"The Waltons"@en . . . . "1981-06-04Z"^^ . . . . "9"^^ . . . "0068149" . . "1972-09-14Z"^^ . . "210"^^ . . . . . "2880.0"^^ . "The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show is centered on a family in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.The series pilot aired as a television movie entitled The Homecoming: A Christmas Story and was broadcast on December 19, 1971. Beginning in September 1972, the series originally aired on CBS for a total of nine seasons."@en . . . . . . . . .