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.
Wednesday, September 17
The Competition
Season 4 • Episode 8
Erin and Mary Ellen compete for the attentions of a visiting forestry student.
Wednesday, September 17
The Emergence
Season 4 • Episode 9
John-Boy's old flame returns with a fiance.
Thursday, September 18
The Loss
Season 4 • Episode 10
The children learn about grief when they try to help a young widow.
Thursday, September 18
The Portrait
Season 7 • Episode 6
Erin becomes involved with a brooding artist who is mentally ill.
Thursday, September 18
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.
Thursday, September 18
The Estrangement
Season 4 • Episode 12
A frightened young mother seeks refuge in the Walton home when she leaves her husband.
Thursday, September 18
The Nurse
Season 4 • Episode 13
Mary Ellen's ambition to become a nurse is tested by disappointment and death.
Thursday, September 18
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.
Thursday, September 18
The Estrangement
Season 4 • Episode 12
A frightened young mother seeks refuge in the Walton home when she leaves her husband.
Friday, September 19
The Nurse
Season 4 • Episode 13
Mary Ellen's ambition to become a nurse is tested by disappointment and death.
Friday, September 19
The Captive
Season 7 • Episode 7
Ike and the Waltons discover Corabeth is battling alcoholism.
Friday, September 19
The Intruders
Season 4 • Episode 14
A rival lumber company threatens to run Walton and Sons out of business.
Friday, September 19
The Search
Season 4 • Episode 15
A mountain legend becomes a terrifying reality for Olivia and two of her children.
Friday, September 19
The Secret
Season 4 • Episode 16
Jim-Bob searches out the circumstances surrounding his birth.
Friday, September 19
The Intruders
Season 4 • Episode 14
A rival lumber company threatens to run Walton and Sons out of business.
Friday, September 19
The Search
Season 4 • Episode 15
A mountain legend becomes a terrifying reality for Olivia and two of her children.
Saturday, September 20
The Secret
Season 4 • Episode 16
Jim-Bob searches out the circumstances surrounding his birth.
Monday, September 22
The Illusion
Season 7 • Episode 8
Verdie Foster's daughter comes home bitter toward her mother.
Monday, September 22
The Fox
Season 4 • Episode 17
Grandpa is as trapped by circumstances as the young mountain animal Ben captures.
Monday, September 22
The Burn Out
Season 4 • Episode 18
John-Boy struggles with guilt after fire destroys part of the Walton home.
Monday, September 22
The Burn Out
Season 4 • Episode 18
John-Boy rewrites his lost novel; the Walton children learn lessons about themselves away from home.
Monday, September 22
The Fox
Season 4 • Episode 17
Grandpa is as trapped by circumstances as the young mountain animal Ben captures.
Monday, September 22
The Burn Out
Season 4 • Episode 18
John-Boy struggles with guilt after fire destroys part of the Walton home.
Tuesday, September 23
The Burn Out
Season 4 • Episode 18
John-Boy rewrites his lost novel; the Walton children learn lessons about themselves away from home.
Tuesday, September 23
The Beau
Season 7 • Episode 9
A former suitor of Grandma's learns of her widowhood and comes to visit.
Tuesday, September 23
The Big Brother
Season 4 • Episode 19
A 12-year-old girl tries to con the Waltons and Baldwins out of $25.
Tuesday, September 23
The Test
Season 4 • Episode 20
Olivia must choose between her family and a career when she is offered a business opportunity.
Tuesday, September 23
The Quilting
Season 4 • Episode 21
Mary Ellen stubbornly defies her grandmother and rebels against a solemn mountain custom.
Tuesday, September 23
The Big Brother
Season 4 • Episode 19
A 12-year-old girl tries to con the Waltons and Baldwins out of $25.
Tuesday, September 23
The Test
Season 4 • Episode 20
Olivia must choose between her family and a career when she is offered a business opportunity.
Wednesday, September 24
The Quilting
Season 4 • Episode 21
Mary Ellen stubbornly defies her grandmother and rebels against a solemn mountain custom.
