"A Decade of the Waltons"

[forrest]

After watching "A Decade of the Waltons", I am assuming that episode was filmed after season8(?). Did the cast view season 8 as the last season?It seems like that special episode was a way for the show to say goodbye and they they did another season 9. I am just curious about the timeline in the whole thing.
I find that special to be a little bit fake/corny. The interview times with the child actors seemed scripted and I was a little dissapointed that Ralph Waite and Michael Learned were not in that segment.

[sambda]

Feb 5, 2009 8:49:43 GMT -5 forrest said:

I find that special to be a little bit fake/corny. The interview times with the child actors seemed scripted

Def scripted. Watch the eyes of some of the Hamner family - you can see they are reading off prompt boards or something.

British TV did a retrospective a few years ago and I think it was better.

[linday]

Yes, the series was actually cancelled after season 8. CBS received enough protests that they rescinded the cancellation.