I'm not holding out any naive hope that this will actually be a good show though. Western themes are hard to pull off in this day an age. I saw Tom Sawyer a few years back (with a pre-Veronica Mars Kristen Bell) and it just seemed corny and dated. And will Little House's songs be about moving to the untamed wilds or instead focus on the later years when they worked in a restaurant and Mary went blind? I'm guessing the earlier years, but there's just so much material to cover in Walnut Grove, and it was rarely upbeat, so this could be a bit of a downer especially if they bring in the death of Laura's infant brother, or a break out of typhoid fever, or the tornado that ripped through the farm, or the attempted rape of Ma Ingalls. Sounds so beyond cheerful, especially when set to music. Whatever, I'm mostly curious to see who lands the plum divalicious roles of Mrs. Oleson and her nasty daughter Nellie. At least they'll be fun to watch.