Bolger.

Tuesday, May 14

Fagin

Season 5 • Episode 7

Albert decides to run away because Laura believes he is stealing Charles' attention.

Tuesday, May 14

Harriet's Happenings

Season 5 • Episode 8

Mrs. Oleson's gossip column praises her family and infuriates her neighbors.

Tuesday, May 14

Whatever Happened to the Class of '56?

Season 6 • Episode 18

Charles and Caroline feel inferior to former classmates at a 25-year high-school reunion.

Tuesday, May 14

Ma's Holiday

Season 1 • Episode 8

Caroline reluctantly goes on a six day vacation.

Tuesday, May 14

Darkness Is My Friend

Season 6 • Episode 19

Three escaped convicts, one wounded, take hostages at the School for the Blind.

Tuesday, May 14

School Mom

Season 1 • Episode 9

Substitute-teacher Caroline deals with a boy (Dirk Blocker) ridiculed for his limited literacy.

Tuesday, May 14

Silent Promises

Season 6 • Episode 20

Laura's sign-language pupil (Alban Branton) falls in love with her.

Tuesday, May 14

The Raccoon

Season 1 • Episode 10

After Laura's pet raccoon bites her and the dog, Charles and Caroline discover it is rabid.

Tuesday, May 14

May We Make Them Proud

Season 6 • Episode 21

Mary suffers an emotional breakdown when she learns her infant son has perished in a fire.

Wednesday, May 15

The Wedding

Season 5 • Episode 9

Mary accepts Adam's proposal, but doubts they can raise children.

Wednesday, May 15

Men Will Be Boys

Season 5 • Episode 10

Albert and Andy outwit their fathers' attempt to prove them children.

Wednesday, May 15

The Cheaters

Season 5 • Episode 11

Nellie tutors Andy, then wants him to steal test answers.

Wednesday, May 15

May We Make Them Proud

Season 6 • Episode 22

The loss of her baby shatters Mary; the residents attempt to recover from the shock.

Wednesday, May 15

The Voice of Tinker Jones

Season 1 • Episode 11

A mute coppersmith (Chuck McCann) plans to end a controversy over a proposed church bell.

Wednesday, May 15

Wilder and Wilder

Season 6 • Episode 23

Charles hopes Laura's affections will shift to Almanzo's flamboyant younger brother.

Wednesday, May 15

The Lord Is My Shepherd

Season 1 • Episode 13

Feeling rejected, Laura does not pray for the recovery of her sickly newborn brother.

Wednesday, May 15

Second Spring

Season 6 • Episode 24

His wife's nagging sends Nels on the road, where he meets a charming woman (Suzanne Rogers).

Wednesday, May 15

The Lord Is My Shepherd

Season 1 • Episode 14

A mountain man (Ernest Borgnine) helps Laura deal with guilt over the baby's death.

Wednesday, May 15

Sweet Sixteen

Season 6 • Episode 25

Almanzo realizes Laura's maturity when she passes the teaching exam and receives her license.

Thursday, May 16

Blind Journey

Season 5 • Episode 12

Mrs. Oleson, Charles and Joe (Moses Gunn) move the blind children to Walnut Grove.

Thursday, May 16

Blind Journey

Season 5 • Episode 13

Adam panics at a river crossing; the students and a socialite surprise Mrs. Oleson.

Thursday, May 16

The Craftsman

Season 5 • Episode 15

Albert endures the scorn of residents when he becomes apprentice to a Jewish woodcarver.

Thursday, May 16

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Season 6 • Episode 26

Charles forbids young Laura to marry Almanzo; Nellie meets her parents' accountant.

Thursday, May 16

The Award

Season 1 • Episode 12

Mary accidentally sets the barn on fire while cramming for an important school competition.

Thursday, May 16

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Season 6 • Episode 26

Charles forbids young Laura to marry Almanzo; Nellie meets her parents' accountant.

Thursday, May 16

Christmas at Plum Creek

Season 1 • Episode 15

The Ingalls struggle with limited funds as they decide on Christmas gifts.

Thursday, May 16

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Season 7 • Episode 1

Almanzo loses his money in a bad real-estate deal; Laura takes a teaching job.

