When “Petticoat Junction” premiered in 1963, it quickly became a beloved classic — and according to its cast it’s easy to see why. The show, a spinoff of “The Beverly Hillbillies,” explored the ...

It’s hard to believe, but even after writing hundreds of articles about classic TV, this is my very first one about Petticoat Junction. I’m not sure why it took me so long to get around to it, because ...

Here, we climb aboard the Hooterville Cannonball and take a trip back in time to the Shady Rest for a look at the Petticoat Junction cast. The voice actors for The Flintstones', circa 1962. Left to ...

QUESTION: On TV’s Petticoat Junction, Bea Benaderet’s character, Kate Bradley, left and was replaced by June Lockhart. Was Kate’s absence ever revealed? Please, I need to know! K.R., Maitland. ANSWER: ...

Beatrice "Bea" Benaderet was an American actress born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, California. She appeared in a wide variety of television work, which included a starring role in the ...

Irene Ryan, left, as Daisy May ‘Granny’ Moses, with the woman she beat out for the role, Bea Benaderet, playing ‘Cousin’ Pearl Bodine, in ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ (1962-71). After losing out on the ...

QUESTION: I’ve been watching Petticoat Junction on TV Land and was wondering what happened to Kate. Why did she leave the show? I also wonder what happened to the original Billie Jo. S.Z., Kissimmee.