The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for 2 seasons on CBS from 1962 to 1971, starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer, Jr.. The series is all about a poor backwoods family transplanted to Beverly Hills after striking oil on their territory. Even a Filmways production created by writer Paul Henning,'' it is the first in a genre of"fish out of water" themed television shows, and has been followed closely with other Henning-inspired country-cousin series on CBS. In 1963, Henning introduced Petticoat Junction, and he reversed the rags to wealth model. The way was paved by the series for afterwards culture-conflict apps such as McCloud The Jeffersons, The Nanny, The Prince of Belair, and Doc. Panned by many entertainment critics of its time, it became a huge ratings success for almost all of its own operate on CBS. The Beverly Hillbillies ranked among the top twenty programs on tv with a number, for eight of its nine seasons rank because the number one series of this calendar year. The popularity of this series spawned a 1993 film movie.