The Waltons
TVG
Drama
Romance
A mountain family struggles during the Great Depression and the years following.
Cast & Crew
Richard Thomas John Boy Walton
Ralph Waite John Walton
Michael Learned Olivia Walton
Will Geer Zeb "Grandpa" Walton
Ellen Corby Esther "Grandma" Walton
Judy Norton-Taylor Mary Ellen Walton Willard
David W. Harper Jim-Bob Walton
Kami Cotler Elizabeth Walton
Jon Walmsley Jason Walton
Mary Elizabeth McDonough Erin Walton
Eric Scott Ben Walton
Joe Conley Ike Godsey
Ronnie Claire Edwards Corabeth Godsey
John Crawford Sheriff Ep Bridges
Helen Kleeb Mamie Baldwin
Mary Jackson Emily Baldwin
Earl Hamner Creator
Earl Hamner Executive Producer
Lee Rich Executive Producer
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Monday, January 5
The Sinner
Season 1 • Episode 7
A preacher staying with the Waltons leads John-Boy to seek out the meaning of sin.
Tuesday, January 6
The Foundling
Season 1 • Episode 1
The Waltons work together to teach sign language to a 6-year-old whose mother abandoned her.
Tuesday, January 6
The Carnival
Season 1 • Episode 2
The Walton children befriend four stranded carnival performers.
Tuesday, January 6
The Calf
Season 1 • Episode 3
The sale of a calf creates havoc and recovering it develops into a major project.
Tuesday, January 6
The Boy From the C.C.C.
Season 1 • Episode 8
An injured boy taken in by the Waltons unexpectedly betrays their trust.
Wednesday, January 7
The Hunt
Season 1 • Episode 4
Unable to shoot a turkey on his first hunting trip, John-Boy convinces himself that he's a coward.
Wednesday, January 7
The Typewriter
Season 1 • Episode 5
John-Boy borrows the Baldwin sisters' treasured typewriter to work on a short story for a magazine.
Wednesday, January 7
The Star
Season 1 • Episode 6
Grandpa interprets a shooting star that crash-landed at the Baldwins as an omen of his death.
Wednesday, January 7
The Ceremony
Season 1 • Episode 9
The Waltons share their Baptist heritage with a Jewish family from Germany.
Thursday, January 8
The Sinner
Season 1 • Episode 7
A preacher staying with the Waltons leads John-Boy to seek out the meaning of sin.
Thursday, January 8
The Boy From the C.C.C.
Season 1 • Episode 8
An injured boy taken in by the Waltons unexpectedly betrays their trust.
Thursday, January 8
The Ceremony
Season 1 • Episode 9
The Waltons share their Baptist heritage with a Jewish family from Germany.
Thursday, January 8
The Legend
Season 1 • Episode 10
John's Army buddy, hides his troubles and regales the family with tales of his wartime escapades.
Friday, January 9
The Legend
Season 1 • Episode 10
John's Army buddy, hides his troubles and regales the family with tales of his wartime escapades.
Friday, January 9
The Literary Man
Season 1 • Episode 11
Dreaming of a writing career, John-Boy loses a much-needed woodcutting contract.
Friday, January 9
The Dust Bowl Cousins
Season 1 • Episode 12
The Denby cousins move in unexpectedly and take advantage of hospitality.
Friday, January 9
The Literary Man
Season 1 • Episode 11
Dreaming of a writing career, John-Boy loses a much-needed woodcutting contract.
Saturday, January 10
The Reunion
Season 1 • Episode 13
An unscrupulous relative of the Baldwin sisters uses their "recipe" for his own profit.
Saturday, January 10
The Minstrel
Season 1 • Episode 14
Mary Ellen falls for a minstrel and resists helping the family fulfill a vital contract.
Saturday, January 10
The Actress
Season 1 • Episode 15
An actress stays with the family after her car breaks down and her driver leaves.
Saturday, January 10
The Starlet
Season 8 • Episode 5
Erin gets involved with a documentary film being made at the Pickett Defense Plant.
