Green Acres: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Green Acres is a spin off from The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction, set in Hooterville and Pixley, Kentucky (fictional unincorporated areas of Lexington) ... with significant inspiration from Eldon, Missouri. It is the only series in the franchise to have every episode made in color, and was canceled with many other Situation Comedies in 1971. It was revisited later with a movie Return To Green Acres. In the Hooterville - Pixley area has a heritage rail line with a steam locomotive. Otherwise this area along with many other rural areas have been forgotten and neglected until the franchise seeks to undo this oversight in this case through the eyes of starring character Oliver Wendell Douglas and equally concerned wife Lisa. A successful attorney / heiress couple has plenty of capital to invest in their 160 acres of land and through the course of the series ... the entire area also. It does not take long before Oliver is revealed to be a Dreamer with little knowledge of how to get a farm past the planning stages. Lisa, along with every other character, objects to Oliver's passion for farming, is discovered to be inept at cooking and housekeeping. Both of them now reside on their farm and learn to cope with their shady construction workers trying to help them expand it, as well as the local telephone company.

Series details

• Title: Green Acres
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1965-09-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 1971-04-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 2124

Cast and credited roles

• Eddie Albert — Oliver Wendell Douglas
• Eva Gabor — Lisa Douglas
• Tom Lester — Eb Dawson
• Pat Buttram — Eustace Haney
• Frank Cady — Sam Drucker
• Alvy Moore — Hank Kimball

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1965-09-15; final listed air date 1966-06-01; episode order: 32.
• Season 2: premiered 1966-09-14; final listed air date 1967-04-26; episode order: 30.
• Season 3: premiered 1967-09-06; final listed air date 1968-04-10; episode order: 30.
• Season 4: premiered 1968-09-25; final listed air date 1969-04-02; episode order: 26.
• Season 5: premiered 1969-09-27; final listed air date 1970-04-11; episode order: 26.
• Season 6: premiered 1970-09-15; final listed air date 1971-04-27; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Green Acres on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.