Yellowstone and Little House on the Prairie may not seem to have a lot in common, but the two shows share a connection.
Long before Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone was the ruling neo-Western drama that swept the hearts of audiences nationwide, there was another long-running series that held the title. While not your traditional Western , Little House on the Prairie certainly appealed to rural audiences similarly to how Yellowstone does now, albeit with a "family values" mindset rather than the political "hoo blah" the Paramount series suggests.
If the surname "Landon" sounds familiar, then you're probably connecting some dots. Yes, Yellowstone's Jen Landon is the daughter of Little House on the Prairie's Michael Landon. The older Landon not only starred as Charles "Pa" Ingalls on the hit series , but also executive produced the series.
Michael Landon Also Led the Way on 'Bonanza' Of course, Michael Landon's history with the Western genre precedes even Little House. When first starting out in the entertainment business, Landon made a living playing Little Joe Cartwright on Bonanza, which is still considered one of the greatest television Westerns of all time. Landon was on Bonanza for over a decade, appearing in 430 episodes of the long-running Western series.
After a shortened final season, Highway to Heaven was canceled after five years. As Landon and French's last series together , it was a heck of a show to end on. The star only made two more television films before his death, the first being the somewhat-autobiographical Where Pigeons Go to Die, which he both starred in and directed, and the second being Us, which gave him the opportunity to work alongside two of his children: Jen Landon, and his adoptive son Mark Landon.
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