The Walton Legacy (As seen on public television)

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The Walton Legacy Features

• The Stories Behind One of the Most Beloved TV Shows of All Time

• Meet the creator of The Waltons and the family that inspired the show

• Catch up with the cast members, including Michael Learned (“Olivia”), Jon Walmsley (“Jason”), Mary McDonough (“Erin”), Kami Cotler (“Elizabeth”) and more!

• See pictures and footage of the people and places The Waltons is based on

• Bonus! Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the show with the creator and cast members in a 20-minute special feature!

About The Walton Legacy

The Stories Behind One of the Most Beloved TV Shows of All Time Meet the creator of The Waltons and the family that inspired the show Catch up with the cast members, including Michael Learned (“Olivia”), Jon Walmsley (“Jason”), Mary McDonough (“Erin”), Kami Cotler (“Elizabeth”) and more! See pictures and footage of the people and places The Waltons is based on Bonus! Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the show with the creator and cast members in a 20-minute special feature! Description: Go to Schuyler, Virginia, to tour the actual place and meet the real people who inspired the beloved television series, The Waltons, which aired on CBS for nine seasons and earned 11 Emmy Awards. Writer Earl Hamner, the creator of The Waltons, reveals the touching and humorous stories about his real parents, and his seven brothers and sisters, whom the series was based on. Meet them and other members of Schuyler in The Walton Legacy, an award-winning documentary previously seen on public television. Plus hear what the set of The Waltons was like from cast members, including Michael Learned (“Olivia”), Jon Walmsley (“Jason”), Mary McDonough (“Erin”), Kami Cotler (“Elizabeth”) and more. And find out how the addition of a soapstone plant in a tiny hamlet in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia helped define a sense of harmony and community there. How did these small-town values broadcast via a television show set during the Depression transcend time and place to resonate with a Vietnam-era audience?