In the early days of television, CBS was always the "king" of television. In 1962, The Beverly Hillbillies debuted on the network, and over the next few years, the series became one of the many series that defined CBS as the "rural" network. Despite that "rural" label, the series were much beloved and successful... until changes came in the early '70s. In the 1970-1971 season, CBS debuted The Mary Tyler Moore Show and All in the Family, and by the end of the season "everything with a tree" (as Pat Buttram of Green Acres once said) was cancelled. In 1981, though, CBS decided to bring back those Hillbillies for a bit of a reunion.

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http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2013/03/digital-digest-possibilities-for-new.html

Nice review...I remember seeing it when it originally aired and I was disappointed in it then. I'd probably be willing to see it again. It shouldn't be as bad as the movie reboot was though.

I remember it and thought it was, for the most, lame. And in reading up about, many affiliated with the production thought the same thing. Without Irene Ryan, Max Baer, Jr. and even Raymond Bailey, it just felt like a totally different show.

It seemed like The Jane Hathaway Show. If one didn't know anything about this show, they would think it was the pilot for a spin-off series.