Petticoat Junction: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The small farming community of Hooterville provided the setting for this highly successful rural situation comedy. Kate Bradley was the widowed owner of the only transient housing in town, the Shady Rest Hotel. Helping her run the hotel were her three beautiful daughters, Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo. Also assisting was the girls' lazy Uncle Joe, who had assumed the title of manager. In addition to her involvement with the hotel, the romantic lives of her daughters, and her association with the townspeople, Kate was constantly at odds with Homer Bedlow, vice-president of the C.F. & W. Railroad. Homer was determined to close down the steam-driven branch of the railroad that ran through Hooterville, scrap its lone engine (the Cannonball), and put its two engineers (Charlie Pratt and Floyd Smoot) out of jobs.

Series details

• Title: Petticoat Junction
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1963-09-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 1970-04-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 2134

Cast and credited roles

• Edgar Buchanan — Uncle Joe Carson
• Linda Henning — Betty Jo Bradley Elliott
• Bea Benaderet — Kate Bradley
• Frank Cady — Sam Drucker
• Lori Saunders — Bobbie Jo Bradley
• Rufe Davis — Floyd Smoot
• Meredith MacRae — Billie Jo Bradley
• Mike Minor — Steve Elliott
• Smiley Burnette — Charley Pratt
• Jeannine Riley — Billie Jo Bradley
• Pat Woodell — Bobbie Jo Bradley
• June Lockhart — Dr. Janet Craig

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1963-09-24; final listed air date 1964-06-09; episode order: 38.
• Season 2: premiered 1964-09-22; final listed air date 1965-06-15; episode order: 36.
• Season 3: premiered 1965-09-14; final listed air date 1966-05-10; episode order: 34.
• Season 4: premiered 1966-09-13; final listed air date 1967-05-09; episode order: 32.
• Season 5: premiered 1967-09-09; final listed air date 1968-03-30; episode order: 30.
• Season 6: premiered 1968-09-28; final listed air date 1969-03-29; episode order: 26.
• Season 7: premiered 1969-09-27; final listed air date 1970-04-04; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Petticoat Junction 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.