When The Beverly Hillbillies made its TV debut in 1962, it was dismissed by critics as little more than a hillbilly cartoon, but the viewers knew better. With its fish-out-of-water premise, lovable ...

Buddy Ebsen, that is, star — along with Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr., and co. — of The Beverly Hillbillies. The classic CBS series aired from 1962 to 1971 and centered on the ...

Aylesworth and partner Frank Peppiatt wanted to create a show that combined ‘Laugh-In’ and ‘The Beverly Hillbillies ... go from a summer replacement series for “The Smothers Brothers ...

After striking oil and becoming millionaires, the Clampett family move from the Ozarks to Beverly Hills, where a banker tries to prevent them from frittering away their new-found wealth.