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
⨁Full Cast & Crew
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Thursday, December 11
The Lie
Season 3 • Episode 15
When Ben is charged with a hit-and-run, John-boy pieces together the evidence.
Thursday, December 11
The Matchmakers
Season 3 • Episode 16
When John lends Cupid a hand, Walton's Mountain loses its most eligible bachelor.
Friday, December 12
The Beguiled
Season 3 • Episode 17
An unscrupulous student at Boatwright University steals John-Boy's notes.
Friday, December 12
The Threshold
Season 9 • Episode 16
Jim-Bob builds a TV set so the family can see John Boy's experimental television project.
Friday, December 12
The Caretakers
Season 3 • Episode 18
Grandpa gets angry and moves out with Grandma after John suggests he take life a little easier.
Friday, December 12
The Shivaree
Season 3 • Episode 19
A fun mountain wedding threatens to destroy the marriage of a family friend.
Friday, December 12
The Choice
Season 3 • Episode 20
Amid plans to expand his business, John considers Jason's desire to study music a waste of time.
Friday, December 12
The Caretakers
Season 3 • Episode 18
Grandpa gets angry and moves out with Grandma after John suggests he take life a little easier.
Friday, December 12
The Shivaree
Season 3 • Episode 19
A fun mountain wedding threatens to destroy the marriage of a family friend.
Saturday, December 13
The Choice
Season 3 • Episode 20
Amid plans to expand his business, John considers Jason's desire to study music a waste of time.
Monday, December 15
The Indiscretion
Season 9 • Episode 17
Ike is served divorce papers and Elizabeth's romance gets too difficult to handle.
Monday, December 15
The Statue
Season 3 • Episode 21
The statue grandpa wins as a raffle prize, looks like an ex-girlfriend.
Monday, December 15
The Song
Season 3 • Episode 22
Ben's plans to win the heart of a special girl backfires, and sends her into the arms of Jason.
Monday, December 15
The Woman
Season 3 • Episode 23
John and Olivia prepare for their anniversary; John-Boy falls for an older woman and plans to leave.
Monday, December 15
The Statue
Season 3 • Episode 21
The statue grandpa wins as a raffle prize, looks like an ex-girlfriend.
Monday, December 15
The Song
Season 3 • Episode 22
Ben's plans to win the heart of a special girl backfires, and sends her into the arms of Jason.
Tuesday, December 16
The Woman
Season 3 • Episode 23
John and Olivia prepare for their anniversary; John-Boy falls for an older woman and plans to leave.
Tuesday, December 16
The Heartache
Season 9 • Episode 18
Rose's happiness with Stanley is threatened.
Tuesday, December 16
The Venture
Season 3 • Episode 24
When prosperity seems to be just around the corner, disaster strikes the Walton family.
Tuesday, December 16
The Sermon
Season 4 • Episode 1
The schoolteacher and the minister on Walton's Mountain suddenly decide to get married.
Tuesday, December 16
The Genius
Season 4 • Episode 2
John-Boy brings home his college tutor, a 16-year-old genius who seems to possess no social skills.
Tuesday, December 16
The Venture
Season 3 • Episode 24
When prosperity seems to be just around the corner, disaster strikes the Walton family.
Tuesday, December 16
The Sermon
Season 4 • Episode 1
The schoolteacher and the minister on Walton's Mountain suddenly decide to get married.
Wednesday, December 17
The Genius
Season 4 • Episode 2
John-Boy brings home his college tutor, a 16-year-old genius who seems to possess no social skills.
Wednesday, December 17
The Lumberjack
Season 9 • Episode 19
A charming new lumberjack captures Erin's attention but alienates her brothers.
Wednesday, December 17
The Fighter
Season 4 • Episode 3
A young black preacher turns to prizefighting to earn money for his church.
Wednesday, December 17
The Prophecy
Season 4 • Episode 4
John is apprehensive about his upcoming 25th-year class reunion.
Wednesday, December 17
The Boondoggle
Season 4 • Episode 5
An investigative reporter arrives at Walton Mountain to write a guide to the State of Virginia.
Wednesday, December 17
The Fighter
Season 4 • Episode 3
A young black preacher turns to prizefighting to earn money for his church.
Wednesday, December 17
The Prophecy
Season 4 • Episode 4
John is apprehensive about his upcoming 25th-year class reunion.
Thursday, December 18
The Boondoggle
Season 4 • Episode 5
An investigative reporter arrives at Walton Mountain to write a guide to the State of Virginia.
Thursday, December 18
The Hostage
Season 9 • Episode 20
A backwoodsman kidnaps Elizabeth after Mary Ellen disrupts his plans to marry a 14-year-old girl.
Thursday, December 18
The Breakdown
Season 4 • Episode 6
Jason stretches himself to the breaking point to prove his self-worth.
Thursday, December 18
The Wing Walker
Season 4 • Episode 7
A beautiful young stuntwoman offers her troubled heart to John-Boy.
Thursday, December 18
The Competition
Season 4 • Episode 8
Erin and Mary Ellen compete for the attentions of a visiting forestry student.
Thursday, December 18
The Breakdown
Season 4 • Episode 6
Jason stretches himself to the breaking point to prove his self-worth.
