COZI TV Premieres 50th Anniversary ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Special

This Saturday, Sept. 7 at 7pm, COZI TV, NBCUniversal Local’s national multicast network, will premiere a new one-hour Little House on the Prairie original documentary in honor of the 50th anniversary of the series debut. 

Loving Little House: The 50^th Anniversary Celebration features the exclusive interviews with the several of the iconic show’s cast members & fans, including Melissa Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Melissa Sue Anderson and Dean Butler. The actors will share their memories from the show’s original run, which ended in 1983, and pay tribute to fellow cast member and the show’s creator and director, the late Michael Landon.

The special will also go behind the scenes to Simi Valley, CA, where Little House was filmed, and document an April 2024 cast reunion and festival held there to celebrate the milestone anniversary.

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“Little House on the Prairie is such an indelible part of recent American culture, and the characters and their experiences shaped so many people’s impressions of life on the prairies in the 1800s,” said Diane Petzke, Vice President of programming & promotion for COZI TV. “We’re privileged to share the stories and memories of those who appeared in the show, and its many passionate fans, new and old, from around the world.”

And don’t worry: if you miss the special this Saturday, COZI will re-air the documentary on Sept. 9 and Sept. 25.

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