Wednesday, September 24
Day of Infamy
Season 7 • Episode 10
News of the Pearl Harbor attack affects each of the Waltons.
Wednesday, September 24
The House
Season 4 • Episode 22
Grandma Walton challenges Grandpa in a battle to hold onto the past.
Wednesday, September 24
The Fledgling
Season 4 • Episode 23
John-Boy takes a full-time job to earn a down-payment for a printing press.
Wednesday, September 24
The Collision
Season 4 • Episode 24
A former girlfriend returns to Walton Mountain and challenges John-Boy to re-examine his life.
Wednesday, September 24
The House
Season 4 • Episode 22
Grandma Walton challenges Grandpa in a battle to hold onto the past.
Wednesday, September 24
The Fledgling
Season 4 • Episode 23
John-Boy takes a full-time job to earn a down-payment for a printing press.
Thursday, September 25
The Collision
Season 4 • Episode 24
A former girlfriend returns to Walton Mountain and challenges John-Boy to re-examine his life.
Thursday, September 25
The Yearning
Season 7 • Episode 11
A new minister joins the community at Walton's Mountain; Elizabeth helps him settle in.
Thursday, September 25
The First Edition
Season 5 • Episode 1
John-Boy launches his first newspaper venture as editor and publisher.
Thursday, September 25
The Vigil
Season 5 • Episode 2
Mary Ellen diagnoses Grandma's abdominal pains as flu, but the elderly woman goes to the hospital.
Thursday, September 25
The Comeback
Season 5 • Episode 3
Jason loses his musical scholarship because of the school's lack of money.
Thursday, September 25
The First Edition
Season 5 • Episode 1
John-Boy launches his first newspaper venture as editor and publisher.
Thursday, September 25
The Vigil
Season 5 • Episode 2
Mary Ellen diagnoses Grandma's abdominal pains as flu, but the elderly woman goes to the hospital.
Friday, September 26
The Comeback
Season 5 • Episode 3
Jason loses his musical scholarship because of the school's lack of money.
Friday, September 26
The Boosters
Season 7 • Episode 12
Yancy studies barbering through the mail.
Friday, September 26
The Baptism
Season 5 • Episode 4
A famous evangelist comes to Walton's Mountain to preach and lead a baptismal service.
Friday, September 26
The Firestorm
Season 5 • Episode 5
John-Boy announces he will publish articles on Hitler's "Mein Kampf" in his newspaper.
Friday, September 26
The Nightwalker
Season 5 • Episode 6
A mysterious presence strikes fear into the hearts of the mountain's residents.
Friday, September 26
The Baptism
Season 5 • Episode 4
A famous evangelist comes to Walton's Mountain to preach and lead a baptismal service.
Friday, September 26
The Firestorm
Season 5 • Episode 5
John-Boy announces he will publish articles on Hitler's "Mein Kampf" in his newspaper.
Saturday, September 27
The Nightwalker
Season 5 • Episode 6
A mysterious presence strikes fear into the hearts of the mountain's residents.
Monday, September 29
The Conscience
Season 7 • Episode 13
Jason has difficulty facing the prospect of joining the Army during World War II.
Monday, September 29
The Wedding
Season 5 • Episode 7
Mary Ellen announces her engagement to David Spencer; Dr. Curtis Willard arrives.
Monday, September 29
The Wedding
Season 5 • Episode 7
The Waltons and the entire community make plans for Mary Ellen's wedding.
Monday, September 29
The Cloudburst
Season 5 • Episode 8
John-Boy sells his Walton's Mountain acreage to meet printing-press payments.
Monday, September 29
The Wedding
Season 5 • Episode 7
Mary Ellen announces her engagement to David Spencer; Dr. Curtis Willard arrives.
Monday, September 29
The Wedding
Season 5 • Episode 7
The Waltons and the entire community make plans for Mary Ellen's wedding.
