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, April 20
The Wing Walker
Season 4 • Episode 7
A beautiful young stuntwoman offers her troubled heart to John-Boy.
Tuesday, April 21
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.
Tuesday, April 21
The Typewriter
Season 1 • Episode 5
John-Boy borrows the Baldwin sisters' treasured typewriter to work on a short story for a magazine.
Tuesday, April 21
The Star
Season 1 • Episode 6
Grandpa interprets a shooting star that crash-landed at the Baldwins as an omen of his death.
Tuesday, April 21
The Competition
Season 4 • Episode 8
Erin and Mary Ellen compete for the attentions of a visiting forestry student.
Wednesday, April 22
The Sinner
Season 1 • Episode 7
A preacher staying with the Waltons leads John-Boy to seek out the meaning of sin.
Wednesday, April 22
The Boy From the C.C.C.
Season 1 • Episode 8
An injured boy taken in by the Waltons unexpectedly betrays their trust.
Wednesday, April 22
The Ceremony
Season 1 • Episode 9
The Waltons share their Baptist heritage with a Jewish family from Germany.
Wednesday, April 22
The Emergence
Season 4 • Episode 9
John-Boy's old flame returns with a fiancé.
Thursday, April 23
The Legend
Season 1 • Episode 10
John's Army buddy, hides his troubles and regales the family with tales of his wartime escapades.
Thursday, April 23
The Literary Man
Season 1 • Episode 11
Dreaming of a writing career, John-Boy loses a much-needed woodcutting contract.
Thursday, April 23
The Dust Bowl Cousins
Season 1 • Episode 12
The Denby cousins move in unexpectedly and take advantage of hospitality.
Thursday, April 23
The Loss
Season 4 • Episode 10
The children learn about grief when they try to help a young widow.
Friday, April 24
The Reunion
Season 1 • Episode 13
An unscrupulous relative of the Baldwin sisters uses their "recipe" for his own profit.
Friday, April 24
The Minstrel
Season 1 • Episode 14
Mary Ellen falls for a minstrel and resists helping the family fulfill a vital contract.
Friday, April 24
The Actress
Season 1 • Episode 15
An actress stays with the family after her car breaks down and her driver leaves.
Friday, April 24
The Abdication
Season 4 • Episode 11
John-Boy helps with the filming of a writer's experiences; he is offered a job in New York.
Saturday, April 25
The Fire
Season 1 • Episode 16
A zealot, objecting to his daughter's curriculum, burns down the schoolhouse.
Saturday, April 25
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.
Saturday, April 25
The Courtship
Season 1 • Episode 18
While visiting Walton's Mountain, Olivia's uncle becomes involved with an often-married divorcee.
Monday, April 27
The Estrangement
Season 4 • Episode 12
A frightened young mother seeks refuge in the Walton home when she leaves her husband.
Tuesday, April 28
The Gypsies
Season 1 • Episode 19
Gypsies stay with the Waltons until they can fix a wagon and cure a sick child.
Tuesday, April 28
The Deed
Season 1 • Episode 20
The Waltons may lose the mountain because their ancestors failed to file a deed.
Tuesday, April 28
The Scholar
Season 1 • Episode 21
John-Boy teaches a proud but uneducated black woman how to read and write.
Tuesday, April 28
The Nurse
Season 4 • Episode 13
Mary Ellen's ambition to become a nurse is tested by disappointment and death.
Wednesday, April 29
The Bicycle
Season 1 • Episode 22
The local blacksmith decides to get a bride through the mail.
Wednesday, April 29
The Townie
Season 1 • Episode 23
John-Boy's casual date for the movies decides to unleash her considerable feminine charms on him.
Wednesday, April 29
The Journey
Season 2 • Episode 1
John Boy sacrifices a dream date to escort an elderly Scottish lady on a journey.
Wednesday, April 29
The Intruders
Season 4 • Episode 14
A rival lumber company threatens to run Walton and Sons out of business.
Thursday, April 30
An Easter Story
Season 1 • Episode 24
The faith of the Walton family is sorely tried when Olivia contracts polio.
Thursday, April 30
An Easter Story
Season 1 • Episode 24
Olivia tries a radical polio treatment developed by Sister Kenny of Australia.
Thursday, April 30
The Odyssey
Season 2 • Episode 2
John-Boy heads for a mountain cabin to write.
Thursday, April 30
The Search
Season 4 • Episode 15
A mountain legend becomes a terrifying reality for Olivia and two of her children.
Friday, May 1
The Separation
Season 2 • Episode 3
Planning a surprise for the family with the Baldwin sisters, Grandpa makes Grandma jealous.
Friday, May 1
The Theft
Season 2 • Episode 4
A widow accuses John of stealing while he was working in her mansion; guest Dennis Dugan.
Friday, May 1
The Roots
Season 2 • Episode 5
A widow seeks John-Boy's aid in winning the affections of an itinerant farm worker.
Friday, May 1
The Secret
Season 4 • Episode 16
Jim-Bob searches out the circumstances surrounding his birth.
Saturday, May 2
The Chicken Thief
Season 2 • Episode 6
John-Boy catches a friend stealing chickens, then learns that the man who was robbed has been shot.
Saturday, May 2
The Prize
Season 2 • Episode 7
Olivia's still-ardent childhood suitor visits Walton's Mountain.
Saturday, May 2
The Braggart
Season 2 • Episode 8
John is asked to negotiate a professional baseball contract for an orphaned teenage boy.
Monday, May 4
The Fox
Season 4 • Episode 17
Grandpa is as trapped by circumstances as the young mountain animal Ben captures.
Tuesday, May 5
The Fawn
Season 2 • Episode 9
John-Boy collects rent for a dishonest landlord.
Tuesday, May 5
The Thanksgiving Story
Season 2 • Episode 10
The anticipated joy of Thanksgiving turns to sorrow for the Walton family.
Tuesday, May 5
The Thanksgiving Story
Season 2 • Episode 10
The gravity of John Boy's situation hits home when he must undergo a life-threatening operation.
Tuesday, May 5
The Burn Out
Season 4 • Episode 18
John-Boy struggles with guilt after fire destroys part of the Walton home.
Wednesday, May 6
The Substitute
Season 2 • Episode 11
A brilliant but insecure substitute (Catherine Burns) makes drastic changes in the school routine.
Wednesday, May 6
The Bequest
Season 2 • Episode 12
Grandma makes plans to distribute her wealth after a friend leaves her $250.
Wednesday, May 6
The Air Mail Man
Season 2 • Episode 13
The Walton family befriends a mail pilot forced down by engine trouble; Olivia feels depressed.
Wednesday, May 6
The Burn Out
Season 4 • Episode 18
John-Boy rewrites his lost novel; the Walton children learn lessons about themselves away from home.
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