Sheeesh! As if “the Waltons” wern’t pushing a liberal agenda way back then.
They were... Always.
Will Geer and Ellen Corby were homosexuals.
Just seeing the end of the show on H&I reruns reminds me of how boring it was. Plus seeing the guy who played grandpa who was a commie and a pedophile annoys me.
I never saw The Waltons, but the 1970s was one of the most "woke" periods in TV history (in relation to American culture at the time). Most shows were pushing liberal politics, some more explicitly than others.
Norman Lear's shows (All in the Family being his flagship show) were blatantly and proudly political. But even MTM's The Mary Tyler Moore Show had the occasional messaging.
I know. I remember watching them and a show called THE APPLES and both had a leftist slant.