Thursday, May 16

Family Quarrel

Season 1 • Episode 16

The Olesons separate after arguing about the quality of the Ingalls' eggs.

Thursday, May 16

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Season 7 • Episode 2

Almanzo's pride dissolves the engagement, but Eliza Jane plans to reunite him with Laura.

Friday, May 17

Blind Man's Bluff

Season 5 • Episode 16

A boy feigns blindness to stop his parents' (Maureen Lee, Wesley Grant) divorce.

Friday, May 17

The Sound of Children

Season 5 • Episode 18

Pregnant Mary wants to reconcile Adam and his wealthy Bostonian father.

Friday, May 17

The Lake Kezia Monster

Season 5 • Episode 19

The children plot to scare Mrs. Oleson into returning an old woman's (Hermione Baddeley) home.

Friday, May 17

A New Beginning

Season 7 • Episode 3

Toughs thwart Jonathan and Andy's attempts to start a freight line in Sleepy Eye.

Friday, May 17

Doctor's Lady

Season 1 • Episode 17

Doc Baker falls in love treating Mrs. Oleson's niece for an injured arm.

Friday, May 17

Fight, Team, Fight

Season 7 • Episode 4

A former gridiron star coaches Walnut Grove's football team, but his tyranny endangers his players.

Friday, May 17

Plague

Season 1 • Episode 18

Doc Baker drafts Charles to help townspeople quarantined during a typhus outbreak.

Friday, May 17

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.

Friday, May 17

The Circus Man

Season 1 • Episode 19

A traveling showman (Red Buttons) hawks a supposedly medicinal powder from India.

Friday, May 17

Portrait of Love

Season 7 • Episode 6

A mother tries to reunite with her daughter.

Friday, May 17

Divorce, Walnut Grove Style

Season 7 • Episode 7

Laura brawls with a woman she considers her rival, then leaves Almanzo.

Friday, May 17

Dearest Albert, I'll Miss You

Season 7 • Episode 8

Albert tells a pen pal he is tall and athletic; she fabricates to hide her paralysis.

Friday, May 17

The In-Laws

Season 7 • Episode 9

Charles and Almanzo run a race to determine which is the shortest route for a freight line.

Friday, May 17

To See the Light

Season 7 • Episode 10

Mary is afraid when Adam's sight is restored.

Friday, May 17

To See the Light

Season 7 • Episode 11

Mary feels like a burden when Adam resumes his education to be a lawyer.

Friday, May 17

Oleson Versus Oleson

Season 7 • Episode 12

The women of Walnut Grove revolt when the men won't alter a law giving property to husbands only.

Saturday, May 18

Come, Let Us Reason Together

Season 7 • Episode 13

Nellie and Percival argue over whether their unborn child will be raised as a Jew or a Christian.

Saturday, May 18

The Nephews

Season 7 • Episode 14

Almanzo's two visiting nephews almost break up the Wilders' marriage and home.

Saturday, May 18

Make a Joyful Noise

Season 7 • Episode 15

A black farmer tries to win the hand of the blind school's teacher from a fancy-dressing undertaker.

Saturday, May 18

Goodbye Mrs. Wilder

Season 7 • Episode 16

Mrs. Oleson's constant interference prompts Laura to quit as Walnut Grove's teacher.

Saturday, May 18

Sylvia

Season 7 • Episode 17

Albert falls in love with a 14-year-old, unaware she is the victim of rape.

Sunday, May 19

Child of Pain

Season 1 • Episode 20

Caroline volunteers Charles to keep a round-the-clock watch on a drunken, abusive father.

Monday, May 20

Money Crop

Season 1 • Episode 21

A school-trained farmer (Alan Fudge) convinces Charles to switch from wheat to a new corn variety.

Monday, May 20

Survival

Season 1 • Episode 22

A Dakota pursued by a determined sheriff (Jack Ging) rescues Charles in a fierce blizzard.

Monday, May 20

Barn Burner

Season 5 • Episode 20

The town bigot finds himself on trial for burning the Garveys' barn and assaulting their young son.

Monday, May 20

Enchanted Cottage

Season 5 • Episode 21

Adam becomes depressed when Mary announces she can distinguish between light and dark.

