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The show centers on the goings-on at the rural Shady Rest Hotel. Widowed Kate Bradley (Bea Benaderet) is the proprietress.Her lazy but lovable Uncle Joe Carson (Edgar Buchanan) supposedly helps her in the day-to-day running of the hotel, while she serves as a mediator in the various minor crises that befall her three beautiful daughters: redhead Betty Jo (Linda Kaye Henning); brunette Bobbie ...
The majority of these cancellations occurred at the end of the 1970–71 television season. In addition to rural-themed shows such as Mayberry R.F.D., The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, and Green Acres, the cancellations ended several highly rated variety shows that had been on CBS since the beginning of television broadcasting. CBS ...
During its first four years, Petticoat Junction was a major ratings success. However, with the departure of Kate following the third episode of season 6, the show's ratings declined continuously. Another reason was the show's new time-slot, which was Saturdays at 9:30 p.m., an extremely weak airing time.
After Petticoat Junction ended, Lockhart hosted the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants on CBS. She later guest starred on Grey's Anatomy, The Drew Carey Show and Cold Case. She's now 98 years old.
In 1961, Minor played the character Ray in an episode of My Three Sons, a show produced by his father.Before he played Steve Elliott on Petticoat Junction in seasons four through seven (1966–70), two years earlier, Mike Minor played as Dan Plout, the son of Kate rival Selma Plout who Kate thought older daughter Billie Jo was going to marry in 11 episode of the second season (Mother Of The ...
Harvey Dick bought a replica of a locomotive from the movie studio 20th Century Fox and used it for the décor of the Barbary Coast Lounge. [6]The replica was later used to film scenes in and around the locomotive in the television series Petticoat Junction in exchange for a prominent screen credit at the end of each episode: "Train furnished by Barbary Coast, Hoyt Hotel, Portland, Oregon."
Replaced by several other actors who served as guest hosts (at which point the series was renamed The Dick Powell Theatre), until the series was cancelled at the end of the season. Larry Keating: Roger Addison Mister Ed: 81 1963-08-26 Leukemia: 4 Character written out without explanation. John Larkin: Major General Wiley Crowe Twelve O'Clock ...
Henning's most notable role was as Betty Jo Bradley in the CBS series Petticoat Junction, which ran from 1963 until 1970. [1] She was only one of three cast members, along with Edgar Buchanan and Frank Cady, to remain throughout the show's entire run and appeared in all but three of the 222 episodes. She was billed for the first five seasons of ...