Editing The Waltons (section)

===Television film===
''The Homecoming: A Christmas Story'' (1971) was not made as a pilot for a series, but it was so popular that it led to [[CBS]] initially commissioning one season of episodes based on the same characters, and the result was ''The Waltons''.<ref name="The Christmas encyclopedia">{{cite book|last1=Crump|first1=William D.|title=The Christmas encyclopedia|date=2013|isbn=9780786468270|page=434|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |edition=Third}}</ref> Except for the Walton children and Grandma Esther Walton, the characters  were all recast for the TV series. The musical score was by [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-winning composer [[Jerry Goldsmith]] and was later released on an album by ''[[Film Score Monthly]]'' paired with [[James Horner]]'s score for the 1982 TV movie ''Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn''. (Goldsmith also scored several episodes of the first season, but the producers believed his TV movie theme was too gentle and requested he write a new theme for the series.<ref>Jon Burlingame, p. 153, ''TV's Biggest Hits: The Story Of Television Themes From "[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)|Dragnet]]" To "[[Friends]]"'', Schirmer Books, 1996, {{ISBN|0-02-870324-3}}</ref>) The series was also commissioned in response to the [[rural purge]] that the networks in general and CBS specifically had done that eliminated most [[rural]]-themed shows in 1971, and the subsequent backlash from fans of those shows that were still popular at the time of their cancelation.<ref name="The Christmas encyclopedia"/>

[[Patricia Neal]] (as Olivia) won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama]]. The movie was also nominated for 3 Emmys: [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie]] (Neal), [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation]] (Earl Hamner), and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program]] ([[Fielder Cook]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Homecoming-A Christmas Story|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/homecoming-christmas-story}}</ref>