With Netflix's new adaptation of "Little House on the Prairie" renewed for a second season, fans facing a wait have been offered a list of similar shows to watch in the meantime. Collider writer Michael John Petty compiled seven period dramas and Western-style family sagas that share the pioneer spirit, literary roots, or frontier setting of the Ingalls family's story, giving viewers alternatives that range from adaptations of classic novels to rugged Western melodramas.

The selections include Netflix's "Anne with an E" (2017–2019), a loose but emotionally rich take on "Anne of Green Gables" starring Amybeth McNulty, and the 1990s hit "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", starring Jane Seymour as a frontier doctor in Colorado Springs, which ran for six seasons plus two TV films. Also featured is the crime drama "Joe Pickett" (2021–2023), starring Michael Dorman, extending the list beyond straightforward pioneer tales into broader Americana and Western-adjacent storytelling.