Celebrate 50 Years of The Waltons with the Original Homecoming Movie on INSP! SEE HERE:

INSP invites viewers to "enjoy a season of feel-good holiday specials! One particularly exciting highlight to note is The Waltons movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, which INSP will air on the 50th anniversary of the original airing" - on December 19th!

Enjoy classic western shows with a Christmas theme and The Waltons Christmas Specials on INSP. I just love that they are airing the first movie that spawned the series - on the exact day it aired 50 years ago in 1971! Perhaps, you've heard there is a remake of this Waltons movie - The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, premiering this year on another network. You'll want to be sure to watch the original again on INSP to compare the two!

See INSP's complete Christmas schedule below...


INSP HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE

Sunday, November 21

Daniel Boone “The Thanksgiving Story” at 12:00pm

Wednesday, November 24

The Waltons “The Thanksgiving Story” at 3:00pm

Thursday, November 25

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story at 3:00pm

Friday, November 26

Star-Studded Stampede: Black Friday Marathon at 7:00AM

(All day marathon of Wagon Train and Gunsmoke featuring notable guest stars)

Sunday, November 28

Christmas in the Smokies at 8:00pm

Monday, November 29

Cheyenne “The Angry Sky” at 5:00pm

Wagon Train “The St. Nicholas Story” at 1:00am

Thursday, December 9

Bonanza, The Lost Episodes “A Christmas Story” at 3:00am

Monday, December 13

The Waltons “The Best Christmas” at 3:00pm

Tuesday, December 14

Gunsmoke “Magnus” at 10:30am

Thursday, December 16

Cheyenne “The Angry Sky” at 7:00am

Saturday, December 18

The Young Riders “Star Light, Star Bright” at 5:00pm

Bonanza, The Lost Episodes “A Christmas Story” at 1:00am

Sunday, December 19

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story at 4:00pm

(50th anniversary of The Waltons movie)

Tuesday, December 21

The Waltons “The Best Christmas” at 3:00pm

The Waltons “The Spirit” at 4:00pm

Wednesday, December 22

The Waltons “The Children’s Carol” at 3:00pm

Thursday, December 23

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story at 3:00pm

Cheyenne “The Angry Sky” at 5:00pm

Friday, December 24

Cheyenne “The Angry Sky” at 7:00am
The Big Valley “Judgement in Heaven” at 9:00am

Gunsmoke “Magnus” at 10:00am

Gunsmoke “Magnus” at 7:30pm

Wagon Train “The St. Nicholas Story” at 1:00am

Bonanza, The Lost Episodes “ A Christmas Story” at 9:00am

Saturday, December 25

Wagon Train “The St. Nicholas Story” at 9:00am

Sunday, December 26

Daniel Boone “The Christmas Story” at 3:00am

Saturday, January 1

New Beginnings Marathon at 1:00PM

(Will feature episodes of Wagon Train and Gunsmoke-as well as the Gunsmoke movie “The Last Apache”-that highlight new beginnings for central characters)

All times in ET

Hope you enjoy seeing these Christmas themed programs and more! I've added The Waltons Holiday Specials and Christmas in the Smokies to the Christmas Schedule - see here!

Joyous Blessings! Net

The Waltons: The Complete Series on DVD:
(click on DVD covers below for more information!)

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story



The Waltons: The Complete Series



The Waltons Movie Collection: (A Wedding on Walton's Mountain / Mother's Day / A Day for Thanks / A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion / Wedding / Easter)



Waltons: Complete Collection DVD Box Set (Seasons 1-9 and Movie Collection)

The Waltons Reunion Show on INSP - join the family at the Table!

Catch The Waltons Reunion Show -

October 18th, 2010 on INSP.
This program airs at 7 PM est!

Repeats-

October 19th at 1 PM

and

October 22nd at 7 PM

Please Note:
This is not one of the 6 reunion movies. Instead, this Reunion show is an updated, current, interview style program - with Mary McDonough (Erin) as the hostess... interviewing The Waltons cast.

I've been listening to my Waltons Christmas CD and I truly feel like "Christmas Times a Comin and we're all going home!"

Click here for more details & video clip!

Enjoy the Show....

and when it's over....

"Goodnight" Everybody!!!

Update on Cast Member of The Waltons - Leslie Winston

As a fan of the television drama series, The Waltons, it's a joy to occasionally receive an update on how The Walton cast members are doing and what they've been up to - since the show ended.


I just discovered this very nice article written on June 1, 2009 about Leslie Winston, who portrayed Cindy Walton. She sounds like she is a very involved wife and mother, who still keeps in touch with her acting roots, but puts her family first.


Here's a direct link to the article at Globe Gazette:
http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2009/06/01/news/local/doc4a2343a85c75a288978920.txt

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In case you are unable to open the article, which includes a picture of Ben and Cindy, I will include the news story below and give all credit to the writer, MARY PIEPER.


Former 'Walton' now behind scenes in TV

By MARY PIEPER


Leslie Winston went from starring in summer theater productions and school plays while growing up in Mason City to being a cast member of “The Waltons.”


Today Winston still works in the TV industry but in a more behind-the-scenes capacity.
She primarily does “looping” — which consists mostly of voice-over work that “sweetens” the sound of a scene in post-production. This can include anything from singing to clapping.
She did looping for the TV shows “Ally McBeal” and “Boston Legal.”


Winston, the daughter of Mason City residents Hal and Carol Winston, got involved in a summer theater program when she was between fifth and sixth grades. She also was in plays in junior high and high school.


During a phone interview with the Globe Gazette, she said David Giese, the drama director at Mason City High School, was a great mentor to her.


“I can’t say enough good things about him,” Winston said.


After graduating from MCHS in 1974, Winston went to the University of Iowa and majored in drama. After two years she transferred to UCLA.


She left college with just one quarter to go because she landed a role in a movie.
After she finished filming the movie, she was on a short-lived, late-night TV series that was a remake of “Peyton Place.” She was still on that show when she was cast as Cindy, Ben’s wife, on “The Waltons.”


She first appeared on “The Waltons” in March 1979 and remained on the show until it ended in 1981.


Winston said being on “The Waltons” was “an absolutely sensational experience for me.”
Not only was it a hit TV show but she loved the producers and the rest of the cast.
Winston remembers she and the other young actors on the show would goof around a lot on the set.


She said the family dinner scenes “were nightmares for the directors” because they had to deal with 12 actors in a single scene.


Winston still remains close to the actors who played the Walton children. They attend each other’s weddings and children’s baptisms and Bar Mitvahs.


After “The Waltons” ended, Winston appeared in some movies and was a guest actor on several TV series.


Then she fell and shattered her elbow, which put her out of work for a year. She had trouble finding roles after being away from the business. Then, she and her husband, Bob Yannetti, an assistant director for various TV series, had their children. They have two daughters, Allie, 14, and Joey, 11.


Her daughters are one reason she got into looping work. Looping doesn’t involve auditions, which can take hours out of a day and more often than not don’t result in getting a role, she said.
It also allows her to be in the TV business and do things like being a leader for her daughters’ Brownie troop.


“I have been very, very fortunate,” Winston said.

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I hope you enjoyed reading this update - as much as I did. I always thought Cindy (Leslie Winston) was such a lovely wife for Ben (Eric Scott). They made such a darling sweet couple. Sometimes when a new character is added into a long-running series - it's odd and un-natural, but not in this case... Cindy fit right in with the Walton family just beautifully. May God bless her and her family.

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