Of course, that decision also left viewers hanging on perhaps one of the craziest endings you could cancel a show with: a 100-year time jump, and the revelation that this period drama was actually a high-tech simulation.

The new show will be a "fresh adaptation" of Laura Ingalls Wilder's iconic books Fans are heading back to the little house on the prairie! More than 40 years since the original series concluded after nine seasons in 1983,

Netflix has ordered a Little House on the Prairie series, 40-plus years after a long-running adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved books aired its last episode on NBC. The new version comes from showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine ( The Boys, The Vampire Diaries ).