When “Petticoat Junction” premiered in 1963, it quickly became a beloved classic — and according to its cast it’s easy to see why. The show, a spinoff of “The Beverly Hillbillies,” explored the ...

Writer and producer Paul Henning was the brain behind three hit TV shows: Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction. The third show was a hit on CBS between 1963 and 1970, and ...

Theme songs today, when they aren’t borrowed from popular music, barely register with viewers. But back in the 1960s and ’70s, almost every show opened with a catchy original song, many of which ...

It’s hard to believe, but even after writing hundreds of articles about classic TV, this is my very first one about Petticoat Junction. I’m not sure why it took me so long to get around to it, because ...

The Bradley sisters — Linda Kaye Henning was Betty Jo and Jeannine Riley was Billie Jo — were the comely daughters of Bea Benaderet’s Kate Bradley, the owner of the Shady Rest Hotel. The characters ...

Actress Pat Woodell, who starred as one of a trio of sisters in the wholesome 1960s sitcom “Petticoat Junction” before she went on to be featured in a series of not-so-wholesome exploitation films, ...