More than five decades after it first aired, The Waltons remains one of television’s most enduring family dramas. Set in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II, the hit TV series followed the close-knit Walton family as they navigated hardship, faith and growing pains on Walton’s Mountain. Each episode's end sequence featured the voices of the family's members saying goodnight to one another before going to sleep for the night. According to the BBC which broadcast the series in the United Kingdom, "Goodnight, John-Boy" was one of the most common catchphrases of the 1970s.

Airing from 1972 to 1981, the show struck a rare balance between gentle storytelling and emotional realism, earning 13 Emmy Awards and cementing its place in pop culture history. Its themes of re

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