The Beverly Hillbillies was a hilarious show when it aired, and the funniest episodes still hold up even half a century later. Before The Beverly Hillbillies premiered in 1962, American sitcoms tended ...

Take any successful television series-regardless of decade, genre or format-and you'll almost always find a cast of actors who become so associated with their roles that, to the audience, they are ...

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 ...

Actor Buddy Ebsen, who died at age 95 in 2003, found fame by starring in two of the most popular classic television shows in history: The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS, 1962 to 1971) and Barnaby Jones (CBS ...