Little House On The Prairie (TV Series) - DVD Releases

DVD Releases

The entire series has been released on DVD. The North American DVD sets include interviews by former cast members Patrick Laborteaux and actors Alison Arngrim, Dabbs Greer and Dean Butler.

A majority of the episodes in the North American DVD versions have scenes cut from the episodes—these are derived from the syndicated television versions by Worldvision Enterprises, the series former distributor. Other episodes are time-compressed; these are NTSC-converted video prints from UK PAL masters. Only a handful of episodes in the DVD sets are in their original uncut versions (for example, many season one episodes on DVD contain scenes not in current syndication prints). Many episodes on the DVD versions contain tracking lines and audio problems. Edited episodes, like the ones on Region 1 DVD, are usually about 35–38 minutes, while full and complete episodes are 44–48 minutes.

The DVD sets sold in the U.S. and Canada were released under license from NBC Universal by Imavision Distribution, a company based in Quebec. Imavision has also released a French-language version of the DVD set. Both versions are in NTSC color and coded for all regions. Later copies were distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment following their acquisition of Imavision. The DVD sets sold in the United Kingdom were released by Universal Playback (a Universal Studios Home Entertainment label); this version is in PAL color and coded for region 2.

Some time earlier, some single Little House episodes were released on both DVD and VHS by GoodTimes Entertainment. Before retail DVDs were available, the Little House episodes were available through a Columbia House club subscription. These VHS tapes contained two episodes per tape and were only available at a club price. The episodes on these VHS tapes, unlike the current DVDs, were not edited and remain the only commercially available uncut episodes.

In November 2008, the Finnish Board of Film Classification rated the DVD release of the Little House on the Prairie series as suitable for adults only—requiring a sticker to be affixed to all DVDs saying "Banned for under-18s". This was because of Universal Pictures' decision not to submit the series to state review to avoid the state review fee of approximately USD $27,500.

Season Episodes Originally aired DVD release date
Region 1 Region 2
1 23 1974–1975 July 8, 2003 July 25, 2005
2 22 1975–1976 July 8, 2003 March 27, 2006
3 21 1976–1977 November 4, 2003 March 10, 2008
4 22 1977–1978 February 17, 2004 May 26, 2008
5 24 1978–1979 June 29, 2004 August 4, 2008
6 24 1979–1980 October 26, 2004 May 3, 2010
7 24 1980–1981 February 15, 2005 July 17, 2010
8 22 1981–1982 June 14, 2005 March 20, 2011
9 19 1982–1983 November 1, 2005 January 20, 2012
3-Movie Box Set 3 TV Movies 1983–1984 November 28, 2006 TBA
The Complete Television Series 203 1974–1984 November 11, 2008 TBA

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