Dean Butler Says Modern Audiences Would Reject Little House On The Prairie Romance

Dean Butler as Almanzo James Wilder and Melissa Gilbert as Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder in Little House On The Prairie

For legions of viewers, Little House On The Prairie was must-see television from the mid-1970s to the early ’80s. However, actor Dean Butler believes there’s one major aspect of the show that wouldn’t make the cut by modern standards. 

In his new memoir Prairie Man: My Little House Life & Beyond, Dean opens up about being cast as Almanzo Wilder on the show’s sixth season when he was 23 years old.