Fans of “This Is Us” will recognize the new John-Boy - Logan Shroyer plays the teenage Kevin in that series. “The Waltons” was based on the memories of creator/executive producer Earl Hamner, who served as the narrator and was the inspiration for the show’s central character, John-Boy Walton (Richard Thomas), a 17-year-old aspiring writer and the oldest Walton offspring. The Waltons didn’t have much, but they did have each other.
The series was set in the 1930s, and the country was sunk in the Great Depression. There were a lot of Waltons and there wasn’t much money. And Grandma and Grampa Walton also shared the house. 2 in the ratings.įrom 1972-1981 - a total of 220 episodes - Utahns gathered around their televisions on Thursday nights to spend time with “The Waltons.” A lot of locals could relate, because John and Olivia were the parents of seven children.
18 in the ratings and won six Emmys - including best drama - and a Peabody Award. In its first season, “The Waltons” was No.
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With a bit of recasting after the 1971 movie “The Homecoming: A Christmas Story,” the family returned in September 1972 in a weekly series that nobody expected would succeed - and everybody was wrong.
But the fact is that about three-quarters of present-day Utahns weren’t born in 1971 when the Waltons first appeared on TV in the CBS TV movie “The Homecoming: A Christmas Story.” Pushing two-thirds of Utahns weren’t born when the series ended in 1981.