Television
Wellll, doggies!
Sept. 20, 1992
Entertainment & Arts
Television* CBS plans to move a rural family to a Westside mansion and film the culture switch for a new unscripted series.
Aug. 30, 2002
Come ‘n listen to the story ‘bout a man named Jed Poor mountaineer, barely kept his fam’ly fed.
May 23, 1993
It’s difficult to believe it has taken this long for a show like Reelz’s “Hollywood Hillbillies” to enter the reality TV landscape.
Jan. 20, 2014
“The Manhattan Hillbillies”? Doesn’t quite work, does it?
Feb. 5, 1994
A rural activist will ask the network president to cancel the planned ‘reality’ show. Critics call the search for a suitable family ‘a hick hunt.’
Feb. 11, 2003
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April 2, 2012
Paul Henning, the television writer and producer who created “The Beverly Hillbillies,” which became one of the biggest hits of the 1960s and spawned the popular rural-comedy spinoffs “Petticoat Junction” and “Green Acres,” died Friday.
March 26, 2005
While watching reruns of “I Love Lucy” on KTTV Channel 11, I am still amazed at the great talent of the late Lucille Ball.
June 19, 1994
Days after CBS disclosed it was planning a new reality series inspired by “The Beverly Hillbillies,” Fox said is borrowing the concept of another classic rural sitcom, “Green Acres,” for a show of its own.
Sept. 2, 2002