THE WALTONS franchise has three Thanksgiving specials in its legacy, and they all share the warmth and joy of family.

Celebrate Thanksgiving with one of TV’s most famous fictional families. In 1973, The Waltons aired its only Thanksgiving special, a two-part episode titled “The Thanksgiving Story.” The season 2 ...

All the episodes are about the family of John Walton Jr. (known as John-Boy), his six siblings, his parents John and Olivia ...

Part of why The Waltons endures, especially during the holidays, is because it’s about ordinary people doing their best with what they have. Even actress Judy Norton, who played Mary Ellen, once noted ...

Harvey Laidman, a veteran TV director who helmed multiple episodes of such series as The Waltons, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, the original Matlock and 7th Heaven, has died. He was 82. Laidman died of ...

Earl Hamner narrates words of wisdom we would do well to listen to 50 years later. In like fashion, my material birthday gift ...

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Walking into John & Olivia’s Bed & Breakfast is like walking, disorientingly, into a Depression-era home in rural Virginia — except it isn’t. Specifically crafted to resemble the home of the Waltons ...

Harvey Laidman, a veteran TV director who helmed multiple episodes of such series as The Waltons, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, the original Matlock and 7th Heaven, has died. He was 82. Laidman died of ...