TV series
Green Acres
Overview
Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, the series was first broadcast on CBS, from September 15, 1965 to April 27, 1971. Receiving solid ratings during its six-year run, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of the "rural purge" by CBS. The sitcom has been in syndication and is available in DVD and VHS releases. In 1997, the two-part episode "A Star Named Arnold is Born" was ranked #59 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
Details
- First air date
- 1965-09-15
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 6 seasons
- Episodes
- 170 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- CBS
- Production
- Filmways Television, Orion Television, MGM Television, Filmways Pictures
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Pat Buttram as Mr. Haney
- Eddie Albert as Oliver Wendell Douglas
- Eva Gabor as Lisa Douglas
- Tom Lester as Eb Dawson
- Alvy Moore as Hank Kimball
- Frank Cady as Sam Drucker
- Hank Patterson as Fred Ziffel
- Kay E. Kuter as Newt Kiley
- Barbara Pepper as Doris Ziffel
- Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson
- Sid Melton
- Eleanor Audley as Mother
Creators and crew
- Paul Henning - Creator
- Jay Sommers - Creator
- Jay Sommers - Producer
- Paul Henning - Producer
- Richard L. Bare - Director
- Bruce Bilson - Director
Seasons
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