Its premise was as old as.well, as old as the hills: a family of ignorant country rubes were transplanted to the big city, where in their own simple, unpretentious manner, they often proved themselves to be wiser and more honorable than the sophisticated "slickers." It was a formula that kept the property alive and kicking for nine seasons on CBS, and forever after in off-network syndication. Created by Paul Henning, The Beverly Hillbillies was, next to The Andy Griffith Show, the most successful of CBS' "rural" sitcoms, not to mention one of the most consistently popular comedy series of all time.
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