Thursday, December 18
The Wing Walker
Season 4 • Episode 7
A beautiful young stuntwoman offers her troubled heart to John-Boy.
Friday, December 19
The Competition
Season 4 • Episode 8
Erin and Mary Ellen compete for the attentions of a visiting forestry student.
Friday, December 19
The Revel
Season 9 • Episode 21
The residents of Walton's Mountain prepare themselves for a gala.
Friday, December 19
The Emergence
Season 4 • Episode 9
John-Boy's old flame returns with a fiance.
Friday, December 19
The Loss
Season 4 • Episode 10
The children learn about grief when they try to help a young widow.
Friday, December 19
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.
Friday, December 19
The Emergence
Season 4 • Episode 9
John-Boy's old flame returns with a fiance.
Friday, December 19
The Loss
Season 4 • Episode 10
The children learn about grief when they try to help a young widow.
Saturday, December 20
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.
Monday, December 22
The Best Christmas
Season 5 • Episode 11
Bad weather, calamities and emergencies threaten the family's plans to honor Olivia with a party.
Monday, December 22
The Estrangement
Season 4 • Episode 12
A frightened young mother seeks refuge in the Walton home when she leaves her husband.
Monday, December 22
The Nurse
Season 4 • Episode 13
Mary Ellen's ambition to become a nurse is tested by disappointment and death.
Monday, December 22
The Intruders
Season 4 • Episode 14
A rival lumber company threatens to run Walton and Sons out of business.
Monday, December 22
The Estrangement
Season 4 • Episode 12
A frightened young mother seeks refuge in the Walton home when she leaves her husband.
Monday, December 22
The Nurse
Season 4 • Episode 13
Mary Ellen's ambition to become a nurse is tested by disappointment and death.
Tuesday, December 23
The Intruders
Season 4 • Episode 14
A rival lumber company threatens to run Walton and Sons out of business.
Tuesday, December 23
The Spirit
Season 8 • Episode 12
Small, seemingly unrelated thefts occur around Walton's Mountain.
Tuesday, December 23
The Search
Season 4 • Episode 15
A mountain legend becomes a terrifying reality for Olivia and two of her children.
Tuesday, December 23
The Secret
Season 4 • Episode 16
Jim-Bob searches out the circumstances surrounding his birth.
Tuesday, December 23
The Fox
Season 4 • Episode 17
Grandpa is as trapped by circumstances as the young mountain animal Ben captures.
Tuesday, December 23
The Search
Season 4 • Episode 15
A mountain legend becomes a terrifying reality for Olivia and two of her children.
Tuesday, December 23
The Secret
Season 4 • Episode 16
Jim-Bob searches out the circumstances surrounding his birth.
Wednesday, December 24
The Fox
Season 4 • Episode 17
Grandpa is as trapped by circumstances as the young mountain animal Ben captures.
Wednesday, December 24
The Children's Carol
Season 6 • Episode 11
Mary Ellen and the baby leave to be near Curt.
Wednesday, December 24
The Burn Out
Season 4 • Episode 18
John-Boy rewrites his lost novel; the Walton children learn lessons about themselves away from home.
Wednesday, December 24
The Big Brother
Season 4 • Episode 19
A 12-year-old girl tries to con the Waltons and Baldwins out of $25.
Wednesday, December 24
The Test
Season 4 • Episode 20
Olivia must choose between her family and a career when she is offered a business opportunity.
Wednesday, December 24
The Quilting
Season 4 • Episode 21
Mary Ellen stubbornly defies her grandmother and rebels against a solemn mountain custom.
Wednesday, December 24
The House
Season 4 • Episode 22
Grandma Walton challenges Grandpa in a battle to hold onto the past.
Thursday, December 25
The Children's Carol
Season 6 • Episode 11
The English children stow away in a truck.
Friday, December 26
The Foundling
Season 1 • Episode 1
The Waltons work together to teach sign language to a 6-year-old whose mother abandoned her.
Friday, December 26
The Fledgling
Season 4 • Episode 23
John-Boy takes a full-time job to earn a down-payment for a printing press.
Friday, December 26
The Collision
Season 4 • Episode 24
A former girlfriend returns to Walton Mountain and challenges John-Boy to re-examine his life.
Friday, December 26
The First Edition
Season 5 • Episode 1
John-Boy launches his first newspaper venture as editor and publisher.
Friday, December 26
The Fledgling
Season 4 • Episode 23
John-Boy takes a full-time job to earn a down-payment for a printing press.
Friday, December 26
The Collision
Season 4 • Episode 24
A former girlfriend returns to Walton Mountain and challenges John-Boy to re-examine his life.
Saturday, December 27
The First Edition
Season 5 • Episode 1
John-Boy launches his first newspaper venture as editor and publisher.
Monday, December 29
The Carnival
Season 1 • Episode 2
The Walton children befriend four stranded carnival performers.
Monday, December 29
The Vigil
Season 5 • Episode 2
Mary Ellen diagnoses Grandma's abdominal pains as flu, but the elderly woman goes to the hospital.
Monday, December 29
The Comeback
Season 5 • Episode 3
Jason loses his musical scholarship because of the school's lack of money.
Monday, December 29
The Baptism
Season 5 • Episode 4
A famous evangelist comes to Walton's Mountain to preach and lead a baptismal service.
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