<P> Seasons 1--9 are available via streaming through services such as Amazon Video . </P> <P> Lorimar sold the distribution rights of The Waltons to Warner Bros. Television to avoid a lawsuit owing to the similarities between the series and the film Spencer's Mountain, which Warners owned . Warner Bros. acquired Lorimar in 1989, and has continued to syndicate the series ever since . Reruns currently air in the U.S. on INSP, the Hallmark Channel . In Canada, The Waltons airs on Vision TV and BookTelevision . </P> <P> In the UK, the series was broadcast on BBC 1 and BBC 2 during the 1970s / 1980s - the first three seasons were broadcast on BBC 2 from February 18, 1974 to May 17, 1976, on Mondays at 20.00 GMT, and seasons 4 and 5 were shown on BBC One from September 5, 1976 to August 30, 1977, on Sundays at 16.10 in 1976 and Tuesdays at 19.00 through 1977 . After that, seasons 6 - 9 would be broadcast on BBC 2 again, starting on April 30, 1979 and concluding in April 1983 . The three reunion TV movies filmed in 1982 were also shown on BBC 2 from December 21 to December 28, 1983 . The show was repeated on Channel 4 in the 1990s; it currently airs on True Entertainment in the UK . </P>

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