Monday, May 20

Someone Please Love Me

Season 5 • Episode 22

The family of an alcoholic rancher turns to houseguest Charles for attention.

Monday, May 20

Sylvia

Season 7 • Episode 18

Albert secretly plans to marry Sylvia to prevent her father from taking her to another state.

Monday, May 20

To See the World

Season 1 • Episode 23

A farm boy (Mitch Vogel) takes Mr. Edward's tales to heart and heads to the big city.

Monday, May 20

Blind Justice

Season 7 • Episode 19

The residents object when new lawyer Adam defends a man accused of land fraud.

Monday, May 20

Founder's Day

Season 1 • Episode 24

A tough logger's (Forrest Tucker) disdain goads Charles into the Founder's Day chopping contest.

Monday, May 20

I Do, Again

Season 7 • Episode 20

Caroline and Laura announce their pregnancies.

Monday, May 20

The Richest Man in Walnut Grove

Season 2 • Episode 1

A company owing money to Charles goes bankrupt, leaving him deeply in debt.

Monday, May 20

The Lost Ones

Season 7 • Episode 21

Charles sees two children (Jason Bateman, Missy Francis) lose their parents in an accident.

Tuesday, May 21

Mortal Mission

Season 5 • Episode 23

Charles and Jonathan search for medicine for the anthrax epidemic in Walnut Grove.

Tuesday, May 21

The Odyssey

Season 5 • Episode 24

William Randolph Hearst helps Charles, Laura and Albert bring a dying boy to visit the ocean.

Tuesday, May 21

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, May 21

The Lost Ones

Season 7 • Episode 22

Charles looks for the orphans who fled from the cruelty of their adopted home.

Tuesday, May 21

Four Eyes

Season 2 • Episode 2

Mary's failing eyes cause problems with her schoolwork, forcing Charles to seek help.

Tuesday, May 21

The Reincarnation of Nellie

Season 8 • Episode 1

The Olesons go to an orphanage to find a daughter after Nellie moves to New York.

Tuesday, May 21

Haunted House

Season 2 • Episode 5

Laura decides to find out for herself if a hermit (John Anderson) is really a maniac.

Tuesday, May 21

The Reincarnation of Nellie

Season 8 • Episode 2

Nancy Oleson causes havoc as she schemes to win the lead in the school festival.

Tuesday, May 21

The Big Inning

Season 2 • Episode 4

The Green-Stockings of Sleepy Eye challenge the men of Walnut Grove to a baseball game.

Tuesday, May 21

Growin' Pains

Season 8 • Episode 3

Newly adopted James runs away when he believes the Ingalls do not have room for him.

Wednesday, May 22

Back to School

Season 6 • Episode 2

Laura and Nellie continue their battle for the romantic attentions of Almanzo.

Wednesday, May 22

The Family Tree

Season 6 • Episode 3

The Ingalls go to court to adopt Albert, but his father reappears and demands custody.

Wednesday, May 22

The Third Miracle

Season 6 • Episode 4

Mary must get help when a stagecoach accident traps Adam and endangers a pregnant woman.

Wednesday, May 22

Dark Sage

Season 8 • Episode 4

Overworked Dr. Baker is shocked to discover his new medical partner (Don Marshall) is black.

Wednesday, May 22

The Camp-Out

Season 2 • Episode 9

Mrs. Oleson invites her family along on the Ingalls' camping vacation.

Wednesday, May 22

A Wiser Heart

Season 8 • Episode 5

Laura's teacher suggests her grade will depend on her reaction to his romantic overtures.

Wednesday, May 22

Remember Me

Season 2 • Episode 7

A dying widow (Patricia Neal) asks the Ingalls to help find homes for her children.

Wednesday, May 22

Gambini the Great

Season 8 • Episode 6

The children of town idolize an aging daredevil.

Wednesday, May 22

Remember Me

Season 2 • Episode 8

When it appears the widow's children must be separated, Mr. Edwards makes an announcement.

Wednesday, May 22

The Legend of Black Jake

Season 8 • Episode 7

Mrs. Oleson refuses to pay $100 ransom to the bumblers holding Mr. Oleson hostage.

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