Tuesday, September 30
The Cloudburst
Season 5 • Episode 8
John-Boy sells his Walton's Mountain acreage to meet printing-press payments.
Tuesday, September 30
The Obstacle
Season 7 • Episode 14
The Waltons help an old friend of John-Boy's who was disabled during World War II.
Tuesday, September 30
The Great Motorcycle Race
Season 5 • Episode 9
The Godseys decide they will adopt a child.
Tuesday, September 30
The Pony Cart
Season 5 • Episode 10
A Walton matriarch, Aunt Martha, visits and imposes her way of doing things on everyone.
Tuesday, September 30
The Last Mustang
Season 5 • Episode 12
The Waltons struggle to safeguard the freedom of a dying animal species.
Tuesday, September 30
The Great Motorcycle Race
Season 5 • Episode 9
The Godseys decide they will adopt a child.
Tuesday, September 30
The Pony Cart
Season 5 • Episode 10
A Walton matriarch, Aunt Martha, visits and imposes her way of doing things on everyone.
Wednesday, October 1
The Last Mustang
Season 5 • Episode 12
The Waltons struggle to safeguard the freedom of a dying animal species.
Wednesday, October 1
The Parting
Season 7 • Episode 15
Olivia is worried John is overworking himself.
Wednesday, October 1
The Rebellion
Season 5 • Episode 13
Grandma becomes upset when she is asked to share her duty as church organist.
Wednesday, October 1
The Ferris Wheel
Season 5 • Episode 14
An unconscious memory of Elizabeth's returns.
Wednesday, October 1
The Elopement
Season 5 • Episode 15
Jason runs into problems managing Ike's store.
Wednesday, October 1
The Rebellion
Season 5 • Episode 13
Grandma becomes upset when she is asked to share her duty as church organist.
Wednesday, October 1
The Ferris Wheel
Season 5 • Episode 14
An unconscious memory of Elizabeth's returns.
Thursday, October 2
The Elopement
Season 5 • Episode 15
Jason runs into problems managing Ike's store.
Thursday, October 2
The Burden
Season 7 • Episode 16
An incredible bit of luck saves reckless Jim-Bob.
Thursday, October 2
John's Crossroad
Season 5 • Episode 16
Grandma's medical bills and the mill's deterioration force John to work in Charlottesville.
Thursday, October 2
The Career Girl
Season 5 • Episode 17
For Erin Walton, graduation day from high school seems to be the most painful day of her life.
Thursday, October 2
The Hero
Season 5 • Episode 18
John-Boy's plans for a memorial celebration for the Jefferson County war heroes uncovers a secret.
Thursday, October 2
John's Crossroad
Season 5 • Episode 16
Grandma's medical bills and the mill's deterioration force John to work in Charlottesville.
Thursday, October 2
The Career Girl
Season 5 • Episode 17
For Erin Walton, graduation day from high school seems to be the most painful day of her life.
Friday, October 3
The Hero
Season 5 • Episode 18
John-Boy's plans for a memorial celebration for the Jefferson County war heroes uncovers a secret.
Friday, October 3
The Pinup
Season 7 • Episode 17
Mary Ellen becomes overprotective of her son.
Friday, October 3
The Inferno
Season 5 • Episode 19
John-Boy witnesses the crash of the Hindenburg, while Curt wants some alone time with Mary Ellen.
Friday, October 3
The Heartbreaker
Season 5 • Episode 20
Jason learns that love can be one of life's most painful experiences.
Friday, October 3
The Long Night
Season 5 • Episode 21
Grandpa and Aimee help each other cope with feelings of confinement and being unloved.
Friday, October 3
The Inferno
Season 5 • Episode 19
John-Boy witnesses the crash of the Hindenburg, while Curt wants some alone time with Mary Ellen.
Friday, October 3
The Heartbreaker
Season 5 • Episode 20
Jason learns that love can be one of life's most painful experiences.
Saturday, October 4
The Long Night
Season 5 • Episode 21
Grandpa and Aimee help each other cope with feelings of confinement and being unloved.
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