Based on the real-life reminiscences of author Earl Hamner, Jr., the touching story of a poor but close-knit family living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of 1930s Virginia was a perennial hit for CBS during it's 1972-1981 run. Ralph Waite and Michael Learned starred as parents John and Olivia Walton, Richard Thomas was eldest son John-Boy, Will Geer and Ellen Corby were Grandpa and Grandma; with Jon Walmsley, Judy Norton Taylor, Mary Elizabeth McDonough, Eric Scott, David W. Harper.221 episodes. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH); featurette.