The Beverly Hillbillies ranked among the top 20 most watched programs on television.
The Deadly Hillbillies, an interactive murder mystery, was written by John R
 It was followed by two other Henning-inspired "country cousin" series on CBS: Petticoat Junction and its spin-off Green Acres, which reversed the rags-to-riches, country-to-city model of The Beverly Hillbillies