Saturday, January 10
The Journal
Season 8 • Episode 6
John and Olivia must make a decision about publishing a manuscript John-Boy wrote while overseas.
Sunday, January 11
The Lost Sheep
Season 8 • Episode 7
While home on leave, Ashley Longworth Jr. asks Erin to marry him right away.
Sunday, January 11
The Violated
Season 8 • Episode 8
While the Waltons wait for word of John Boy, Olivia does volunteer work for the Red Cross.
Monday, January 12
The Dust Bowl Cousins
Season 1 • Episode 12
The Denby cousins move in unexpectedly and take advantage of hospitality.
Tuesday, January 13
The Fire
Season 1 • Episode 16
A zealot, objecting to his daughter's curriculum, burns down the schoolhouse.
Tuesday, January 13
The Love Story
Season 1 • Episode 17
John-Boy falls in love with a girl who returns to the mountain to live with her father.
Tuesday, January 13
The Courtship
Season 1 • Episode 18
While visiting Walton's Mountain, Olivia's uncle becomes involved with an often-married divorcee.
Tuesday, January 13
The Reunion
Season 1 • Episode 13
An unscrupulous relative of the Baldwin sisters uses their "recipe" for his own profit.
Wednesday, January 14
The Gypsies
Season 1 • Episode 19
Gypsies stay with the Waltons until they can fix a wagon and cure a sick child.
Wednesday, January 14
The Deed
Season 1 • Episode 20
The Waltons may lose the mountain because their ancestors failed to file a deed.
Wednesday, January 14
The Scholar
Season 1 • Episode 21
John-Boy teaches a proud but uneducated black woman how to read and write.
Wednesday, January 14
The Minstrel
Season 1 • Episode 14
Mary Ellen falls for a minstrel and resists helping the family fulfill a vital contract.
Thursday, January 15
The Bicycle
Season 1 • Episode 22
The local blacksmith decides to get a bride through the mail.
Thursday, January 15
The Townie
Season 1 • Episode 23
John-Boy's casual date for the movies decides to unleash her considerable feminine charms on him.
Thursday, January 15
The Journey
Season 2 • Episode 1
John Boy sacrifices a dream date to escort an elderly Scottish lady on a journey.
Thursday, January 15
The Actress
Season 1 • Episode 15
An actress stays with the family after her car breaks down and her driver leaves.
Friday, January 16
An Easter Story
Season 1 • Episode 24
The faith of the Walton family is sorely tried when Olivia contracts polio.
Friday, January 16
An Easter Story
Season 1 • Episode 24
Olivia tries a radical polio treatment developed by Sister Kenny of Australia.
Friday, January 16
The Odyssey
Season 2 • Episode 2
John-Boy heads for a mountain cabin to write.
Friday, January 16
The Fire
Season 1 • Episode 16
A zealot, objecting to his daughter's curriculum, burns down the schoolhouse.
Saturday, January 17
The Separation
Season 2 • Episode 3
Planning a surprise for the family with the Baldwin sisters, Grandpa makes Grandma jealous.
Saturday, January 17
The Theft
Season 2 • Episode 4
A widow accuses John of stealing while he was working in her mansion; guest Dennis Dugan.
Saturday, January 17
The Roots
Season 2 • Episode 5
A widow seeks John-Boy's aid in winning the affections of an itinerant farm worker.
Saturday, January 17
The Waiting
Season 8 • Episode 9
Olivia does volunteer work for the Red Cross while John Boy lies in a coma.
Saturday, January 17
The Silver Wings
Season 8 • Episode 10
Jim-Bob falls in love with a young married woman whose husband is overseas.
Sunday, January 18
The Wager
Season 8 • Episode 11
Erin and Mary Ellen enter a race traditionally undertaken only by males.
Sunday, January 18
The Spirit
Season 8 • Episode 12
Small, seemingly unrelated thefts occur around Walton's Mountain.
Monday, January 19
The Love Story
Season 1 • Episode 17
John-Boy falls in love with a girl who returns to the mountain to live with her father.
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